Em
on a long and lonesome highway east of Omaha
D
you can listen to the engine, moanin out its one note song
A Em
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 your riding sixteen hours and there’s nothing much to do
and you don’t feel much like ridin’, you just wish the trip was through

1st CHORUS:
D Em
say here I am, on the road again
D Em
there I am, up on the stage
D A
here I go, playing star again
C D Em
there I go, turn the page

well, you walk into a restaurant, strung out from the road
and you feel the eyes upon you, as your shakin’ off the cold
you pretend it doesn’t bother you, but you just want to explode
most times you can’t hear ’em talk, other times you can
all the same ‘ole cliche’s, is that a woman or a man
and you always seem outnumbered, you don’t dare make a stand

2nd CHORUS
D Em
here I am, on the road again
D Em
there I am, up on the stage
D A
here I go, playing star again
C D Em
there I go, turn the page

out there in the spotlight, your a million miles away
every ounce of energy, you try to give away
as the sweat pours out your body, like the music that you play
later in the evening, as you lie awake in bed
with the echos from the amplifiers, ringin in your head
you smoke the days last cigarette, remembering what she said

3rd CHORUS: Now, here I am, on the road again
D Em
there I am, up on the stage
D A
here I go, playing star again
C D Em
there I go, turn the page

4th CHORUS:
D Em
Now, here I am, on the road again
D Em
there I am, up on the stage
D A
here I go, playing star again
C D Em
there I go, there I go…