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Artist: Billy Porter
Canonical path: /billy-porter/shining-star
Related lyric paths: 5
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Shining Star
Read Shining Star lyrics by Billy Porter on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Shining Star
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When you wish upon a star
Your dreams will take you very far, oh, yeah
When you wish upon a dream
Life ain't always what it seems
Shining star come into view
To shine its watchful light on you, you, you
Oh, give you strength to carry on, yeah
Make your body big and strong, yeah
You're a shining star
No matter who you are
Shining bright to see
What you could truly be
Hush now
Shining star for you to see
What your life can truly be
Shining star for you to see
What your life can truly be
What you can truly be
Go on with your bad self
'Cause I'm a shining star
No matter who you are
Shining bright to see
What I could truly be
You're a shining star
No matter who you are
Shining bright to see
What you could truly be
You're a shining star (you're a shining star)
No matter who you are (no matter who you are)
Shining bright to see (yeah, yeah)
What you could truly be
You're a shining star
No matter who you are
Shining bright to see
What you could truly be
Oh, you're a shining star (shining star)
No matter who you are (who you are)
Shining bright to see (yeah, I look fab bitch)
What you could truly be (ooh)
You're a shining star
No matter who you are (no matter who you are)
Shining bright to see (see)
What you could truly be (yeah)
You're a shining star
No matter who you are
Shining bright to see
What you could truly be
What you can truly be
What you can truly be
Not you, but me
It's time to go
You're a shining
You're a shining star
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Billy Porter performs "Shining Star", and this lyric page sits inside the Billy Porter catalog on LyroVerse.
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