Out on the shoreline I see a lighthouse
It stands at the ready for those in need
Driving to nowhere, I stop for an hour
Find the lightkeeper and he says to me,

"I know ships don't need me to sail through these waters
Satellites guide them past this rocky shore.
But on those cold, dark, and lonely nights
Every traveler finds comfort in my light."

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"So I'm going to shine on, shine on
And hope you remember my light long after you have gone.
From the waning of dusk, till the waking of dawn,
I'll be here
And I'll shine...
I'll shine on."

"Like my father, and his father before him
I live by the rhythm of these crashing waves.
I've got tattered letters written by sailors-
They tell the stories of ships that were saved.
Now it's the tourists who come from the roadside;
They leave me notes in a book by my door

But they still talk about cold and lonely nights
And how travelers find comfort in my light,

"So I'm going to shine on, shine on
And hope you remember my light long after you have gone.
From the waning of dusk, till the waking of dawn,
I'll be here
And I'll shine...

I shook that keeper's hand, and I drove away.
Now on cold, dark nights I still hear him say,

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