[Verse 1]
On a long and lonesome highway east of Omaha
You can listen to the engine moanin' out its one-note song
And you think about the woman or the girl the night before
But your thoughts will soon be wandering the way they always do
When your 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

[Chorus]
Here I am
On the road again
There I am
Up on the stage
There I go
Playin' star again
There I go
Turn the page

[Verse 2]
Well, you walk into a restaurant strung out from the road
And you feel their 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 talking, other times you can
It's the same old cliche: "Is that a woman or a man?"
And you always seem outnumbered so you don't dare make a stand
[Chorus]
Here I am
On the road again
There I am
Up on the stage
There I go
Playin' star again
There I go
Turn the page

[Verse 3]
Out there in the spotlight you're a million miles away
Every ounce of energy you try to give away
As the sweat pours from your body like the music that you play
Later in the evening as you lie awake in bed
The echoes from the amplifiers ringing in your head
And you smoke the day's last cigarette rememberin' what she said

[Chorus]
Here I am
On the road again
There I am
Up on the stage
There I go
Playin' star again
There I go
Turn the page
Here I am (Here I am)
On the road again (On the road again)
There I am (There I am)
Up on the stage (Up on the stage)
There I go (There I go)
Playin' star again (Playin' star again)
There I go (There I go)
Turn the page