You Gotta Shine Your Own Star

©2018 Harvey Schmidt / 5050songs Inc (ASCAP)
Release Date: Jun 13, 2018
Produced by Demo My Song®

The lights are dimming and the moon is fading away.
Don’t know if anyone heard a word I said all day.
Oh I was hoping a friend would call,
Wanting me to sing in a grand concert hall.
Then the silence woke me up,
And I kneeled by my bed to pray.
I went to sleep, thinking of all the things to be done,
thinking if anyone cared if I ever had any fun.
Or, if there were any souls alive, who could help me finally get ahead.
Did anyone really know me? Did anyone want to take the time?
To see the love in my heart,
And the reason in my mind.
Or, would they just push me aside, at the drop of another dime.

Promises are often broken, and their words, they often run deep.
The days get longer and broken, but I got miles to go before I sleep.
Miles to go before I sleep.
Are chances given, or do they just fall out of the sky?
Must we get everything on our own, before we finally die?
So, do we just grab the bull by the horns, and make the people cry?

Move ahead, move behind.
Seize the dawning of the new day, and make them hear the songs you play.
You gotta shine your own star,
Make them see the love in your heart.
Shine your own star,
Step up on stage and seize the lead part.
Shine your own star,
And make them hear all the words that you say,
And all the hopes and fears to which you pray.
You gotta shine your own star,
And make them see that you can change the world!
They say that silence is golden, when you set out on your own Yellow Brick Road.
And all the songs that come from your heart,
Worth more than all of the silly words often spoken.
Gotta shine your own star, before you let your anger explode!

And the world that you know and see,
All you want it to be,
Can finally be within your reach,
And not beyond the galaxy.
So get up! Get up! And fight for all you believe!
Your star can shine every place you are,
Before you finally leave.
Know who you are, and know all that you can be.
Grab this silence by its ass,
And shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it,
Shake it! shake it, shake it, baby, shake it,
Shake it ’til you’re finally free!

Move ahead, move behind.
Seize the dawning of the new day, and make them hear the songs you play.
Shine your own star,
Make them see the love in your heart.
Gotta shine your own star,
Step up on stage and seize the lead part.
Shine your own star,
And make them hear all the words you say,
And all the hopes and fears to which you pray.
You gotta shine your own star,
Make them see that you can change the world!