[Verse 1]
On a long and lonesome highway, east of Omaha
You can listen to the engine's 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 wanderin' 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 your trip was through

[Chorus]
Here I am, on the road again
There I am, oh, up on the stage
Here I go, playin' the star again
And there I go, turn a page

[Verse 2]
So you walk into this restaurant, you're strung out from the road
You can feel the eyеs upon you as you're shakin’ off the cold
You pretеnd it doesn’t bother you, you just want to explode
But most times you can't hear ’em talk, other times you can
All the same old clichés, "Is that a woman or a man?"
Then you always seem outnumbered, you don't dare make a stand

[Chorus]
But here I am, oh, on the road again
There I am, oh, up on the stage
Here I go, playin' the star again
There I go, turn a page

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
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 from the amplifiers ringin’ in your head
You smoke the day's last cigarette, remembering what she said (What she said)

[Chorus]
But here I am, oh, on the road again
And there I am, oh, up on the stage
Here I go, playin' the star again
And there I go, turn a page
Here I am, on the road again
And there I am, oh, up on the stage
Here I go, playing the star again
There I go, there I go
Turn the page