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scottobearWords & Music by Larry Weiss
Sung by Glen Campbell
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 star-spangled 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
And a smile can hide all the pain
But you're down when you're ridin' the train that's 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 star-spangled rodeo
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 star-spangled rodeo
Rhinestone cowboy
Gettin' cards and letters from people I don't even know
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Date: 2001-09-04 08:11 am (UTC)but, yes, I remember when that song was big. my mom listens to country music. this was one song I acutally could live with listening to.
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Date: 2001-09-04 08:48 am (UTC)This song reminds me of a stop at a gas station in Georgia on a road trip down to Fla.
I have no idea why, because that wasn't even the song, it was the one about being a lineman or something.
Whatever - Summertime in Georgia was beautiful.
And this was BEfORE the REVENGE of THE SHARKS (im talking FLA now) but JAWS was around.
heheh
Glen is one heck of a picker, thats fer shur
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Date: 2001-09-04 08:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2001-09-04 08:49 am (UTC)hee
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Date: 2001-09-04 08:55 am (UTC):)
you're *still* in more physical danger from mosquitos or humans.
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Date: 2001-09-04 08:58 am (UTC)Though I may never get my husband back down to FLA again (at least not to swim in the gulf). This is sad because I had just coaxed him down there and he liked it - now shark attacks on the very beach we went to (the one I've been going to since I was a kid).
Oh well.
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Date: 2001-09-04 09:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2001-09-05 01:41 am (UTC)Brings back memories of me putting my parents' Glen Campbell record on our giant turntable (one of those cabinet units that took up an entire wall) and hooking up the little microphone through the reel-to-reel so that I could sing along at the top of my 6-year-old lungs. And loving every second of it. =)
You know, I'm going to have to find that record somewhere!
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Date: 2001-09-05 07:57 am (UTC)What a great memory! I hope you find the reel to reel tape of you singing sometime!