Who draws the crowd and plays so loud, baby it's the guitar man
 
 Who's gonna steal the show, you know baby it's the guitar man
 
 He can make you love, he can make you cry
 
 He will bring you down then he'll get you high
 
 Somethin' keeps him goin' miles and miles a day
 
 To find another place to play.
 
  
  Night after night who treats you right, baby it's the guitar man
 
 Who's on the radio, you go listen to the guitar man
 
 Then he comes to town and you see his face
 
 And you think you might like to take his place
 
 Somethin' keeps him driftin' miles and miles away
 
 Searchin' for the songs to play.
  
 
 Then you listen to the music and you like to stay along
 
 You want to get the meaning out of each and every song
 
 Then you find yourself a message and some words
 
 To call your own and take them home.
  
 
 He can make you love, he can get you high
 
 He will bring you down then he'll make you cry
 
 Somethin' keeps him movin' but no one seems to know
 
 What it is that makes him go.
  
 
 Then the lights begin to flicker and the sound is getting dim
 
 The voice begins to falter and the crowds are getting thin
 
 But he never seems to notice he's just got to find
 
 Another place to play, anyway got to play, anyway got to play.