Allman Brothers Band, The - Soulshine Lyrics






When you can't find the light
That guides you through a cloudy day
When the stars ain't shining bright
You feel like you've lost you're way
When the candle light of home
Burns so very far away
Well, you got to let your soul shine
Just like my daddy used to say

He used to say 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 sometime
Got to let your soul shine, shine till the break of day

I grew up thinking that I had it made
Gonna make it on my own
Life can take the strongest man
Make him feel so alone
Now sometimes I feel a cold wind
Blowing through my aching bones
I think back to what my daddy said
He said, "Boy, there is darkness before the dawn"

Let your soul shine
It's better than sunshine
It's better than moonshine
Damn sure better than rain
Yeah, now people don't mind
We all get this way sometimes
Gotta 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
A woman too, God knows, she can feel like this
And when your world seems cold
You got to let your spirit take control

Talking 'bout soulshine
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 till the break of day

Oh, it's better than sunshine
It's better than moonshine
Damn sure better than rain
Yeah, now people don't mind
We all feel this way sometimes
Gotta let your soul shine, shine till the break of day





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  1. D.... L....

    If you don't feel your Soulshine after listening to this you have no soul & YOU are what is wrong with this World.

  2. J.... B....

    Amazing band, and an amazing lesson!

  3. J.... S....

    Sorry I missed it all!
    I was born a little to late.

    J.... S....

    But you are here now. Welcome from a long time English fan.... since 1970

  4. p.... s....

    It's a cracking track

  5. T.... l....

    SHINE ON BABY

  6. p.... ....

    This REAL MUSIC, not the CRAP that some people call music today.

  7. J.... P....

    This was one of my Daddy’s favorite songs. My Daddy was my best friend and confidant. I miss him terribly~5/2/2018😢😢♥️😘😘

  8. S.... L....

    12:20Am on 12-8-2019 and still this is the real Music..Loveeee

  9. k.... r....

    better then guns and rosies huh??:)

  10. O.... e....

    Soul shine IS better than sunshine! 💯

  11. l.... o....

    My soul can shine now just took an od fuck this world!!!!!!!

  12. D.... ....

    if you dont like this song you dont have a soul if i had 10 thumbs tha would all be up

  13. L.... ....

    My friend Warren Haynes wrote this back around 1994 or so. Great song! Always will be a great song! Great songs are timeless!

  14. o.... j....

    I will Always love the Allman Brothers Band. Saw them at Watkins Glen 1973.

  15. P.... K....

    love this song

  16. J.... C....

    I'm absolutely astounded at the impact this song has just had on me, I'm a grown man sat here crying. I've never in my 35 years of life been moved by a song like this before.

  17. M.... T....

    Very up lifting song. The dual lead solo at the end is absolutely stunning..

  18. G.... F....

    Awesome song

  19. J.... R....

    Good tune is f,n rite

  20. B.... M....

    It's taking long time of drug addiction but after this whole team of doctors to help me cleanse my blood and all there hard work this is Billy Mason all the community so much for praying for me I'll listen to this song all the time and I know it but it's time for me to settle down in the church house tell the people I'm sorry and get back to living I'm in no shape to live with the homeless too susceptible to diseases the germs and I got to have a clean place to live no more running like an idiot Gregg Allman and your whole band thank you for the song This is my God time this is what cleanses my soul thank you I love you I hear you screaming from heaven and you're telling me to stop to mr. Allman I'll Always Love You thank you for the music it makes my soul shine now

  21. f.... ....

    Thank you Josh

  22. C.... F....

    I Love these guys., never nothing ever will you ever hear it again. He’s frozen in time.

