The Long Way

Verse 1
Pack a bag you can tote or drag you ain’t returning no time soon
Not until every corner’s swept and you’ve collected every clue
Find yourself lost in the dark in unfamiliar parts
Stay grateful because you have the light in your mind and within your heart
As the great journey starts stay focused on your steps
Cause with each one a lesson’s learned
And it pulls you from the depths
Ignore those little voices
The ones that echo in your head
Those evil tones won’t lead you home
They’ll haunt you until the next
Chorus
I never was an overnight success
My dreams out ran the darkness when I slept
It’s been the long way for me
And in the end we’ll finally see
Take me home every day I pray I took the long way
I took the long way, oh the long way
Heartaches and pain through my lifetime has shown me
Judgements not my place
You can see it on a sinner’s face
And when I finish the race
Know I took the long way
Verse 2
The Devil came down to Georgia
I spun him and sent him back
Cause gambling here’s illegal
Son, and my soul’s still in tact
The bag is packed for what lies ahead
And you don’t scare me at all
But nothing does and that’s all because
I’m not afraid of the fall
The signs they show me where to turn
So I don’t need a map
I’m armed with faith in a sinful place
As I wander through the traps
Pre-Chorus
Everything I ever needed
Has fallen in my hands
Food to eat and a bed to sleep in
A roof up over my head
Never took for granted all the seeds I planted
And the time it took to grow
It’s the long way or the wrong way
We all reap what we sow
Chorus
I never was an overnight success
My dreams out ran the darkness when I slept
It’s been the long way for me
And in the end we’ll finally see
Take me home every day I pray I took the long way
I took the long way, oh the long way
Heartaches and pain through my lifetime has shown me
Judgements not my place
You can see it on a sinner’s face
And when I finish the race
Know I took the long way
Verse 3
Everything I ever needed has fallen in my hands
Fallen in my hands
Everything I ever needed has fallen in my hands
Food to eat, a bed to sleep in
A roof over my head
Lord please protect me in this dark place
So I can provide for my family
And keep them safe
Everything I ever needed has fallen in my hands
Everything I ever needed has fallen in my hands
It’s the Long Way or the wrong way
We all reap what we sow