Long Way Round

I Stood and Looked Across the Water

I Had to Get to the Other Side

Because I Knew That You'd Be Waiting

I Didn't Want to Take the Long Way Round

The Captain Said the Ship Was Leaving

And That We'd Better Get On Board

I Settled Down to Watch the Sunrise

And Wondered If I'd See the Sun Go Down

The Sea Was Rough and the Wind Was Howling

But I Was ?letting no Other? Way

I Didn't Care About the Weather

Because I Knew That You'd Be Waiting

I Didn't Want to Take the Long Way Round

Then a Stranger Sat Beside Me

It Was My Brother in Disguise

He Said He Knew Where I Was Going

He Asked Me Why I Took the Long Way Round

The Sea Was Rough and the Wind Was Howling

But I Was ?letting no Other? Way

I Didn't Listen to the Stranger

Because I Knew That You'd Be Waiting

I Didn't Want to Take the Long Way Round

At Last, I Came to My Destination

The Stranger Turned and Walked Away

He Didn't Know Where He Was Going

He Said He Had to Take the Long Way Round

I Stood and Looked Across the Water

I Thought of What I'd Left Behind

Because I Knew That You'd Be Waiting

I Didn't Want to Take the Long Way Round