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Shawn Mullins — Shimmer (acoustic)
Album: 99X - Got Live If You Want It
Avg rating:
6.1

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Released: 2003
Length: 4:16
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Sharing with us what he knows
His shining eyes are big and blue
And all around him water flows
This world to him is new
This world to him is new

To touch a face
To kiss a smile
And new eyes see no race
The essence of a child.....the essence

Chorus:
He's born to shimmer
He's born to shine
He's born to radiate
He's born to live
He's born to love
But we will teach him how to hate

And true love it is a rock
Smoothed over by a stream
And no tickin of a clock
Truly measures what thet means
Truly measures what that means

And this thing called our time
I heard a brilliant woman say
She said "you know it's crazy
How I want to try to capture mine"
I think I love this woman's way
I think I love this woman

The way she shimmers
The way she shines
The way she radiates
The way she lives
The way she loves
The way she never hates

Sometimes I think of all this that surrounds me
I know it all as being mine
But she kisses me and she wraps herself around me
She gives me love
She gives me time
And I feel fine

But time I cannot change
So here's to looking back
You know I drink a whole bottle
Of my pride
And I toast to change
To keep these demons off my back
Just get these demons off my back

Cause I
Want to shimmer
I want to shine
I want to radiate
I want to live
I want to love
I want to try and learn how not to hate
Try not to hate

We're born to shimmer,
We're born to shine,
We're born to radiate,
We're born to live,we?re born to love
We're born to never hate

He's born to shimmer
He's born to shine
He's born to radiate
He's born to live
He's born to love
But we will teach him..
Comments (38)add comment
I came here to make a negative comment, but I see several dozen people beat me to it.
Posted 1 month ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
Just click on the Next button :)
Posted 2 months ago by PetreG    [ Reply ]
"I was chopin' broccoli"
Posted 8 years ago by skyguy    [ Reply ]
I'll offer a contrarian view — I rather like this!
Posted 8 years ago by aaronm    [ Reply ]
 Enrique wrote:
A very excellent song... for me to poop on.
 
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precisely
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Not bad.  But buddies of mine were writing better songs in high school.
Posted 8 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Geez, why not submit some of your own original work guys ?
Posted 9 years ago by RICK_MELVILL    [ Reply ]
I like it!  Kind of surprised by the 5.9 rating. 
Posted 9 years ago by AbileneTexas    [ Reply ]
 great_one wrote:
Makes my butt itch!
 
More fiber!

Posted 15 years ago by ajlept    [ Reply ]
Pass the earwax. Blech.
Posted 21 years ago by Heathen954    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Frank_Dunn: of what is this you speak human?
"New Shimmer! It's a floor wax and a dessert topping!" -SNL ca. 1977
Posted 21 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
A very excellent song... for me to poop on.
Posted 21 years ago by Enrique    [ Reply ]
So...I\'m 30 years-old...and I love \"Dawson\'s Creek\"...so what\'s wrong with that? So? So? SO? :)
Posted 21 years ago by MiataDJ    [ Reply ]
Shawn Mullins is total garbage. I can tell what he\'s going for but he could only be an embarrassing attempt to emulate his mentors. This is truly a callow, pathetic and embarrassing attempt to evoke any sort of real feeling. please stop.
Posted 21 years ago by lordcruloze    [ Reply ]
As much as I\'d like to hate this song, I just can\'t. I dig it. Almost as much as the comments from the people that hate it- funny stuff
Posted 22 years ago by tbase    [ Reply ]
Please pardon me while I gargle razor blades and chant in Aramaic in some vain attempt to cleanse the world of this evil.
Posted 22 years ago by Euphemism    [ Reply ]
great song!!!!
Posted 22 years ago by jasong    [ Reply ]
dessert topping...
of what is this you speak human?
Posted 22 years ago by Frank_Dunn    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Dotman: you go shawn.
Yeah, you go Shawn. Far away.
Posted 22 years ago by eric    [ Reply ]
you go shawn. Dot
Posted 22 years ago by Dotman    [ Reply ]
Vaguely reminiscent of having a fork scraped across one's molars. And about as melodic.
Posted 22 years ago by Euphemism    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Dr._Crane: I'm still not sure whether this song is about a floor wax or a dessert topping...
ROTFLMAO one of my favorite comedy references...and apropriate...
Posted 22 years ago by mksothrpeoplrich    [ Reply ]
I can\'t help but to turn this up and sing in my office! :roll:
Posted 22 years ago by splendy    [ Reply ]
Love this version of his song... I\'m very strongly motivated to buy his stuff... especially acustical stuff.
Posted 22 years ago by TreborG2    [ Reply ]
This one isn\'t yet a reason to be convinced, but at least made me curious \'bout other music he has made.
Posted 22 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
This song is just bland. Reminds me of Dan Hill. I don't like to be reminded of Dan Hill.
Posted 22 years ago by Eagan    [ Reply ]
Good message and with only accoustic guitar it communicates more personally. The Jake likes it! :)
Posted 22 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
Good storyteller and folk rock artist. I saw him at an RSL in Australia and he and his band were really good. He seems to be more popular over there than he is in the U.S.
Posted 22 years ago by skinnyo    [ Reply ]
Really good version of this song. This CD is hard to find, released by an Athens GA radio station, has some really good live/unplugged artists/tunes on it including Guadalcanal Diary, Kevn Kinney and a surreal REM Country Feedback that RP sometimes plays.
Posted 22 years ago by rjs    [ Reply ]
Draws you in and takes you somewhere. Nice to listen to.
Posted 22 years ago by justlistening    [ Reply ]