Lyrics to
Shinin’ On

This version of Shinin’ On was released by Grand Funk Railroad in 1974.

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We are winners and losers, bedfellow choosers
Put here to pass by the time
We are space-age sailors, all had our failures
Now everybody gonna’ shine

Keep it shinin’ on
Keep it shinin’ on

See the fire within them burnin’
Touch the fire, make me feel so fine
Keep the fire within you livin’
Everybody gonna’ shine, shine, shine

Keep it shinin’ on
Keep it shinin’, shinin’ on
Keep it shinin’ on

Shinin’ on
Shinin’ on

What?
Alright

Keep it shinin’ on
Keep it shinin’, shinin’ on
Keep it shinin’ on

Keep it shinin’ on, shinin’ on, shinin’ on

Keep it shinin’, keep it shinin’, keep it shinin’ on
Keep it shinin’, keep it shinin’, keep it shinin’ on
Keep it shinin’, keep it shinin’, keep it shinin’ on
Keep it shinin’, keep it shinin’, keep it shinin’ on
Keep it shinin’, keep it shinin’, keep it shinin’ on
Keep it shinin’, keep it shinin’, keep it shinin’ on
Keep it shinin’, keep it shinin’, keep it shinin’ on

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About Lyrics and Shinin’ On by Grand Funk Railroad

When you decide to study the lyrics to Shinin’ On, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1974 song by Grand Funk Railroad. Some of the lyrics to Shinin’ On have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Grand Funk Railroad and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Shinin’ On if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Shinin’ On" means the words set to the music of Shinin’ On, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Grand Funk Railroad. 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 Shinin’ On and the lyrics to Shinin’ On are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Grand Funk Railroad who came here looking just for the lyrics to Shinin’ On, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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