Released: April 22, 2013
Songwriter: Billy Joel
Producer: Adam Anders Peer Åström Ryan Murphy
[ARTIE with NEW DIRECTIONS, (JAKE), {MARLEY}]
Woah-ooh-oh-oh (The longest)
For the longest time {Time}
Woah-ooh-oh (The longest)
For the longest
[ARTIE, (RYDER)]
If you said goodbye to me tonight (Oh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
There would still be music left to write
[KITTY (with NEW DIRECTIONS)]
What else could I do
I'm so inspired by you
That hasn't happened
(For the longest time)
[ARTIE, (RYDER)]
Once I thought my innocence was gone (Oh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Now I know that happiness goes on
[KITTY]
I'll take my chances
I forgot how nice romance is
[ARTIE & KITTY (with NEW DIRECTIONS)]
I haven't been there (for the longest time)
[ARTIE with NEW DIRECTIONS, (JAKE), {MARLEY}]
Woah-ooh-oh-oh (The longest)
For the longest time {Time}
Woah-ooh-oh (The longest)
For the longest
[SAM, (RYDER)]
I'm that voice you're hearing in the hall (Oh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
And the greatest miracle of all
[MARLEY]
Is how I need you
And how you needed me too
[MARLEY & SAM (with NEW DIRECTIONS)]
That hasn't happened (For the longest time)
[RYDER (with NEW DIRECTIONS)]
Maybe this won't last very long
But you feel so right
And I could be wrong
Maybe I've been hoping too hard
But I've gone this far
And it's (More than I'd hoped for)
[JAKE, (RYDER)]
Who knows how much further we'll go on (Oh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Maybe I'll be sorry when you're gone
[MARLEY (with NEW DIRECTIONS)]
I'll take my chances
I forgot how nice romance is
I haven't been there
(For the longest time)
[RYDER (with NEW DIRECTIONS)]
I had second thoughts at the start
I said to myself
Hold on to your heart
Now I know the woman that you are
You're wonderful so far
And it's (more than I'd hoped for)
[ARTIE, (RYDER)]
I don't care what consequence it brings (Oh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
I have been a fool for lesser things
[ARTIE & KITTY (with NEW DIRECTIONS)]
I want you so bad
I think you ought to know that
I intend to hold you
(For the longest time)
[ARTIE (& MARLEY) with NEW DIRECTIONS, {JAKE}, {MARLEY}]
Woah-ooh-oh-oh (The longest)
(For the longest time)
Woah-ooh-oh {Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh} (The longest)
For the longest (time)
Woah-ooh-oh {Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh} (The longest)
For the longest (time)
Woah-ooh-oh (The longest)
[ARTIE with MARLEY & NEW DIRECTIONS]
For the longest time
Woah-ooh-oh-oh (The longest)
For the longest time {Time}
Woah-ooh-oh (The longest)
For the longest
[ARTIE, (RYDER)]
If you said goodbye to me tonight (Oh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
There would still be music left to write
[KITTY (with NEW DIRECTIONS)]
What else could I do
I'm so inspired by you
That hasn't happened
(For the longest time)
[ARTIE, (RYDER)]
Once I thought my innocence was gone (Oh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Now I know that happiness goes on
[KITTY]
I'll take my chances
I forgot how nice romance is
[ARTIE & KITTY (with NEW DIRECTIONS)]
I haven't been there (for the longest time)
[ARTIE with NEW DIRECTIONS, (JAKE), {MARLEY}]
Woah-ooh-oh-oh (The longest)
For the longest time {Time}
Woah-ooh-oh (The longest)
For the longest
[SAM, (RYDER)]
I'm that voice you're hearing in the hall (Oh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
And the greatest miracle of all
[MARLEY]
Is how I need you
And how you needed me too
[MARLEY & SAM (with NEW DIRECTIONS)]
That hasn't happened (For the longest time)
[RYDER (with NEW DIRECTIONS)]
Maybe this won't last very long
But you feel so right
And I could be wrong
Maybe I've been hoping too hard
But I've gone this far
And it's (More than I'd hoped for)
[JAKE, (RYDER)]
Who knows how much further we'll go on (Oh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Maybe I'll be sorry when you're gone
[MARLEY (with NEW DIRECTIONS)]
I'll take my chances
I forgot how nice romance is
I haven't been there
(For the longest time)
[RYDER (with NEW DIRECTIONS)]
I had second thoughts at the start
I said to myself
Hold on to your heart
Now I know the woman that you are
You're wonderful so far
And it's (more than I'd hoped for)
[ARTIE, (RYDER)]
I don't care what consequence it brings (Oh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
I have been a fool for lesser things
[ARTIE & KITTY (with NEW DIRECTIONS)]
I want you so bad
I think you ought to know that
I intend to hold you
(For the longest time)
[ARTIE (& MARLEY) with NEW DIRECTIONS, {JAKE}, {MARLEY}]
Woah-ooh-oh-oh (The longest)
(For the longest time)
Woah-ooh-oh {Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh} (The longest)
For the longest (time)
Woah-ooh-oh {Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh} (The longest)
For the longest (time)
Woah-ooh-oh (The longest)
[ARTIE with MARLEY & NEW DIRECTIONS]
For the longest time
Glee: The Music, The Complete Season Four
- Hung Up
- Higher Ground
- Chasing Pavements
- Mine
- Just Can’t Get Enough
- We’ve Got Tonite
- Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)
- Clarity
- Don’t Speak
- New York State of Mind
- For Once In My Life
- Barely Breathing
- Teenage Dream (Acoustic Version)
- Longest Time
- Americano / Dance Again
- Uptight (Everything’s Alright)
- You are the Sunshine of My Life
- Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
- Locked Out of Heaven
- Heroes
- Juke Box Hero
- I Love It
- Whistle
- Superstition
- The Bitch Is Back / Dress You Up
- Your Song
- Wannabe
- Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)
- Blow Me (One Last Kiss)
- A Thousand Years
- Girl on Fire
- Anything Could Happen
- Call Me Maybe
- A Change Would Do You Good
- How to Be a Heartbreaker
- Baby Got Back
- Centerfold / Hot In Herre
- Nutbush City Limits
- I Wish
- Footloose
- Make No Mistake (She’s Mine)
- Diva
- Glee: The Music, The Complete Season Four (2014)
- Glee Love Songs (2021)
- Bust Your Windows
- Empire State of Mind
- Smooth Criminal
- The Boy is Mine
- Poker Face
- Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)
- Stereo Hearts
- Mine
- Rumour Has It / Someone Like You
- Marry You
- Halo / Walking on Sunshine
- New York State of Mind
- Telephone
- A Thousand Years
- Keep Holding On
- Survivor / I Will Survive
- Teenage Dream
- Forget You
- Billionaire
- It’s My Life / Confessions Part II
- Born This Way
- Uptown Girl
- Imagine
- Without You