Long Walk Home – English Lyrics

• By: Bruce Springsteen

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Last night, I stood at your doorstep

Tryna figure out what went wrong

You just slipped something into my palm and you were gone

I could smell the same deep green of summer

Above me the same night sky was glowin'

In the distance I could see the town where I was born

It's gonna be a long walk home

Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me

Gonna be a long walk home

A long walk home

In town, I pass Sal's grocery

Barber shop on South Street

I looked in their faces

They're all rank strangers to me

Well, the Veteran's Hall high upon the hill

Stood silent and alone

The diner was shuttered and boarded

With a sign that just said "gone"

It's gonna be a long walk home

Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me

Gonna be a long walk home

Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me

Gonna be a long walk home

It's gonna be a long walk home

...

Here, everybody has a neighbor

Everybody has a friend

Everybody has a reason to begin again

My father said, "Son, we're lucky in this town

It's a beautiful place to be born

It just wraps its arms around you

Nobody crowds you and nobody goes it alone"

"Your flag flyin' over the courthouse

Means certain things are set in stone

Who we are, what we'll do, and what we won't"

It's gonna be a long walk home

Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me

Gonna be a long walk home

Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me

Gonna be a long walk home

It's gonna be a long walk home

It's gonna be a long walk home

Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me

Gonna be a long walk home

Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me

Gonna be a long walk home

It's gonna be a long walk home

It's gonna be a long walk home

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
walk /wɔːk/ A1	verb - to move on foot by putting one foot in front of the other
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives permanently
slip /slɪp/ A2	verb - to slide out of position or fall into a specified state
smell /smɛl/ A1	verb - to perceive a scent or odor
green /ɡriːn/ A1	adjective - of the color between blue and yellow
glow /ɡloʊ/ B1	verb - to emit a steady radiance
distance /ˈdɪstəns/ A2	noun - the amount of space between two places
stranger /ˈstreɪndʒər/ A1	noun - a person one does not know
silent /ˈsaɪlənt/ A2	adjective - making no sound
shuttered /ˈʃʌtərd/ B2	adjective - closed or secured with shutters
neighbor /ˈneɪbər/ A1	noun - a person living near or next to another
lucky /ˈlʌki/ A2	adjective - having good fortune
wrap /ræp/ A2	verb - to cover or enclose completely
crowd /kraʊd/ A2	verb - to gather in large numbers
flag /flæɡ/ A1	noun - a piece of cloth with a distinctive design used as a symbol