sharing with us what he knows
 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
 new eyes see no race
 the essence of a child
 the essence
 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'll teach him not to hate
 true love it is a rock
 smoothed over by a stream
 no ticking of a clock
 truly measures what that means
 truly measures what that means
 and this thing they call our time
 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's
 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 of this that can surround me
 I know it all as being mine
 but she kisses me and wraps herself around me
 she gives me love, she gives me time
 and I feel fine
 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 to learn 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