TILL IT SHINES
Bob Seger


Take away my inhibitions 
Take away my solitude 
Fire me up with your resistance 
Put me in the mood 
Storm the walls around this prison 
Leave the inmates 
Free the guards 
Deal me up another future 
From some brand new deck of cards 
Take the chip off of my shoulder 
Smooth out all the lines 
Take me out among the rustling pines 
Till it shines 

Like an echo down a canyon 
Never coming back as clear 
Lately I just judge the distance 
Not the words I hear 
I've been too long on these islands 
I've been far too long alone 
I've been too long without summer 
In this winter home 
Still if we can make the effort 
If we take the time 
Maybe we can leave this much behind 
Till it shines 

See the rich man lost and lonely 
Watch him as he dines 
Sitting there just testing all the wines 
Till it shines