Rhinestones on the night time road
Reflect the light that's in your soul
And keep your dark eyes shining
Keep your dark eyes shining

When the path turned to a road
It turned into a highway
Oh, and it leads to where you'd give your soul
To see the sad hearts smiling

Up ahead you only see the night
But back behind you all the turns seemed right
You're on the rhinestone highway
Ooh, the rhinestone highway

All you have if you reach heaven
Is all the songs your heart could carry
And you don't have them all
But you've got all the best you left with

Rough roads only seem to mean
That life can imitate your dreams
And they only set you flying
And keep your dreams from dying

So much farther out there than you've ever been
And you're flying down a road that has no end
You're on the rhinestone highway
Ooh, the rhinestone highway

Life's too long to go the wrong way
Life's too short to go the long way
And you never got a map
So you just go the way the road goes

You follow the rhinestones down the road
And days fly by like the cotton rows
And if you turn your head in time
You can see right down the line

So much farther out there than you've ever been
And you're flying down a road that has no end
You're on the rhinestone highway
Ooh, the rhinestone highway