Lyrics to
Long Way From Home

This version of Long Way From Home was released by Whitesnake in 1979.

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I would do anything I could to be near you,
Walk all night in the pouring rain
To be at your side
My heart is aching for love,
My body’s shaking with desire
Believe me, baby, when I say
I will drink you dry

I would do anything to be near you,
You’re everything any man could claim
I see your face in the night,
I hear you calling my name

But, it’s a long long way from home,
I’m just trying to get a message to you,
It’s a long long way from home,
An’ I don’t know what I’m gonna do

I’d been looking for love for so long when I found you,
Too many years I walked alone
When I touch you inside I feel you burning me with fire,
Believe me baby when I say
I will feed the flame

I would do anything to be near you,
Walk all night in the pouring rain
I see your face in the night,
I hear you calling my name

But, it’s a long long way from home,
I’m just trying to get a message to you,
It’s a long long way from home,
An’ I don’t know what I’m gonna do

I would do anything to be near you,
You’re everything any man could claim
I see your face in the night,
I hear you calling my name

But, it’s a long long way from home,
I’m just trying to get a message to you,
It’s a long long way from home,
An’ I don’t know what I’m gonna do

I would do anything I could to be near you,
Check in on any night time flight, I don’t mind
My heart is aching for love,
My body’s shaking with desire
Believe me baby when I say
I will drink you dry

I would do anything to be near you,
Walk all night in the pouring rain
I see your face in the night,
I hear you calling my name

But, it’s a long long way from home,
I’m just trying to get a message to you,
It’s a long long way from home,
An’ I don’t know what I’m gonna do

It’s a long long way from home,
I’m just trying to get a message to you,
It’s a long long way from home,
An’ I don’t know what I’m gonna do,
It’s a long long way from home

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About Lyrics and Long Way From Home by Whitesnake

The lyrics to Long Way From Home are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Whitesnake used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Long Way From Home have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Whitesnake and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Long Way From Home by Whitesnake. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Long Way From Home" means the words set to the music of Long Way From Home, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Whitesnake. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Long Way From Home and the lyrics to Long Way From Home are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Whitesnake who came here looking just for the lyrics to Long Way From Home, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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