I look at you all

See the love there that's sleeping

While my guitar gently weeps

I look at the floor

And I see it need sweeping

Still my guitar gently weeps

I don't know why

Nobody told you

How to unfold your love

I don't know how

Someone controlled you

They bought and sold you

I look at the world

And I notice it's turning

While my guitar gently weeps

With every mistake

We must surely be learning

Still my guitar gently weeps

I don't know how

You were diverted

You were perverted too

I don't know how

You were inverted

No one alerted you

I look from the wings

At the play you are staging

While my guitar gently weeps

As I'm sitting here

Doing nothing but aging

Still my guitar gently weeps