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