Released: March 24, 1974
Songwriter: Bernie Leadon
Producer: Bill Szymczyk
"Shine" is the debut single by alternative rock band Collective Soul. It served as the lead single for their 1993/1994 debut album, Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid. "Shine" would remain the band's most well known song and a hallmark of 1990s alternative rock. It became the #1 Album Rock Song of 1994, and won a Billboard award for Top Rock Track. The song also reached the top of the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart for eight weeks. The song then went on to peak at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week. Read more on Last.fm.
Length: 5:07
Tell me , how do you feel?
Like you're rolling so fast that you're spinning your wheels?
Don't feel too bad, you're not all along
We're all trying to get along
With everybody else trying to go their way
You're bound to get tripped, and what can you say?
Just go along until they turn out the lights
There's nothing we can do to fight it
[Chorus]
No man's got it made till he's far beyond the pain
And we who must remain go on living just the same
[Verse 2]
I once knew a man, very talented guy
He's sing for the people and people would cry
They knew that his song came from deep down inside
You could hear it in his voice and see it in his eyes
And so he traveled along, touch your heart, then be gone
Like a flower, he bloomed till that old hickory wind
Called him home
[Chorus][x2]
[Outro]
We who must remain go on laughing just the same
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- Hotel California
- Take It Easy
- Desperado
- One of These Nights
- Life in the Fast Lane
- Take It to the Limit
- New Kid in Town
- The Last Resort
- Lyin’ Eyes
- Wasted Time
- Tequila Sunrise
- Best of My Love
- Peaceful Easy Feeling
- Witchy Woman
- I Can’t Tell You Why
- Please Come Home for Christmas
- Already Gone
- The Long Run
- Doolin-Dalton
- Love Will Keep Us Alive
- Victim of Love
- Pretty Maids All in a Row
- Heartache Tonight
- The Heart of the Matter