I'm standing back up on this stage again

But something you know it just ain't right

Cause I see everyone else out there making music

Playing chords so clear and bright

But here I am, a little out of tune And missing the strings

Try to find a song that I can play

That fits up with the rhythm of this place

I try to play along, but nothing I do seems to go along

Just can't find the right things to say

Someone tell me just where I belong Cause it's so hard to find my place within this song

Cause I'm an old guitar with a couple missing strings A little out of tune, a melody incomplete

Just a broken chord where missing notes belong I'm up here playing, singing that lonely song

And missing the strings

Standing on the corner of a crowded room I'm a stranger amongst friends

All the words they can be hard to find All my thoughts get frozen in my mind

I'm lost inside a maze that never ends

I try to sing along, and fit in the best I can I fake a smile, nod my head, and pretend I understand

But I'm an old guitar with a couple missing strings A little out of tune, a melody incomplete

Just a broken chord where missing notes belong I'm up here playing, singing that lonely song

And missing the strings

I'm a puzzle piece from a different box There's part of me that's set apart that's sometimes lost

I'm on the other side, I'm looking in Wondering where it all begins

I try to bend, I've tried so hard to change But I go away, feeling strange, wondering where

I think about a time, about a man upon the cross The sorrow filled the air, looking like all hope was lost

I'm guessing he knows just how I feel down deep inside It's the only thought that reminds me it's okay

That I am just who I am, and I have a song to play

I'm an old guitar with a couple missing strings A little out of tune, a melody incomplete

Just a broken chord where missing notes belong I'm up here playing, yeah I'm up here playing

I'm missing strings