nd Fret Intro: I can hear the rain beating on the window pane And the wind keeps asking, "When will I see you again?" It's another memory of you Of another night alone It's another night in the year of the long way home Wipers steady as a heartbeat Thunder like a passing train And the headlights picking out weeping willow Crying on the shoulder again It's another night on the back road Stretched tight like skin on bone It's another mile in the year of the long way home And it's a long way, baby It's a long way, I know It's a rough road to travel In the year of the long way home Instrumental: