On a long and lonesome highway east of Omaha You can listen to the engine moaning out as one note song You 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 riding sixteen hours and there's nothing much to do And you don't feel much like riding, you just wish the trip was through
Say, 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
Well, you walk into this restaurant strung out from the road And you feel the eyes upon you, as you're shaking 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 old cliches, "Is it woman? Is it man?" And you always seem outnumbered, you don't dare make a stand
Here I am On the road again There I am Up on the stage Here I go Playing star again There I go Turn the page
Out there in the spotlight, you're 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 echoes from the amplifiers ringing in your head You smoke the day's last cigarette, remembering what she said
Ah, Here I am On the road again There I am Up on the stage Here I go Playing star again There I go Turn the page
Ah, Here I am On the road again There I am Up on the stage Here I go Playing star again There I go