if the sun ain't available where you're living these days
i mean, if you find yourself stuck in some cave
or worse looking for a way out of your grave

just look inside for the light

i say, 'mother, you know that living, it ain't easy'

mother, you know that the end ain't in sight
if it is dark, you could always keep a-wandering
or if it is dark, you could look inside for the light


now waking up and going through any old day is just fine
yeah, we got wings, but lord knows we ain't flying

and every night you're still falsely crying
you gotta just look inside for the light


i say, brother, you know, that living, it ain't easy
brother, you know that the end ain't in sight
if it is dark, you could always keep a-wandering

or if it is dark, you could look inside for the light

now this life ain't bad though living, it's a crime

oh, at least that's what they say so i don't know why i'm
always trying to make the most of my time
when i could just look inside for the light


they say, sinner, you know that living, it ain't easy
sinner, you know that the end ain't in sight

if it is dark, you could always keep a-wandering
or if it is dark, you could look to us for the light


but i say no other light can shine like my light
no other light can shine like my light
no other light can shine like my light

no other light can shine like my light
no other light can shine like my light
no other light can shine like my light

no other light can shine like my light
no other light