Shed a Little Light

Oh, let us turn our thoughts today to Martin Luther King
 And recognize that there are ties between us
 All men and women, living on the earth
 Ties of hope and love, sister and brotherhood
 That we are bound together
 In our desire to see the world become
 A place in which our children can grow free and strong
 We are bound together by the task that stands before us
 And the road that lies ahead
 We are bound, and we are bound
 There is a feeling like the clenching of a fist
 There is a hunger in the center of the chest
 There is a passage through the darkness and the mist
 And though the body sleeps, the heart will never rest
 (Shed a little light, oh, Lord) shed a little light, oh, Lord
 (So that we can see) oh, yeah
 (Just a little light, oh, Lord) just a little light, oh, Lord
 (Want to stand it on up) stand it on up, oh
 (Stand it on up, oh, Lord) stand it on up, oh
 (Wanna walk it on down)
 Gonna shed a little light (shed a little light, oh, Lord)
 (Can't get no light from a dollar bill)
 Don't see me no light, no dollar bill
 (Don't give no light from the TV screen) no, no, no
 (When I open my eyes, I want to drink my fill)
 (From the well on the hill)
 I know you know what I mean
 (Shed a little light, oh, Lord) shed a little light, oh, Lord
 (So that we can see) oh, yeah
 (Just a little light, oh, Lord) just a little light, oh, Lord
 (Want to stand it on up) stand it on up, oh
 (Stand it on up, oh, Lord) stand it on up, oh
 (Wanna walk it on down)
 Gonna shed a little light (shed a little light, oh, Lord)
 (Shed a little light, oh)
 There's a feeling like the clenching of a fist
 There is a hunger in the center of the chest, oh yes
 There is a passage through the darkness and the mist, oh
 And though the body sleeps, the heart will never rest
 Oh, let us turn our thoughts today to Martin Luther King
 And recognize that there are ties between us
 All men and women, living on the earth
 Ties of hope and love, sister and brotherhood