Lyrics to
Shine A Light

This version of Shine A Light was released by The Rolling Stones in 1972.

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Saw you stretched out in Room Ten O Nine
With a smile on your face and a tear right in your eye.
Oh, couldn’t see to get a line on you, my sweet honey love.
Berber jew’lry jangling down the street,
Make you shut your eyes at ev’ry woman that you meet.
Could not seem to get a high on you, my sweet honey love.
May the good Lord shine a light on you,
Make every song (you sing) your favorite tune.
May the good Lord shine a light on you,
Warm like the evening sun.
When you’re drunk in the alley, baby, with your clothes all torn
And your late night friends leave you in the cold gray dawn.
Just seemed too many flies on you, I just can’t brush them off.
Angels beating all their wings in time,
With smiles on their faces and a gleam right in their eyes.
Whoa, thought I heard on sigh for you,
Come on up, come on up, now, come on up now.
May the good Lord shine a light on you,
Make every song you sing your favorite tune.
May the good Lord shine a light on you,
Warm like the evening sun.

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About Lyrics and Shine A Light by The Rolling Stones

The lyrics to Shine A Light are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by The Rolling Stones in 1972. Elements of the lyrics to Shine A Light are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by The Rolling Stones and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Shine A Light back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Shine A Light by The Rolling Stones in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Shine A Light" means the words set to the music of Shine A Light, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Rolling Stones. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Shine A Light and the lyrics to Shine A Light are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Rolling Stones who came here looking just for the lyrics to Shine A Light, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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