[Verse]
She wore her Sunday dress on a Friday night
Said a prayer and turned out the porch light
Left a trail of whispers that cut like a knife
She took the long way home to someone else's life
[Chorus]
Sweet promises turned to bitter wine
I drank 'em down
Thought she'd still be mine
But a fool’s heart breaks where the shadows roam
She took the long way home
And I stayed alone
[Verse]
The scent of her perfume still hangs in the air
Fading like the dust on an old rocking chair
She left without a word
Just silence to show
Where her heart's been a stranger
I'll never know
[Chorus]
Sweet promises turned to bitter wine
I drank 'em down
Thought she'd still be mine
But a fool’s heart breaks where the shadows roam
She took the long way home
And I stayed alone
[Bridge]
I hear her laughter in the midnight rain
But it don't wash clean the memory's stain
I’m bound to this road of heartache and stone
Where she took the long way
I reap what’s sown
[Chorus]
Sweet promises turned to bitter wine
I drank 'em down
Thought she'd still be mine
But a fool’s heart breaks where the shadows roam
She took the long way home
And I stayed alone