You watch them watch youYou want them tooThen their faces fade awayYou worked your whole lifeTo show them all that you have what it takes to shineCause no one has what you haveAnd no one ever willYou have heartAnd that's all you needYou're gonna shine for themShine for themShineNo matter what it takes you'll shineWell life got complicatedAnd no one ever waitedAnd you son grew into a manAnd all you wanted was to be lovedBut it ended up fitting you like some gloveWas strangling all your changes to shineBut you'd show them allThat you'd make them fallCause they didn't understand a thing aboutThe way you'd shineOh you shineYour gonna shine for themShine for themShineNo matter what it took you shineNow you're on the best stageAnd in your best dressBut the show is not for youIt's a clown with a frownIn from out of townAnd your hairdo's fallingAnd they're filling out andMy God the clown is youBut you dance for someone that smiles at youAnd drift into the shadows of yourselfOff you goBut you shine for himShine for himShineAnd now its time for them to shine for youShine for themShine for themShine
