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The Cranberries – Shine Down (1990) | Track profile | Dork

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The Cranberries
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (Super Deluxe)
Shine Down

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The Cranberries

Shine Down

Release date: 1990

From Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (Super Deluxe)

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About This Track

"Shine Down" is a track by The Cranberries, from the album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (Super Deluxe), released 1990. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

The Cranberries

The Cranberries

Lyrics

Shine Down

[Chorus]

That was some revealing light

That you shone on me last night

Have you turned away from me

Because you know that I can't see?

[Post-Chorus]

But if you leave me in the night

Well then you're leaving me in spite

And if you leave me in the day

Well then you'll take my soul away

[Verse 1]

Nothing ever happens to me

Though I still can't see the

Things that you see

Was anybody there?

Does anybody care?

No, nobody to show me the way

No, nobody to tell me to stay

No, nobody was there

No, nobody does care

[Chorus]

That was some revealing light

That you shone on me last night

Have you turned away from me?

Because you know that I can't see

[Post-Chorus]

And if you leave me in the night

Well then you're leaving me in spite

And if you leave me in the day

Well then you'll take my soul away

[Outro]

If you leave me in the night

Well then you're leaving me in spite

And if you leave me in the day

Well then you'll take my soul away

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (Super Deluxe)

1990

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Album

Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (Super Deluxe)

The Cranberries

Release year

1990

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