Written by Kevin McClave
©1992, 2000 Kevin McClave Music (ASCAP)
℗2000  Kevin McClave Music (ASCAP)

In the mire of all oppression
There's a Martin Luther King
At the end of every winter
The birds return to sing
For each day filled with storm clouds
There's a sky, clear and blue
For each disloyal bastard
A cornrad, stalwart and true
Shining through

For each teardrop that falls
A smile is somewhere shown
While someone somewhere runs away
Another is coming home
As cold and hard as people can be
There are those who are wonderful, too
At the end of every endless night
The day’s promise begins anew
Shining through

At the heart of each injustice
An angry scream within us all
From each disheartening setback
The rise after the fall
It's true no one can love you
Until you love you
For the lost and brokenhearted
There's a love, fierce and true
Shining through

Kevin McClave - vocal and guitar 

Lyrics 1992, music and demo recorded in 2000.

                              

Shining Through (original acoustic demo)

Written by Kevin McClave
℗2023 ©2011 Kevin McClave Music (ASCAP)

Sometimes a homeless face
Can make me cry
Sometimes I walk on by
“Go to heaven for the climate 
Hell for the company”
If you walk the straight and narrow
You'll be where you ought to be

This weathered heart
Sometimes it feels like it's killing me
When I look at you I feel you know what I mean
Your soul's been around forever
Maybe next door to mine
Watching pain and beauty
Down through time

(CHORUS)
Emily
The world's not made for the likes of you and me
People soil their lives
With hatred, indifference and greed
You and I
We'll stay clean

So here I stand
With forces conspiring against me
When I touch your hand somehow I feel free
The first step is always the hardest 
On any journey
If you’re too afraid to take it
Chance fades to history

(CHORUS)
Emily
The world's not made for the likes of you and me
People soil their lives
With hatred, indifference and greed
You and I
We'll stay clean

Take my hand
Let’s break free 

Kevin McClave - vocal and guitars 

Written on 9/3, 9/4 and 9/5/96. Recorded August 26, 1997, re-mixed March 10, 2001. 

This song was produced as a pro songwriter demo in 2011 and that version is in the Nashville Sessions playlist.

Re-mixed Demos

Emily - original home demo recording

A Dream
Written by Kevin McClave
℗©2015 Kevin McClave Music (ASCAP)

Guitar, vocal - Kevin McClave

2001 home demo recording.

A Dream

Written by Kevin McClave
℗©2011 Kevin McClave Music (ASCAP)

Cliff Goldmacher - acoustic guitar
Barry Walsh - piano

Produced by Cliff Goldmacher

You Oughta Know (instrumental track)

A handful of song edits for use as mobile phone ringtones or notification tones. Feel free to download and enjoy. 

All files ©Kevin McClave Music (ASCAP).

Promise Unfulfilled ringtone

A handful of song edits for use as mobile phone ringtones or notification tones. Feel free to download and enjoy. 

All files ©Kevin McClave Music (ASCAP)

Inside ringtone

These are just a handful of song edits for use as mobile phone ringtones or notification tones. Feel free to download and enjoy. 

All files ©Kevin McClave Music (ASCAP).

Always By Your Side ringtone

A handful of song edits for use as mobile phone ringtones or notification tones. Feel free to download and enjoy.

All files ©Kevin McClave Music (ASCAP).

Emily ringtone

A Dream (Bread Pudding Remix) notification

A handful of song edits for use as mobile phone ringtones or notification tones. Feel free to download and enjoy.

All files ©Kevin McClave Music (ASCAP)

I Don't Know notification

Shining Through ringtone

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