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 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