(lyrics are written by Warren Haynes)

When you can't find the light
That got you through a cloudy day
When the stars aint't shinning bright
You feel like you've lost your way
When those candle lights of home
Burn so very far away
Well you got to let your soul shine
Just like my mama use to say

She used to say soulshine
It's better than sunshine
It's better than moonshine
Damn sure better than the rain
And if the people don't mind
We all feel this way sometimes
Got to let your soul shine
Shine through the break of day

Growing up I thought I had it made
I could make it on my own
But life can take the strongest man
Make him feel so alone
Now sometimes I feel the cold wind
Blowing through my aching 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
You got to let your soul shine
Shine through the break of day

Sometimes a man can feel this emptiness
Like a woman has a shot down to this very soul
A woman too God knows she can feel like this
And when the world seems cold
You got to let your spirit take control

You got to 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
You got to let your soul shine
Shine through the break of day

You got to let you soul shine
Shine through the break of day
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Thanks to (Teresa J Jones) for correcting these lyrics. Jun 22, 2008