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Meantolearn Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Rhinestone Cowboy

0"I've been 01b00walkin' these streets02b00 so long02br
00Singin' the same old song02br
00I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway02br
00Where hustle's the name of the game02br
00And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain02br
00There's been a load of compromisin'02br
00On the road to my 01b00horizon02br
02b00But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me"02br
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001. Do you native speakers say 'walking these streets' or 'walking on these streets'?02br
002. "There's been a load of compromisin' on the road to my horizon." 02br
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00What does horizon mean in the quotes above? Is it a common usage?02br
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00"Like a rhinestone cowboy02br
00Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo02br
00Like a rhinestone cowboy02br
00Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know02br
00And 01b00offers02b00 comin' over the phone"02br
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003. Does offers mean job offers?02br
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00Well, I really don't mind the rain02br
00And a smile can hide all the pain02br
00But you're down when you're ridin' the train that's takin' the long way02br
01b00And I dream of the things I'll do02br
00With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe02br
02b00There'll be a load of compromisin'02br
00On the road to my horizon02br
00But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me"02br
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004. "And I dream of the things. I'll do with a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe."02br
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00Can anyone explain what the quotes above mean? Is it common or it's particularlly for this song.02br
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00Thanks,0-
  

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0 Google hits: 02br 01font 00242 for "walking on these streets"02font 02br 00 15,900 for "walking these streets"02br 02br 00 horizon - future02br 02br 00 offers - probably of a sexual nature, but who knows 02br 02br 00 he's so poor that he thinks about02br 00 "the things I'll do02br 00 With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe"02br 00 which isn't too much, of course02br 0-

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 Google hits: 02br 01font 00242 for "walking on these streets"02font 02br 00 15,900 for "walking these streets"02br 02br 00 horizon - future02br 02br 00 offers - probably of a sexual nature, but who knows 02br 02br 00 he's so poor that he thinks about02br 00 "the things I'll do02br 00 With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe"02br 00 which isn't too much, of course02br 0-
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01font00242 for "walking on these streets"02font02br
00 15,900 for "walking these streets"02br
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00 horizon - future02br
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00 offers - probably of a sexual nature, but who knows 02br
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00 he's so poor that he thinks about02br
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01cite10Meantolearn12cite10"I've been 11b10walkin' these streets12b10 so long12br
10Singin' the same old song12br
10I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway12br
10Where hustle's the name of the game12br
10And nice guys get washed away like the snow and
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0 3. Does offers mean job offers? 01b01font00Most likely. I'm not sure what the film was about, but it might have been male prostitution.02br
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00It was about dreams of a better life. You ought to see it - one of the great films.02br
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01cite10Feebs1112cite103. Does offers mean job offers? 11b11font10Most likely. I'm not sure what the film was about, but it might have been male prostitution.12br
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10It was about dreams of a better life. You ought to see it - one of the great films.12br
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0Are you talking about the Electric Horseman, with Robert Redford? The movie came well after the song, didn't it?0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite12br
10Are you talking about the Electric Horseman, with Robert Redford? The movie came well after the song, didn't it?12br
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11b01font00I think you're right, G.G. We've been confused....adding the song to a movie, whic
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01. either way. in every day usuage not usually said with 'on' but as the song writer is not talking about a particular street, is okay to say the way he did. Not proper/common english for writting but this is spoken word.02br
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002. Horizon...means goal in life in this case. Not a common usage. Is a metaphor for goal.02br
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003. I think it means
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0"Horizon" is quite common in metaphors that denote "the boundaries of one's life", or "imminent events".02br
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00Cf. these googles for examples:02br
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00In the "imminent events" meaning, the metaphor is from celestial phenomena, rising above the horizon; in the "boundaries" meaning, from travelling by sea, etc.02br
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