Hi All,
I've tried to piece together the lyrics from several sources. Here's what I came up with. The original lyrics that have been posted all over the web are below. I tried to highlight the questionable lyrics in red and I put the alternate lyrics in ( ).
Thanks for the suggestions.
esp
Long Way Around
From the movie "Fire Down Below"
http://drycounty.com/content/lyrics/song337.html
I am just a traveling man
Alone and in my shell
Beaten by these broken times
Wandering through this hell
And I have taken chances
And I've lost all
my rules (I ruled)
The answer's right in front of me
And I have been a fool
I keep taking the long way around
Why must I take the long way around
I keep thinkin' that I'm moving up
When I'm losing my ground
Why must I take the long way
The long way around
All I ever wanted
In this life was to be
poor (pure)
Seduced by colors in my eyes
Taken by the
hand (lure)
Of all the things I've ever wanted
(and later come to find)
Of all the treasures in
my (THIS)
life
The greatest is
the mind (a rhyme)
So why do I take (I keep taking that) long way around
Why must I take the long way around
I keep thinking that I'm moving up
When I'm losing my ground
Why must I take the long way
The long way around
He told me what's (You tried to tell me what) the cost
But only when the path is lost
And whoever found (Did you ever find) an open door
In this ocean of suffering
If
I've had (I had’a learned) anything
I don't want to hide from me no more
I am just a traveling man
Alone and in my shell
Beaten by these broken times
Wandering through this hell
And I have taken chances
I've lost all
my rules (I ruled)
The answer is right in front of me
I have been a fool
I keep taking the long way around
Why must I take the long way around
I keep thinking that I'm moving up
When I'm losing my ground
I keep taking (Why must I take)
the long way The long way around
I keep taking the long around
I keep taking (Why must I take )
the long around
I keep thinking that I'm moving up
When I'm losing my ground
I keep taking (Why must I take )
the long way The long way around
Long way around (background singers)
Yeah yeah (Sambora)
Long way around
thinking that I'm moving up
When I'm losing my ground
Why must I take the long way
Long way around