I hadn't heard the expression in years when it was used by a person for whom English is a 2nd language. Fortunately, she told me how this guy took an ill-starred shine to her, whereas she was actually taking a shine to me and I to her. We shone for quite some time, still do in a funny way. The expression captures the quicksilver nature of human attraction, the beam of light reflected many times over. Without the shine, don't even try
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TOOK A SHINE
At a party one night
He left her talking to another guy (at a party one night)
He went out walking in the moonlight (at a party one night)
The other man was very keen
He thought he'd get between them
He took a shine to her, he took a shine to her
He took a shine to her
But she was not impressed ( not impressed)
Later on that night
They left to travel home by car (from the party that night)
Stopped at a store, it wasn't far (from the party that night)
The man behind the counter grinned
He knew he was right in
She took a shine to him, she took a shine to him
She took a shine to him
Slipped him her phone number (her phone number)
Then the weekend came
He went out drinking with the boys (when the weekend came)
Lifting himself above the noise (when the weekend came)
He saw his girl walk hand-in hand
The store, the face, the man
She took a ride with him, she took a ride with him
She took a ride with him
And she never returned (never returned)
She never returned (never returned)
And as two lovers share the shine
The siren blows, it is half-time
How could he miss, oblivious
He missed the shine, missed the shine
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