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Introdução:
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I was never one for singing what I really feel
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Except tonight I'm bringin' everything I know is real
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Stars they come and go They come fast they come slow
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They go like the last light of the sun all in a blaze
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They always have a story
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But it gets lonely here when theres no one here to share
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We can shake it all away If you'll hear a story
verse 2
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People lust for fame like athletes in a game
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We break our collar bones and come up swinging
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Some of us are down some are crowned
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some are lost an never found
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Those thats seen it all
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they live their lives in sad cafes an music halls
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They always have a story
verse 3
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Some make it when they're young
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Before the world has done it's dirty job
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Later on someone will say you've had your day
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Now you must make way
verse 4
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Some make it when they're old
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Perhaps they have a soul they're not afraid to bare
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Or perhaps there's nothin' there
Verse 5
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Stars they come and go They come fast they come slow
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They go like the last light of the sun all in a blaze
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And all they see is glory
Verse 6
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So if you don't lose patientce with my fumblin' around
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I'll come up singin' for you
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Even when I'm down I'll come up singing
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singing
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singing
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Like a Rhinestone cowboy
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riding out on a horse in a star-spankled rodeo
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Just like a Rhinestone cowboy
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Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
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Lord an offers comin' over the phone
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Verse 7
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I've been walkin' these streets so long singin' the same ole songs
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I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway
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Where hustles the name of the game
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And nice guys get washed away like the snow an the rain
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Theres been a load of compromisin' on this road to my horizion
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But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me
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Like a Rhinestone cowboy
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Riding out on a horse in a star-spankled rodeo
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Like a Rhinestone cowboy
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Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
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Lord an offers comin' over the phone
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Verse 8
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Well I really don't mind the rain and a smile can hide all the pain
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But your down when you're ridin' the train thats taking the long way
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And I dream of the things I'll do with a subway token an a dollar tucked
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inside my shoe
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There'll be a load of compromisin' Lord on that road to my horizion
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But I wanna' be where them lights are shinin' on me
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Like a Rhinestone cowboy
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riding out on a horse in a star-spankled rodeo
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Just like a Rhinestone cowboy
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Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
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Lord an offers comin' over the phone
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outro
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Like a Rhinestone cowboy