When you can't find the light
to guide you through a cloudy day
when the stars ain't shinin' bright,
and it feels like you lost your way
when the candle lights of home
burn so very far away
yea you got to let your soulshine,
just like my daddy used to say

used to say soulshine
its better than sunshine
its better than moonshine
its damn sure better than the rain
well now people don't mind
we all feel this way sometimes
got to let your soulshine
shine til the break of day

i grew up thinkin that i had it made
gonna make it on my own
life can take the strongest man
make him feel so alone
now and then i feel a cold wind
blowin through my achin bones
i think back to what my daddy said,
said, "boy in the darkness, just before dawn..."

let your soul shine
its better than sunshine
i know its better than moonshine
damn sure better than rain
people now don't you mind
we all get this way sometime
you gotta let your soulshine
shine til the break of day

sometimes a man,
can feel this emptiness, like a woman,
has robbed him of his very soul
well, a woman too, god knows,
she can feel like this,
and when the world seems cold,
you gotta let your spirit take control,
that's why i tell ya

talkin 'bout soulshine
its better than sunshine
better than moonshine
its damn sure better than rain
well now people don't mind
we all feel this way sometimes
got to let your soulshine
yeah shine on and on and on
i said, better than sunshine
better than moonshine
its damn sure better than rain
well now people don't mind,
we all feel this way sometimes,
got to let your soulshine, shine til the break of day