Saddle Storms - The Long Way Home

The Long Way Home | Saddle Storms | Wild Enough Album

Twenty extra minutes. Costs nothing but time. Worth every second. The scenic route isn't a detour. It's the point. A song for everyone who ever took the county road on purpose just to catch a sunset nobody else bothered to slow down for.

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The Long Way Home is the county road instead of the highway — nobody behind you, nobody ahead, radio on low and windows all the way down, following a road to wherever it leads. The old rodeo field. The gate that's still there. The cottonwoods that got moved over for a fence but the sky above them still doesn't know or care. Some things change. Some things just move over. Some roads get paved and some stay good forever. His grandfather said never pass a good view going fast. Said the hurry you're in today is the regret you carry last. That's not a bumper sticker. That's a man who'd lived long enough to know exactly what he was talking about. So take the county road on Fridays. Give yourself the scenic route. The long way home isn't wasted time — it's where all the good stuff lives. Fingerpicked acoustic guitar, pedal steel, and 78 beats per minute of pure Wyoming unhurried from the wide open spaces. Tequila Sunrise warm and exactly that nostalgic. - Original by Saddle Storms.

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[Verse 1] Took the county road instead of the highway Nobody behind me and nobody ahead Radio on low and the windows all the way down Following a road to wherever it led [Pre-Chorus] Twenty extra minutes Costs me nothing at all Except maybe the sunset And catching it before it falls [Chorus] The long way home Is sometimes the right way home The long way home Is where the good stuff lives The long way home Costs nothing but a little time And time's the one thing Worth giving [Verse 2] Passed the field where they used to hold the rodeo Slowed down just to see if the old gate was still there Somebody put a fence where the cottonwoods were standing But the sky above them still don't know or care [Pre-Chorus] Some things change And some things just move over Some roads get paved And some stay good forever [Chorus] The long way home Is sometimes the right way home The long way home Is where the good stuff lives The long way home Costs nothing but a little time And time's the one thing Worth giving [Bridge] My grandfather said Never pass a good view going fast Said the hurry you're in today Is the regret you carry last So I take my time on Fridays Give myself the scenic route The long way home reminds me What all the living's about [Outro] The long way home Yeah that's the right way home

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About Saddle Storms: Wyoming-born outlaw country, western storytelling, rodeo soul, heartbreak ballads, and Code of the West honesty from six generations of ranch life.

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