He bought a flat top, down at a pawn shop Spent every weekend playing them bars One night a big wheel came down from Nashville Gave him a deal and he made him a star He went from rags to riches Farm to fame From digging ditches, to carving out a name Just stand in the spotlight, 'til the light go dim Then its rags to riches, to rags again He had some top tens, some billboard award wins Out on the road, he had a couple good years It was life in the fast lane, women and cocaine Till his fifteen minutes had all disappeared He went from rags to riches Farm to fame From digging ditches, till the whole world knows your name Just stand in the spotlight, until the light go dim Then its rags to riches, to rags again Yea, everybody knows, that's just the way it goes A star is born, a star burns out What goes up the charts must come down He got his flat top, out of the pawn shop I see his old car up and down music road He tells his friends that, he's planning a come back Man, these days he just never know He went from rags to riches Farm to fame From digging ditches To the whole world knows your name Just stand in the spotlight, until the light go dim Then its rags to riches It's rages to riches, to rags again