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。