When you can't find the light, That got you through the cloudy days, When the stars ain't shinin' bright, You feel like you've lost you're way, When those candle lights of home, Burn so very far away, Well you got to let your soul shine, Just like my momma used to say. She used to say soulshine, It's better than sunshine, It's better than moonshine, Damn sure better than rain. And if the people don't mind, We all get this way sometime, Got to let your soul shine Shine through the break of day. Growin' up, I thought I had it made, Gonna make it on my own. Life can take the strongest man, Make him feel so all alone. Now sometimes I feel a cold wind, Blowin' through my achin' bones, I think back to what my daddy said, He said girl, it's the darkest before the dawn. Let your soul shine, It's better than sunshine, It's better than moonshine, Damn sure better than rain. And if the people don't mind, We all feel this way sometimes, Gotta let your soul shine Shine through the break of day. Sometimes a man can feel this emptiness, Like a woman has shot down to his very soul. A woman too, God knows, she can feel like this. And when your world seems cold You got to let your spirit take control. Let your soul shine, It's better than sunshine, It's better than moonshine, Damn sure better than rain. Lord now people don't mind, We all get this way sometimes, Gotta let your soul shine, shine through the break of day. Oh, it's better than sunshine, It's better than moonshine, Damn sure better than rain. And if the people don't mind, We all get this way sometimes, Gotta let your soul shine, shine till the break of day.