VERSE 1:
Saw your picture on a poster, in a cafe out in Pheonix;
Guess you're still the sweetheart of the rodeo.
As for me and little Casey, we still make the circuit
In a one-horse trailer and a mobile home.
She still asks about you all the time;
[stop]
And I guess we never even cross your mind.
CHORUS:
But, oh, sometimes I think about you,
and the way you used to ride out
In your rhinestones and your sequins,
with the sunlight on your hair;
And, oh, the crowd will always love you,
but as for me I've come to know
[stop]
Everything that glitters.... is not gold.
VERSE 2:
Well, old Red, he's getting older,
and last Saturday he stumbled
But you know I just can't bear to let him go.
Little Casey, she's still growing,
and she's started asking questions
And there's certain things a man just doesn't know.
Her birthday came and you never even called;
I guess we never cross your mind at all.
But then sometimes I think about you,
and the way you used to ride out
In your rhinestones and your sequins,
with the sunlight on your hair;
And, oh, the crowd will always love you,
but as for me I've come to know
Everything that glitters.... is not gold.
BRIDGE:
Everybody said you'd make it big someday,
And I guess that we were only in your way.
But someday, I'm sure, you're gonna know the cost;
[stop]
Cause for everything you win, there's something lost.
(slowly):
But, oh, sometimes I think about you,
and the way you used to ride out
In your rhinestones and your sequins,
with the sunlight on your hair;
And, oh, the crowd will always love you,
but as for me I've come to know
Everything that glitters.... is not gold, ooooooooh
[stop] [stop]
Everything that glitters................. is not gold