Talk to a Nashville singer,
look like he's been around.
Ask him how I got like me.
It's a hit in this old town.
He said, son, I missed the boat a time or two.
I don't know exactly what it was that I didn't do.
Every dog has his day,
every dream gets his shot.
When Lady Luck shines down on you,
you show him what you got.
Move all your chips and down till you last stand.
Do like I should have done,
young man,
and you'll do fine.
You've got a shot,
shot,
shot,
when that spotlight falls on you.
Walk up to the microphone, show him what you do.
If you've got to be a star, this is your time.
And you've got to shine,
you've got to shine,
shine,
shine.
Hey!
That old man made sense to me.
He seemed to word-shrink true,
like a lighthouse in the storm.
He told me what to do.
You've got to shine, shine, shine, when
the spotlight falls on you.
Walk up to the microphone,
show him what you do.
He has to shine,
shine,
shine,
when that spotlight falls on you.
Old man has to shine,
shine,
shine,
shine,
when that spotlight falls on you.
You've got to shine,
shine,
shine,
shine,
if you've got to shine,
shine,
shine,
shine.