Long Way Home
Recording Artist: Bryan Adams
Writers: Jim Vallance
Bryan Adams
Released: February 26, 2022 (Bryan Adams YouTube channel)
Album: Bryan Adams - Pretty Woman: The Musical (March 11, 2022)
Audio:
 
Bryan Adams: vocals, guitar, bass, drums
Jim Vallance: piano, keyboards, percussion
 
Produced by Bryan Adams. Arranged by Jim Vallance and Bryan Adams. Recorded and mixed by Hayden Watson at The Warehouse Studios, Vancouver, Canada. Mastered by Bob Ludwig.
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Aimee Atkinson and Danny Mac rehearsing
London 2020

This is one of the first songs we presented to the director and producers way back in 2015. The song was included in the "Pretty Woman" show from day one, from the first rehersals in New York and Chicago. Except for a word or two, the song has remained unchanged since then.

Back-story:
"Pretty Woman: The Musical", opened in Chicago and New York in 2018, Hamburg Germany in 2019, London England in 2020 and Milan Italy in 2021.

A USA touring production hit the road in 2021, stopping in every major American city and continuing into 2022, and a UK cast toured Engand, Ireland and Scotland for most of 2024.

Bryan Adams and I spent three years writing the 21 songs that appear in the production ... a typical time-line for a Broadway show. A "cast album" was recorded in New York in 2018 with nine musicians and 19 singers.

The version above is Bryan's interpretation of "Long Way Home", recorded 2021-2022 at the Warehouse Studio in Vancouver Canada.

Lyrics: Once I dared to dream
And then the dream came true
And when it did I wasn’t sure what to do

When you find someone
Or when someone finds you
That's when you’ll see it’s always love that shines through

Cuz I believed in you
And you believed in me
And it's a long way home

And I remember well
The way it used to be
And it's a long way home - and I’m alone

When I close my eyes
When the journey ends
There’s a warm embrace
The familiar face of a friend

Cuz I believed in you
And you believed in me
It's been a long way home

And I remember well
The way it used to be
It's been a long way home - oh, and I'm alone

There's so much I miss
Oh how I wish our life to be
Extraordinary, extraordinary
Extraordinary, extraordinary
Extraordinary, extraordinary ... again

Cuz I believed in you
And you believed in me
It's been a long way home

And I remember well
The way it used to be
It's been a long way home - now we're alone

All alone

It's a long way home