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。