Shining Songtext
von Randy Newman

Y′all should have seen me
When I was 16 years old
Had my hair hanging free down my back
It used to shine in the sun like gold
Went 8 years of grade school
4 Years of high school
I was never sick one day
And the kids that were with you in the first grade
Were with you all the way

We'd go over to Augusta for the ball game
We′d all go down to Daytona for the race
We'd go over to the drive-in every Friday
Shining in the sun like gold


Some cold winter morning outside the school
The bell hadn't rung just yet
We′re standing outside the gate
Smoking cigarettes
Brushing the snow off our clothes
And leaning against the wall
Shining

And there wasn′t no baby crying
And there wasn't no laundry waiting for me on the line
If I didn′t want to be alone, I didn't have to be alone
All I had to do was shine
Shine
Shining

Lord, there must be something better
Lord, it just don′t seem right
To cook the same breakfast for the same man every morning
Sleep with the same man every night
For the rest of my life
For the rest of my life