Rhinestone Cowboy

I've been walking these streets so long 
singing 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 compromising 
on the road to my horizon 
but I'm gonna be where the lights are shining on me

like a rhinestone cowboy 
riding out on a horse 
in a star spangled rodeo 
like a rhinestone cowboy 

getting cards and letters from people I don't even know 
and offers coming over the phone 
well I really don't mind the rain 
and a smile can hide all the pain
but you're down when you're riding the train 
that's taking 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 compromising 
on the road to my horizon 
but I'm gonna be where the lights are shining on me 

like a rhinestone cowboy
riding out on a horse
in a star spangled rodeo 
rhinestone cowboy 

getting cards and letters from people I don't even know 
and offers coming over the phone 

like a rhinestone cowboy 
riding out on a horse
in a star spangled rodeo
like a rhinestone cowboy 

getting cards and letters from people I don't even know

like a rhinestone cowboy