Song Description

On the road

Lyrics

On a long and lonesome highway, east of Omaha
You can listen to the engine moaning out its 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 riding 16 hours and there's nothing much to do
And you don't feel much like riding, you just wish the trip was through

Here I am, on a road again
There I am, on the stage
Here I go, playing star again
There I go, turn the page

Well you walk into a restaurant strung out from the road
You can feel the eyes upon you as you're shaking off the cold
And 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
It's that same old cliché, is that woman or a man?
And you always seem outnumbered so you don't dare make a stand

Here I am, on a road again
There I am, on the stage
Here I go, playing star again
There I go, turn the page

Up 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 while 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

Here I am, on a road again
There I am, up on the stage
Here I go, playing star again
There I go, turn the page