Sparkle and Shine
words and music by Jane Voss
CHORUS: Sparkle and shine,
Like the stars in their stations;
Sparkle and shine,
Like a stone up from the mine;
Like a light on the water,
Or in the eyes of a lover,
Sparkle and shine!
Comes a time
When you’re feeling grim,
No matter what you try,
It seems you can’t win.
You’re all in from the strain,
You think your life’s down the drain,
And the dream you’ve given your all to gain,
You can sustain no more.
And when the fire’s gone cold,
And it seems the center can’t hold,
And you’re too tired and too old
To turn again and start all over;
In the dark hour of uncertainty,
There’s a truth will abide:
Oh, if you could only see
What you hold deep inside,
You might find you’re all right;
You might find what you need;
And in your soul’s darkest night, you find
Your little light,
Your little light’ll
Sparkle and shine... (CHORUS)
And there was I,
I was lonely and blue,
A little down, a little dismal,
When I ran into you;
You said you’d been out of touch,
You didn’t feel like much,
And you talked as though you didn’t know
Your glow was undiminished.
Oh, you lit up my sky;
You didn’t even have to try,
But in the twinkling of your eye,
My lonely little cloud was banished!
So even when you aren’t aware
How brilliant you are,
In my private firmament
You’re fixed as a star;
And you don’t lift a finger,
You don’t have to move your hand,
You just stand there and you glisten and
You glimmer and
You sparkle, oh,
You sparkle and shine... (CHORUS)
copyright © 1986 Jane Voss, Obscure Origins Music (BMI)
