On a long and lonesome highway
East of Omaha
You can listen to the engines
Moanin' out his one note song
You can think about the woman
Or the girl you knew the night before
But your thoughts will soon be wandering
The way they always do
When you're ridin' sixteen hours
And there's nothin' much to do
And you don't feel much like ridin'
You just wish the trip was through
But here I am
On the road again
There I am
Up on the stage
Here I go
Playin' star again
There I go
Turn the page
So you walk into this restaurant
Strung out from the road
You feel the eyes upon you
As you're shakin' off the cold
You pretend it doesn't bother you
You just want to explode
With most times you can't hear 'em talk
Other times you can
All the same old cliches
"Is that a woman or a man?"
Then you always seem outnumbered
You don't dare make a stand
But here I am
On the road again
There I am
Up on the stage
Here I go
Playin' star again
There I go
Turn the page
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Out there in the spotlight
You're a million miles away
Every ounce of energy
You try to give away
And the sweat pours out your body
Like the music that you play
Later in the evening
As you lie awake in bed
With the echoes of the amplifiers
Ringin' in your head
You smoke the day's last cigarette
Rememberin' what she said
(What she said)
But here I am
On the road again
There I am
Up on the stage
Here I go
Playin' star again
There I go
Turn the page
Here I am
On the road again
And there I am
Up on the stage
Here I go
Playin' star again
There I go
There I go
Turn the page