Shine Your Light

CHORUS: Shine your light against the dark

Stand upright and make your mark

Do your best wherever you may be

And shine your light for me -------

Long ago when

I was just

A boy of tender years

My father told me life's a road

Paved with joy and tears

And as you travel you must choose

Between what's right and wrong

Remember sin is giving in

For Heaven's sake be strong -------

REPEAT CHO

RUS: -------

As I grew beyond my teens

The world began to press

My father's words began to fade

Lost to selfishness

And after years of walking down

The wrong side of the track

One night

I cried and deep inside

My father's words came back -------

REPEAT CHO

RUS: -------

My father said that kindness is

The light of

God in man

So I was told to shine like gold

On everyone

I can I changed my ways and did my best

To right the wrong

I'd done I settled down and in a year

God blessed us with a son

Now he's barely nine years old

A learner on life's way

He wonders why a day goes by

He doesn't hear me say -------

REPEAT CHO

RUS: ---------

Do your best wherever you may be

And shine your light

Shine your light

Do your best wherever you may be

And shine your light for me