Turn The Page

Turn the Page is a song written by Bob Seger in 1972 and initially released by him in 1973 on his Back in '72 album. Though never released as a single, Seger's live version of the song on the 1976 Live Bullet album became a mainstay of album-oriented rock radio stations, and still gets significant airplay to this day on classic rock stations. The song has been covered by numerous artists, with the most notable being Metallica. Some of the other cover versions include Sally Anthony, Jon English, Golden Earring and Garth Brooks.

[Verse 1] On a long and lonesome highway, east of Omaha You can listen to the engine 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 wandering the way they always do When you're ridin' sixteen hours and there's nothin' left to do And you don't feel much like riding, you just wish the trip was through [Chorus] Here I am On the road again There I am Up on the stage Here I go Playing the star again There I go Turn the page [Verse 2] Well you walk into a restaurant strung out from the road And you feel the eyes upon you as you're 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 old cliches, "Is that a woman or a man?" And you always seem outnumbered; you don't dare make a stand [Chorus] Here I am On the road again There I am Up on the stage Here I go Playing the 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 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 [Chorus] Here I am On the road again There I am Up on the stage Here I go Playing the star again There I go Turn the page Here I am On the road again There I am Up on the stage Here I go Playing the star again There I go Turn the page [Outro] There I go There I go