"The Long Way Home"
Well I stumbled in the darkness
I'm lost and alone
Though I said I'd go before us
And show the way back home
Is there a light up ahead
I can't hold on very long
Forgive me pretty baby but I always take the long way home
Money's just something you throw
Off the back of a train
Got a handful of lightening
A hat full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
And I love you pretty baby but I always take the long way home
I put food on the table
And roof overhead
But I'd trade it all tomorrow
For The highway instead
Watch your back if I should tell you
Loves the only thing I've ever known
One thing for sure pretty baby I always take the long way home
You know I love you baby
More than the whole wide world
I'm your woman
You know you are my pearl
Let's go out past the party lights
We can finally be alone
Come with me and we can take the long way home
Come with me, together we can take the long way home
Come with me, together we can take the long way home
Listen to Norah sing it here.
It is beautiful. What a voice she has!
ReplyDeleteAs I've said before, you can find the poetic spirit anywhere, You don't need to look far.
ReplyDeleteSuko, what a voice. I have all her albums, and I listen to them over and over. I forgot about this one though in the bottom of the stack in my car...and just loved listening to it all over again on the way home from work. Glad you listened to it!
ReplyDeleteParrish, I do best with understanding poetry when it's in lyrics or scripture...I still feel I could use a bit of help in the comprehenion sometimes all the same. But, you're so right: poetry is everywhere, all around us. Thanks for opening my eyes in this genre.
ReplyDeleteI love, love, love Norah Jones! One of my favorite singers - and this is a great song :)I have this CD and love the whole dang thing!
ReplyDeleteAh, the great generational monster has raised its ugly head. "Take the Long Way Home" was a SuperTramp hit a couple of decades ago. It's quite different - a bouncier tune, different focus in the lyrics - but when I did a side-by-side comparison...
ReplyDeleteThere's certainly no plagiarism - Jones is far too talented for that. Still, like all of us who take our inspiration from here and there, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Nora thought to herself, "I could do better than that!"
Actually, I still prefer the SuperTramp song - just now, the ethereal isn't very appealing to me. But Jones' song is great, with wonderful imagery.
Sometimes I can't get a link to "take" here, but here's a link to "Take the Long Way Home".
Wendy, I love your enthusiastic response! This is one of my favorite albums of hers, after the first. But, I also love the song December (off the album of the same name?). Isn't it funny to call a little cd an album? Seems a bit oppositional to the original at least from my fifty year old perspective.
ReplyDeleteLinda, I know what you mean about Supertramp; their Breakfast in America albums was one of my favorites. (I remember a friend of mine bringing it home from England before it even came out in the States.) Anyway, while the song is wonderful, and the title very similar, they're not the same. :)
ReplyDeleteNorah's is "The Long Way Home"; Supertramp's is "Take The Long Way Home", and their lyrics are quite different as you can see here:
So you think you're a Romeo
playing a part in a picture-show
Take the long way home
Take the long way home
Cos you're the joke of the neighborhood
Why should you care if you're feeling good
Take the long way hom
eTake the long way home
But there are times that you feel you're part of the scenery
all the greenery is comin' down, boy
And then your wife seems to think you're part of the
furniture oh, it's peculiar, she used to be so nice.
When lonely days turn to lonely nights
you take a trip to the city lights
And take the long way home
Take the long way home
You never see what you want to see
Forever playing to the gallery...etc.
Exactly my point - "bouncier tune, different focus in the lyric". But still, related.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's a case of two long ways home diverging in a yellow wood... ;)
Oh, I understand what you mean now. I thought you were saying they were the same. You bring up another interesting point to me, that sometimes we're in the mood for 'bouncy' and sometimes 'ethereal'. Usually, I like the later...although, I have been playing with my iPod which has a lot of songs from my teenage years or early twenties. I love my Queen album, and thay're anything but ethereal. :) And, for some bizarre reason I love Soft Cell's Tainted Love. That one doesn't even make sense why I should listen to it eight times over...
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite lines from a Norah song: The prettiest thing/I ever did see/Was lightning from the top of a cloud
ReplyDeleteGorgeous.
I love Norah Jone too! But my kids are so sick of listening to her in the car that they have renamed her "No Way Jones." :)
ReplyDeleteLovely! I'm only familiar with Norah Jones' earliest album, but it may be time to acquaint myself with her later efforts.
ReplyDeleteThere is something about the way Norah Jones slurs her words that totally turns me off, even though she has a beautiful voice. I doubt I'll ever buy one of her albums, but I did enjoy that clip of her on Austin City Limits.
ReplyDeletePicky, I know just the line you mean; it is quite striking. You can almost visualize it...
ReplyDeleteFrances, sometimes I think kids and moms just have taste which is not going to be connected for a few years (decades?).
ReplyDeleteI know I don't want to hear much of what my son listens to, and the feeling seems rather mutual. :)
Simplerpasttimes, not all of her later works strike me as powerfully as her first. I think it's this album only which is my second favorite.
ReplyDeleteBookfool, I know just what you mean. There is a very annoying slur, and sometimes it's just plain impossible for me to understand what she's singing. For example, in this song there's a line that says "If I should tell..." and I could have sworn she was singing "Fishtail..." Who knew?
ReplyDeleteWe love Norah too. She's got a great relaxed style that's easy to listen to, and very easy to go to sleep to. I enjoy Nora on a quiet weekend afternoon while reading and sipping tea. I appreciate the post and the reminder - thanks
ReplyDeleteI love Norah Jones. This is one of my favorite albums and songs!!
ReplyDeleteKeep sharing music favorites with us. I love to see what you're listening to.
I do love her songs too,she has such a subtle voice ,all the best stu
ReplyDeleteTamara, she is perfect for the weekends...or on the drive home after a stressful day.
ReplyDeleteLes, thanks for saying you like knowing what I listen to. You're a far better listener than I, using audio books and music to enrich your life. I'm thinking of a way to incorporate more listening into my life (and blog).
ReplyDeleteWinstonsdad, that's great that you know of her in England, too!
ReplyDeleteI love the song - it's probably my favourite song by Norah Jones, along with Come Away With Me and Turn Me On.
ReplyDeleteYeah, and how about December? Love that one, too.
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