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Take The Long Way Home (5:10)

Cover of Breakfast In America

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So you think you're a Romeo
Playing a part in a picture show
Take the long way home
Take the long way home

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  • johnTMcNeill

    sometimes you just gotta take the scenic route to nirvana to realize that you were already there

    29 Apr 7:57pm Reply

  • sharv11

    Probably my favourite by them....that harmonica is so sad & bittersweet...reminds me of a Freaks & Geeks episode & watching it with my dear departed son, Vincent over 4 years ago...

    22 Apr 6:03am Reply

  • lukasz_pulawski

    one of their best songs

    24 Mar 12:29pm Reply

  • Eviebb13

    Wow memories!

    15 Mar 9:31pm Reply

  • ausgeflogen

    Ich höre gerne Deutsche Music Texte, aber Supertramp ... auch.

    4 Mar 2:12am Reply

  • FRAMERMCB

    Love it!

    8 Feb 8:49pm Reply

  • FRAMERMCB

    Excellent song!!! Just outstanding!

    3 Dec 2012 Reply

  • citylites

    WOW fooznfool you made me teary eyed. I know the feeling of losing the one you loved. I like you wrote that for her and everyone on here. :)

    28 Nov 2012 Reply

  • fooznfool

    First love...this was our song. cruisin around at1am...18 years old. Always take the long way home so we could be together longer...1978 all over again when i hear this. She left this world 10 years later in a car crash. I still take the long way home when i hear this song...

    26 Nov 2012 Reply

  • Eye_Gore

    love the horns here.

    7 Sep 2012 Reply

  • silversurfer250

    I agree with Rodger...nothing like being a superhero.

    7 Jul 2012 Reply

  • silversurfer250

    At the press meeting when Breakfast In America was presented, Roger Hodgson explained that this song is about a guy who thinks he's really cool ("So you think you're a Romeo playing a part in a picture-show"), but it seems that he's the only one who thinks that. This implies that our hero avoids getting home because when he's on the road he has a few more moments of being alone with his dreams, and in his dreams he's a superstar. http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=6481

    7 Jul 2012 Reply

  • FrankB777

    Pop progressive rock, what a concept?!! Oh, and I agree with those who say you should turn up the volume. The sound is so crystalline and clear. The live versions on the "Paris Live" album sound equally good and deserve being turned up, too. The bass is particularly full and round for the live versions. Turn on your subwoofers and enjoy.

    3 Jul 2012 Reply

  • xtwntraphq

    Elevation !

    17 Apr 2012 Reply

  • metalguydan

    What a GREAT album, one the bests of all time! This is the top cut IMO...

    1 Apr 2012 Reply

  • greenvillepa

    TURN IT UP SO LOUD THAT THE NEIGHBORS CAN NOT HEAR THEM SELVES THINK !

    10 Mar 2012 Reply

  • Psycho_snacky

    I Wanna Thank You.

    6 Feb 2012 Reply

  • greendreamz

    'member prob one of the first times i ever smoked weed listening to this at the public pool....was always a good way to explain why our eyes were red ha ha ha ha... damn old chlorine....

    13 Dec 2011 Reply

  • bumoncouch

    unbelievably awesome shit. should be played really really loud. why dont i hear this on the radio all the time?

    12 Dec 2011 Reply

  • I-REF

    I concur with omaha78 - Great album!

    4 Nov 2011 Reply
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