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 needs 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.

For ev'ry mistake
We must surely be learning;
Still my guitar gently weeps.

I don't know why
You were diverted,
You were perverted, too.

I don't know how
You were inverted,
No one alerted you.

I look at you all,
See the love there that's sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps.

Look at you all.
Still my guitar gently weeps.