[Silence]
[Arrangement: Uplifting folk-rock with acoustic guitar and slide-guitar blues rock, piano, Hammond organ, handclaps, and a joyful sing-along finale.]
[Intro]
Wake up now
(To a brand-new day)
Leave behind
(The old cliché)
Take a breath
(Let it begin)
The world outside
(Is calling in)
[Verse 1]
Be the sunrise
(Turn the page)
You don’t have to
(Live in yesterday)
Feel your heartbeat
(Finds its rhyme)
One more chance
(One more time)
The road ahead
(Is yours to claim)
Who’s to say
(You stay the same)
You can choose
(A different way)
Starting now
(Today)
[Refrain]
Just the same
(Escape from lame)
Well…
(Well, why live in hell?)
Rebirth
(Heaven on earth)
Let’s rise above
(And shine on love)
…shine on…
(And on and on)
Shine!
[Verse 2]
Lift another
(When they fall)
Open up
(You’ve got it all)
Kindness echoes
(Farther still)
Changing hearts
(Changing will)
Be the smile
(Start somewhere)
Know the answer
(Begins with care)
Plant tomorrow
(Today’s small seed)
Love is more
(Need not conceed)
[Bridge]
[Instrumental]
[Guitar Solo]
[Organ Swell]
[Piano Run]
[Final Chorus]
What changes
(If nothing’s tried)
Hope grows stronger
(From inside)
Take the chance
(Break the chain)
You don’t have to
(Live in pain)
[Final Refrain]
Just the same
(Escape from lame)
Well…
(Well why live in hell)
Rebirth
(Heaven on earth)
Let’s rise above
(And shine on love)
…shine on…
(And on and on)
Shine!
[Outro]
One more dawn
(One more song!)
Carry hope
(All along)
Shine on…
(And on and on)
Shine!
From the album “What’s in a Name“