i ve come a long long long long way oh yes i did since i found a love mhm since i found a love but wait a minute there s one more thing it was so hard hard yeah oh yeah but i ve come a long such a long long ways let me tell y all by the stars above let me say that one more time by the stars above i used to look here and there here there everywhere one day that woman walked into my life oh yeah she said don t worry baby i m gon make everything alright oh she went on and she smoothed out all the rough roads uh huh with lots of lovin and secure oh yes she did and she gave me something to live for i can tell the world yeah i ve come a long long way ah sometime i m gonna cry tears of water i came runnin out oh yeah oh 