Long, Long Way From Home Songtext / Lyric

Well she got herself a shovel

Cuz she can't afford the fare

And she dug a hole to China

Till she finally wound up there

She's got a dollar thirty

And her clothes are real dirty

She'll turn a trick or two

And she'll be lookin' brand new



Nobody told her that it's cold out there

Livin' in the streets of L.A.



She tried to make some honest dough

But nobody pays her

She left her job uptown

To be a Hollywood grazer



Nobody seems to care






Oh baby don't you know that it's burnin'

While the whole damn world is turnin'

Oh my baby, yeah my baby she's learnin'

While the whole damn world is turnin'

Oh, don't you know that she's learnin'



Ah, yeah!



Oh don't you know that heaven is burnin'

While the whole damn world is turnin'

She knows what she wants

She knows what she needs

And she don't give a damn

She's a long, long way from home

From home



Every day that passes

She cashes in and dances

A Shanghai slinger

With dreams of bein' a singer

A Hong Kong looker

A potential hooker

She don't need no thrill

She's got to pay the bills



Nobody told her that it's cold out there

Livin' in the streets of L.A.



Talkin' 'bout a Chi-town lady

Her future days are shady

A wink and a smile

Will get her by a while



Nobody seems to care



Oh baby don't you know that it's burnin'

While the whole damn world is turnin'

Oh my baby, yeah my baby she's learnin'

While the whole damn world is turnin'

Oh, don't you know that she's learnin'



Oh yeah!



Oh can't cha see that heaven is burnin'

While the whole damn world is turnin'

She knows what she wants

And she knows what she needs

And she don't give a damn

She's a long, long way from home

From home

From home

She's such a, such a long way



Oh so young and pretty

Ahh, she likes the city

Oh it's such a pity

Yeah she's such a long way



Oh

Oh

Oh

Ahh



Oh yeah!

Yow!

Yow!

Yow!



Oh no, no don't you know

Long from home

She's such a, such a long way

Long way from home



She's such a long, long way

Such a long way

You know she long, long way

Long, long way

She's such a long, long way

Long, long way

She's such a long, long way

Long, long way