☀️ The Daily Boost #886

Open the door and let your light shine

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Note: The transcription of the lyrics below is an approximation. I couldn’t locate the words online.

LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE
Robert Francis McKendree & Graeme Williamson

Well lately I asked 
Good fortune's passed you by
I wish that you would try one more time
And maybe defeat will come as no surprise
I wish that you would try one more time
Sometimes it seems every moment is a test
Nothing in the outside world can put your heart at rest

Refrain:
But come now, somehow it's been done before
Open up the door and let your light shine
Oh come now, somehow it's been done before
Open up the door and let your light shine
Let it shine

And you might be thinkin' there's no place for you
I wish that you would look one more time
And you might be thinkin' it's more than you can do
I wish that you would try one more time
Sometimes it seems like you never will succeed
And everything you gather, there's so little that you need

Refrain

(My thanks to Fran McKendree and his fellow songwriter.)

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