[Chorus] You can't be a beacon if your light don't shine You can't be a beacon if your light don't shine There's a little light in all of us by God's design But you can't be a beacon if your light don't shine [Verse 1] How can you ask for the truth When you do not truthful live How can you ask forgiveness When you don't forgive I don't mean to bring you down or speak to you unkind But you can't be a beacon if your light don't shine [Chorus] You can't be a beacon if your light don't shine You can't be a beacon if your light don't shine There's a little light in all of us by God's design But you can't be a beacon if your light don't shine [Verse 2] How can you ask a child to be honest and true? When he can only judge what's right by what he sees in you How can you offer vision, yet walk around blind No you can't see a beacon if it's light don't shine [Chorus] You can't be a beacon if your light don't shine You can't be a beacon if your light don't shine There's a little light in all of us by God's design But you can't be a beacon if your light don't shine [Verse 3] May gods' love surround you, may you find a brighter day May he grand you the place you seek in every way God's light burns in each life yours and mine And you can be a beacon if you just let it shine [Chorus 2] You can be a bacon if you let it shine You can be a bacon if you let it shine There's a little light in all of us by God's design You can be a beacon if you let it shine (X2)