when you can t find the light that guides you through a cloudy day when the stars ain t shining bright and it feels like you ve lost your way when those candle light of home burn so very far away well you got to let your soul shine just like my daddy used to say chorus he used to say the soulshine it s better than sunshine it s better than moonshine damn sure better than rain hey now people don t mind we all get this way sometimes got to let your soul shine 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 and make him feel so alone now and then i feel a cold wind blowin through my aching bones i think back to what my daddy said he said boy in the darkness before the dawn sometimes a man can feel this emptiness like a woman has robbed him of his very soul a woman too god knows she can feel like this but hey when your world seems cold you got to let your spirit take control 