Shine Your Light On Me by Andrew Peterson Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I remember once I broke down in the country
I was sixteen with a broken heart in bloom
And I walked home through the pines
Nobody saw me but the moon
[Verse 2]
By sunrise I could hear the church bells ringing
I got there as the saints were marching in
I sat down on the back row
And heard the story once again
[Chorus 1]
And the servants of the secret fire
Were gathered there
The embers of the ages
Like a living prayer
And all at once I saw the shadows flee
Shine your light on me, on me
Be a light unto my path
And a lamp unto my feet
[Verse 3]
They flew us down to Oklahoma city
Yeah, but I could hardly stand there on the stage
So sick I couldn't speak
And the fever wouldn't break
[Verse 4]
But when I stepped up to the microphone I heard it
It was the voices of the brothers at my side
They were singing out my song
When the song in me had died
[Chorus 2]
Oh, shine your light on me
[Bridge]
Somebody come and get me when I'm gone (me when I'm gone, gone, gone, gone)
Somebody come and get me when I'm gone (me when I'm)
[Verse 5]
Two years ago I drove into a darkness
I straightened every curve on Cane Ridge Road
And I could hear the flapping wings
Of every devil I have known
[Verse 6]
And the inside of my car was like a casket
But then it flooded with a blaze of sacred light
She was calling me back home
And as I pulled into the drive
[Outro]
I knew the servants of the secret fire
Were gathered there
The embers of the ages
Like a living prayer
She was standing on the porch where I could see
Shine your light on me, on me
Be a light unto my path
And a lamp unto my feet
I remember once I broke down in the country
I was sixteen with a broken heart in bloom
And I walked home through the pines
Nobody saw me but the moon
[Verse 2]
By sunrise I could hear the church bells ringing
I got there as the saints were marching in
I sat down on the back row
And heard the story once again
[Chorus 1]
And the servants of the secret fire
Were gathered there
The embers of the ages
Like a living prayer
And all at once I saw the shadows flee
Shine your light on me, on me
Be a light unto my path
And a lamp unto my feet
[Verse 3]
They flew us down to Oklahoma city
Yeah, but I could hardly stand there on the stage
So sick I couldn't speak
And the fever wouldn't break
[Verse 4]
But when I stepped up to the microphone I heard it
It was the voices of the brothers at my side
They were singing out my song
When the song in me had died
[Chorus 2]
Oh, shine your light on me
[Bridge]
Somebody come and get me when I'm gone (me when I'm gone, gone, gone, gone)
Somebody come and get me when I'm gone (me when I'm)
[Verse 5]
Two years ago I drove into a darkness
I straightened every curve on Cane Ridge Road
And I could hear the flapping wings
Of every devil I have known
[Verse 6]
And the inside of my car was like a casket
But then it flooded with a blaze of sacred light
She was calling me back home
And as I pulled into the drive
[Outro]
I knew the servants of the secret fire
Were gathered there
The embers of the ages
Like a living prayer
She was standing on the porch where I could see
Shine your light on me, on me
Be a light unto my path
And a lamp unto my feet