Our Turn to Shine

I’m the last of my kind
an incandescent life from another time
Slow to turn on I won’t last long
sort of like this old song

I’ll be replaced by an LED
820 lumens like a new TV
Find ‘em at a Lowes Home Improvement
part of the next youth movement

Energy efficient for decades to come
by the time it goes dark, I’ll be gone
I’m a dinosaur made of glass and tin
take me out screw a new one in

CHORUS But for now, I’ll light the way
Brighten up your every day
If only for a short time…it’s still my turn to shine

I can chase away the night
I’m the perfect reading light
Whether it’s an old newspaper
or an Elmore Leonard caper

When I’m done reuse my glass
and those tiny little wires of brass
Can’t do much with a broken filament
when it’s no longer radiant

CHORUS But for now, I’ll light the way
Brighten up your every day
If only for a short time…it’s still my turn to shine

BREAK: I’ve been flickering for a little while
I’m on my last mile
Let me illuminate your smile
before I go out of style

In the days before lamps
we’d sit around the camps
Looked to the fire for all we desired
Maybe that day will return
when all we will burn
Is ourselves in the sun

CHORUS: We’ll let it light our way
Brighten up our every day
Woahhh-oo …for the rest of time
it’s our turn to shine

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