"A Ray Of Light"

Words & Music by James Nihan

I thank the Father Sun above
For shining down on you with love
And giving you that ray of light
So you can shine on me
You're an angel in a state of grace
And with that glow upon your face
I just want to mirror you
'Cause I like what I see

- Chorus -
A ray of light can warm the soul
Make hearts glitter just like gold
It puts a shimmer on the sea
And you know that's what it does to me
It let's you see a rainbow bend
It's a ray of hope for a troubled friend
And there is nothing that you can't make right
With a ray of light

Just like everybody else
I've got a ray of light myself
And I'm the best that I can be
When I don't hold it in
So every morning when I rise
I try to put it in my eyes
So I can shine all through the day
The moment it begins

- Chorus -
A ray of light can warm the soul
Make hearts glitter just like gold
It puts a shimmer on the sea
And you know that's what it does to me
It let's you see a rainbow bend
It's a ray of hope for a troubled friend
And there is nothing that you can't make right
With a ray of light

If all six billion rays of light
Were all turned on one single night
The world would be a brighter place
The darkness would be gone
'Cause how could anybody hate
The same time they illuminate
I have to think they'd have to love
The ones they're shining on

- Chorus -
A ray of light can warm the soul
Make hearts glitter just like gold
It puts a shimmer on the sea
And you know that's what it does to me
It let's you see a rainbow bend
It's a ray of hope for a troubled friend
And there is nothing that you can't make right
With a ray of light
No, there is nothing that we can't make right
With a ray of light

James at Narrows on the Harpeth, TN - October 2002