Let It Shine

 




Let It Shine


INTRO

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let it shine

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let it shine


A little dawn on the windowpane,  

like heaven tapping on a screen door frame.


VERSE 1

Sun on the gravel, I’m talkin’ to myself,  

boots on the porch like a prayer on a shelf.  

I used to chase noise like it owed me a name,  

now I sit with the quiet and it answers the same.  


Coffee black as a Sunday confession,  

learning that grace don’t need my direction.  

Life got a way of gettin’ witty and wise

turns out the truth wears overalls and skies.  


I’m not all fixed, but I’m less of a fight,  

less of a runaway lookin’ for light.  

Funny how heavy turns light when you name it,  

like pain’s just a song you stop tryin’ to tame it.


CHORUS

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine  

Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine  

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine  

Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine  


VERSE 2

Now I roll through the hum of a highway hymn,  

radio low and the daylight slim.  

Billboards preachin’ in neon rhyme,  

tellin’ me hurry while I learn to climb.  


Every small town got a story in the dust,  

some built on hope, some built on trust.  

I seen pride turn brittle, I seen mercy bend,  

like a worn-out road that still won’t end.  


And it hits me funny in a lyrical way

we all say fine but we mean someday.

Still, I catch little miracles hid in plain sight,  

like grace wearin’ boots and stayin’ all night.


CHORUS

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine  

Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine  

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine  

Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine  


Let it shine

Let it shine

Let it shine

Let it shine


VERSE 3

I’ve seen flags in the window like folded-up chords,  

love and disagreement sittin’ shoulder to boards.  

Work boots prayin’ in a tongue made of steel,  

and a long day learning how to heal.  


I used to outthink every mile I rode,  

now I let the road do what roads do: unfold.  

There’s a joke in the silence, a twist in the line  

even broken clocks get to tell you the time.  


And I ain’t sayin’ it’s perfect or polished or prim,  

but even a flicker refuses to dim.


CHORUS

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine  

Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine  

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine  

Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine  


Oh let it shine

Oh let it shine


BRIDGE

I carried doubt like a coin in my hand,  

spendin’ it slow just to understand.  

But something in me don’t break, don’t bend 

it just keeps sayin’ start again.


Let it shine

Let it shine


FINAL CHORUS

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine  

Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine  

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine  

Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine  


THIS little light of ours, we’re gonna let it shine  


LET IT SHINE! LET IT SHINE! LET IT SHINE!  


Let it shine

Let it shine

Let it shine



Lyrics © 2026 Scott D. Radtke. All rights reserved. 

No claim is made to AI-generated instrumental music.