Shine
Oh, you shine
Onto trees and rivers
Birds and bears
Mind, oh mind
Don't you believe
All
The dancing men
Up there on the stage
For some are charlatans
But some speak truth
Question mark
Oh, question mark
You are the one
Who moves the spotlight
To and fro
Wince to wither
Earth to moon
I was brought up
Thinking that
"How do we get to the moon?"
Was a perfectly good question
Until I heard a man from Harlem say:
"What's up there on the Moon? Nothing
Going there is groovy
For certain people
But not the black man in America"
"How can we make life on earth better?"
Seems like a better question,
Now
Attention, oh attention
Shine
Oh, you shine
Will you light up
Our delusions
Or our truths?
Attention, oh attention
I move you
And you
Move me
I pray to you,
I love you,
So much
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