One Shining Moment

The finals of the NCAA Tournament are upon us and for us basketball fans that means the college basketball season will be capped with CBS' montage of the NCAA tourney all to the song written especially for this exciting three weeks of hoops... it's Kansas and Memphis for the championship, and 20 yrs. ago we witnessed KU and "Danny and the Miracles" beat Oklahoma for the national championship in Kansas City... I was there... I left disappointed, but despite the pain that still lingers, here is the "One Shining Moment" video from 1988...



Here are the lyrics to the popular anthem by David Barrett (and currently being sung by the late Luther Vandross):

The ball is tipped
and there you are
you're running for your life
you're a shooting star
And all the years
no one knows
just how hard you worked
but now it shows...
(in) ONE SHINING MOMENT, IT'S ALL ON THE LINE
ONE SHINING MOMENT, THERE FROZEN IN TIME

But time is short
and the road is long
in the blinking of an eye
ah that moment's gone
And when it's done
win or lose
you always did your best
cuz inside you knew...
(that) ONE SHINING MOMENT, YOU REACHED DEEP INSIDE
ONE SHINING MOMENT, YOU KNEW YOU WERE ALIVE

Feel the beat of your heart
feel the wind in your face
it's more than a contest
it's more than a race...

And when it's done
win or lose
you always did your best
cuz inside you knew...
(that) ONE SHINING MOMENT, YOU REACHED FOR THE SKY
ONE SHINING MOMENT, YOU KNEW
ONE SHINING MOMENT, YOU WERE WILLING TO TRY
ONE SHINING MOMENT....