Lyrics to
Shine A Little Love

This version of Shine A Little Love was released by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) in 1979.

Our About Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) page at Decade Lyrics includes the lyrics for Shine A Little Love from 1979 as well as all of the other lyrics from Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) that we have in our lyrics database.

Here's more interesting things in songs and lyrics tied to Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) or about the 1970s in general.

Although the things you’ve done I wouldn’t criticize.
I guess you had your way.
You see I gotta make you understand.
I know it sounds a foolish thing to say.
But it don’t matter baby ‘cos’ today’s another day.

You shine a little love on my life
You shine a little love on my life
You shine a little love on my life and let me see.

Remember,tonight we’re gonna run till dawn
Remember,tonight we’re gonna say.
We’ll never stop we got a good thing goin’ on.
I know you’ve heard it all before.
But I really need you darlin’ every day I need you more.

Can you understand.(Yes I understand) Can you feel it’s right.
(I know it is) Will you be the same.(I’ll do it all again).

It’s been a year now and it’s getting so much better.
You came home without a word.
Though everybody said you’ll soon forget her.
Thay couldn’t see and they just didn’t understand.
And lookin’ in the mirror there were fools at either hand.

Can you understand.(Yes I understand) Can you feel it’s right.
(I know it is) Will you be the same.(I’ll do it all again).

How many days had I been waiting there to tell you.
I really can’t believe.
We’re walkin’ out into the world tonight.
We’ll do it all again until the break of light.
And the feelin’ in your heart will soon be shinin’ in your eyes

---

Want more lyrics and songs by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo)?

Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) has released many songs over the years besides Shine A Little Love. Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) released songs from 1971 to 2001 spanning across albums like No Answer, Electric Light Orchestra II, On The Third Day, Eldorado, Face The Music, A New World Record, Out Of The Blue, Discovery, Xanadu, Time, Secret Messages, Balance Of Power, and Zoom. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo).

If you're a fan of 1970s music looking for more songs from 1979 or the 1970s overall, you've come to the right place!

About Lyrics and Shine A Little Love by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo)

The lyrics to Shine A Little Love are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) in 1979. Elements of the lyrics to Shine A Little Love are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Shine A Little Love 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 Little Love by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) 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 Little Love" means the words set to the music of Shine A Little Love, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo). 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 Little Love and the lyrics to Shine A Little Love are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) who came here looking just for the lyrics to Shine A Little Love, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

More Songs & Lyrics by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo)

Visit our Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) profile for more Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) songs, lyrics & info!

)