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