  23. D.... S....

    What a great song and great band so many memories of great shows from the round up at J.F.K. stadium in Philadelphia to the BEACON THEATER .to GREAG ALLMAN solo were he headlined a blues festivals with TENS YEARS AFTER SAVORY BROWN JOHNNY WINTER HAROLD MELVIN AND THE BLUE NOTES. and some others just a great day of music. The brothers had so many great musician came in and out of that band like GOV MULE when they blew my mind at the ROXY in ATLANTA in 96 one of my top ten or DEREK TRUCKS open up for GREGG at a small theater in TIME square when his first album just came out he left me memorized can't say enough. LONG LIVE ROCK

  24. H.... R....

    Should be the national anthem.

    H.... R....

    it is in this part of the woods lol righton

  25. h.... M....

    Clw play the guitar I bought you for Xmas I'll sing it like we used to damn I miss the good days

  26. C.... F....

    Watching interview with Greg. Said I'm the famous guitarist, Dickie is the good one.

  27. S.... S....

    Who would ever have figured, music, to have Healing properties! We're only on this Earth for a short time! It sounds like you've made good use of it! Hope I can take some of this music, with me, when I go!🌍✌

  28. O.... A....

    Man this song still sounds great and it is almost 2020 I pity the youth that did not have this kind of music to grow up to or those who just plain did not like it

  29. A.... F....

    Getting better

  30. E.... ....

    wow! by myself ……. this song... gives me 10010% courage.. when ur bf of 26 years … never has ur back!!!!

  31. C.... M....

    Love it!

  32. l.... ....

    👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅

  33. l.... ....

    God damn better than rain!!!!!!

  34. S.... C....

    Ya are all right not left lol🤣🤣🎵🎵

  35. C.... C....

    Linda! Sem mais palavras, apenas o silêncio, de olhos fechados...

  36. B.... M....

    Awesome - many memories

  37. K.... J....

    They should've featured this song in Doctor Sleep

  38. J.... M....

    Gregg!!!

  39. S.... J....

    I was diagnosed with cancer 20 years ago on10 of November and this song has always been an inspiration.im still letting my soul shine as an inspiration to others.peace love n rock n roll

  40. X.... g....

    Looks like 4392 Dipshits who don't know anything about what great Music is Viewed this. RIP Greg Allman.

  41. G.... N....

    Let our soul shines. Get me through a cloudy day.

  42. L.... G....

    4.3 K thumbs down? What is not to love about this?

  43. S.... S....

    Soul ....is like a break of day☮

  44. J.... S....

    Classic. You got to love the way the guitars talk to each other..rip Greg

  45. B.... E....

    Cannot believe or begins to understand why this music seems to have passed. Blessed to have lived in time.

  46. M.... B....

    God Bless the Great Warren Haynes

  47. r.... ....

    Hope they shut the Tour Bus down for them, Set Break out there with the Bus dieseling is a trip. ;-) LA Pew .. Orpheum Theater picture

  48. R.... J....

    Great song! About living life, not lamenting death. About standing up to the evil folk in the world by shining on, despite them. Great song!

  49. T.... l....

    Let your soul shine

  50. M.... C....

    Over 4k dislikes, you know America is turning to shit,god bless us all...

  51. S.... P....

    Still love this song 2019❤️💯

  52. r.... r....

    From the Bronx NY....Kept me sane on CLOUDY DAYS.

  53. L.... H....

    These comments are so pure just like southern rock

  54. T.... P....

    SOOOOO DAMN GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  55. K.... S....

    *Fuck, man - this is M U S I C ! ! !*

  56. P.... R....

    I love this kind of music.i am old school

  57. T.... l....

  58. m.... h....

    Truly a moving wonderful soulful song _____ play it in 2050 ___ it will sound great ___ great music is forever

  59. D.... C....

    Ok so I’ve never listened to this band before but I found a shirt with this bands name on it and decided to check it out. I’m really loving this lol

  60. F.... L....

    +h0uGH+ AND Ac+¡○n$.. B.C. lions c¡RcL€S eV0. C0L0Ur ₩¡||YOU know how to make the formula B☆||f1£|d.

