Winners, losers and small time misusers   do what they must on their own   Lovers, dreamers and beautiful schemers   all take the long way home   some have their reasons   some lose their way   they all want so much to succeed   how do you tell them apart   the best of them leave with their hearts      Now that it's summer   I went to the river   the water was never too cold   always together through all kinds of weather   we took the long way home   she was the best   I ever knew   somehow she drifted away      Now that I'm older   the nights seems much colder   I spend too much time alone   sometimes in summer   I kept thinking of her   and I'll take the long way home   I'll still take the long way home