Every time I feel this way I pick up my guitar And sing a song of far away lands, ego and façade I often feel like sailing but I always miss the boat And every time I feel this way I pick up my guitar Now you know and so do I that nothing's really real It's all a game, a light charade of hiding all you feel You needn't know the meaning cause the reasons all are lost And now you know and so do I that nothing's really real There is a power that we all know A goodness in us all and a side we seldom show, yeah, yeah yeah There is a power that we all know A goodness in us all and a side we seldom show, yeah, yeah yeah Every time I feel this way I pick up my guitar And sing a song of far away lands, ego and façade I often feel like sailing but I always miss the boat And every time I feel this way I pick up my guitar, yeah, yeah yeah