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