Hey there Sammy it looks like you didn't make it
You had a heart as big as a whale nobody could break it
But they came like thieves in the night while you were sleeping
Found what you'd hidden away in a drawer just for safe keeping
Were you looking for sparks in the night
You didn't go down without a fight
You will shine on
We wrote it all down in a song

When we were looking for good times we'd never tasted
I still remember the first time we played twenty one and wasted
I went walking the streets after dark home from the Mayfair
And I knocked on the door of your house you no longer lived there
I'm still at ease with the people I meet still move to the rhythm of the city beat
And we all shine on
We wrote it all down in a song
Wrote it down in a song

When I look back on the years that we spent together
Back when we were young and we really believed we'd live forever
Well I ask you how much it meant seems it was less than fifty percent
We will shine on we wrote it all down in a song
Wrote it down in a song
And we all shine on
Shine On
Shine On
Shine On
Shine On
Shine On
Shine On