Lyrics:

4 Takte
I've been walkin'
these streets so long,
singin' the same old song.
I know every crack in these
dirty sidewalks of Broadway.
Where hustle's the name
of the game,
and nice guys get washed away
like the snow and the rain.
There's been a load of compromisin',
on the road to my horizon.
But, I'm gonna be where
the lights are shinin' on me.
Like a rhinestone cowboy,
riding out on a horse
in a starspangled rodeo.
Like a rhinestone cowboy,
Getting cards and letters
from people, I don't even know,
and offers comin'
over the phone.
Well, I really don't
mind the rain,
a smile can hide all the pain.
You're down when you're ridin'
the train takin' the long way.
And I dream of the things I'll do,
with a subway token
and a dollar tucked inside my shoe.
There'll be a load of compromisin',
on the road to my horizon.
But, I'm gonna be where
the lights are shinin' on me.
Like a rhinestone cowboy,
riding out on a horse
in a starspangled rodeo.
Like a Rhinestone cowboy,
Gettin' cards and letters
from people, I don't even know,
and offers comin' over the phone.
Like a rhinestone cowboy,
riding out on a horse
in a starspangled rodeo.
Like a rhinestone cowboy,
Gettin' cards and letters
from people, I don't even know,
and offers comin' over the phone.