When you can't find the light that guides you through a cloudy day
When the stars ain't shinin' bright and it feels like you've lost you're way
When the candle lights of home burn so very far away
Well you got to let your soul shine just like my daddy used to say

He used to say, “Soul shine, it's better than sunshine
It's better than moonshine, it's damn sure better than rain
Hey now people don't mind we all feel this way sometimes
Got to let your soul shine, shine till 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
He said, 'Boy, in the darkness just before the dawn'

Let your soul shine, it's better than sunshine
I know it's better than moonshine, damn sure better than rain
People now don't mind we all get this way sometimes
You got to let your soul shine, shine till 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 seem cold, you gotta let your spirit take control
Must I tell you

Talkin' about soul shine, it's better than sunshine
Better than moonshine, it's damn sure better than rain
Lord now people don't mind we all feel this way sometimes
Got to let your soul shine, yeah shine on and on and on and on

I said, “It's better than sunshine, it's better than moonshine, yeah
It's damn sure better than rain, hear me now, hear me now
Yeah now people don't mind, don't you mind
We all feel this way sometimes 'cause we all get to feel sometime
Got to let your soul shine, shine till the break of day