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Your grandma loved the Chi-lites, she danced on soul train
Held you tight neath the kitchen light, said, "you're gonna be a star one day"
You learned to sing in Saint Norma's choir
With a heart full of hope and prayers
Late nights with the boys in the band in the basement down the stairs where you would

Shine a light over everybody
Shine a light for all the world to see
It gets tough paying your dues
You get tired of singing the blues
You shine a light for all the world to see
Shine your light for me

It gets hard working doubles each day just to try to make ends meet
It feels alright on Saturday night with the crowd swept off their feet
The booze, and the lights, and the dope, and the fights make it hard for you to want to stay
So much for dreams of fortune and fame, keep playing the game til you find a way to

Shine a light over everybody
Shine a light for all the world to see
It gets tough paying your dues
You get tired of singing the blues
You shine a light for all the world to see
Shine your light for me

It takes a lifetime to forget and to erase
Nothing good has ever come from the chances you don't take

Shine a light over everybody
Shine a light for all the world to see
It gets tough paying your dues
You get tired of singing the blues
You shine a light for all the world to see
Shine your light for me

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from One And Only, released October 18, 2019

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The Grande Machine Minneapolis, Minnesota

"Glam without the eyeliner"--Classic Rock Magazine

In 2008 a band came together consisting of four veterans of the Minnesota Rock scene to began playing bombastic, huge rock and roll. Though times change and members have come and gone, the Machine rolls on strong!!

Think MC5 and The New York Dolls drinking with Kiss and Bruce Springsteen and arguing about the Dead Boys, the Ramones, and Slade.
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