text: Ive been walking these streets so long
  Singing the same old song
  I know every crack and crevice out here in Broadway
  Where hustles the name of the game
  And white boys get washed down the drain
  Like the snow and the rain
  Took me years of compromising
  On the road to my horizon
  But Im 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 dont even know
  And offers coming over the phone
  Well I really dont mind the rain
  And a smile can hide all the pain
  But youre walking these streets so long out here in broadway
  And I dream of the things Ill do
  With a subway token and a dollar tucked into my shoe
  Took me years of compromising
  To get to my horizon
  But Im 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 dont even know
  And offers coming over the phone
  Like a rhinestone cowboy
  And offers coming over the phone