Shine Your Light

Shine Your Light - Charlie Landsborough

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

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

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

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

My father said that kindness is

The light of God in man

The light of God in every 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

To right the wrong that I had 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 another day goes by

He doesn't hear me say

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

Shine your light against the dark

Stand upright and make your mark

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