  61. D.... V....

    Problema
    Se você
    Usa terno
    Problema
    Seu
    Se eu ando
    Nu' problema
    Meu!
    Se você
    Escutar
    Funk
    Meus parabéns
    Se eu curto
    Rock!
    Problema
    Meu
    Se você
    Não quer
    Viver!
    Problema
    Seu
    Vou curtir
    À vida!
    Problema
    Meu!

  62. D.... V....

    Belchior

    Poeta eterno
    Belchior
    Sua música
    Encantou
    Belchior
    Sua voz
    Emocionou!
    Belchior
    Nosso cantor!
    No céu
    Com Deus
    Se encontrou!
    Belchior
    Em paz
    Descansou!
    Viva o compositor!

  63. H.... B....

    This song perfectly represents why I love the Allman Brothers. Beautiful, powerful lyrics that never seem repetitive or long-winded surrounded by amazing instrumentals. One of my favorite bands ever. RIP Duane and Gregg

  64. E.... T....

    Eric kendall makes me his wife Tina's soul definitely shine

  65. C.... B....

    MAGNIFICENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!

  66. D.... T....

    Who in their right mind would thumbs down this song???????????????????🤦🏻‍♂️

  67. E.... W....

    This is such a great song

  68. S.... P....

    THIS SONG DESERVES A THUMBS UP FROM EVERYONE

    S.... P....

    Keep On Rockin in the Free World

    S.... P....

    You must be a wise man

    S.... P....

    My absolute favorite Allman brothers tune (including Ramblin Man)

    S.... P....

    way to live

  69. S.... C....

    Between Allman Brother Band doing Soulshine, and Government Mule doing Soulshine, I PREFER ALLMAN BROTHER BAND!!!

  70. C.... O....

    This song has taken me through the worst of times, the saddest, happiest, and most of all it made me realize that things are not that bad. Music is the healer to my heart and soul and this one is the MAIN DR.

    C.... O....

    Chad Orr Right on!

  71. l.... ....

    Wow this is yummy to my ears

  72. T.... S....

    I was born into a family with good music taste. Allman brothers, lynard Skynard, Grateful Dead, Blues brothers, Rolling Stones etc... I have a wide range of favorite music categories. I can listen to a lot of rap but not the mumble shit my generation likes. Only real rap. Cheers to great music

  73. M.... H....

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA : )

  74. s.... s....

    My soul shines even in the rain......love this song...

  75. J.... V....

    "Soulshine" by the Allman Brothers Band, a song written by Warren Haynes, released on their 1994 album, "Where It All Begins", with Gregg Allman on lead vocals. https://youtu.be/pDIQ7Otf1mw

  76. R.... D....

    #REALMUSIC

  77. J.... T....

    This is where it's at.
    When I was in culinary school in N.Y., I asked my instructor to get out early one Friday night to see the Allman Brothers, and got denied, even though I had tickets. I was so bummed! About 45 minutes before our restaurant closed, my instructor winked at me and asked if I was ready to go. He had tickets too and was just messing with me, so we went together and had a blast. They opened with Sweet Melissa (the name of my then-current love) and closed with Whipping Post. Pure magic!

    J.... T....

    lucky guy

    J.... T....

    @Billy Joe Chambers
    Yes I'm sure it was a great show.

    J.... T....

    @Nick Hill It was the best of shows!

    J.... T....

    @Billy Joe Chambers Luckier than I deserve!

    J.... T....

    @Jei Thorpe
    Yes I'm sure it was great.

  78. T.... C....

    I let my soul shine, while you let them... shine your soul! Re-post, just to see if you are runing my habits of hitting my favorites! Freemen live here, and they have always lived here!

  79. D.... M....

    Love this song as I sit here with the tears streaming down my face. I can't shine my soul today just to much sadness.

    D.... M....

    @Jeffrey Petro
    I don't know how many times I've listened to this and every single time it gets me.

    D.... M....

    @Nick Hill sometimes I find a sad tear, thinking of days or folks passed, often it's a joyful tear, touched by human connectedness that we share, or touched by the loving kindness this song radiates. Truly a very special song!

    D.... M....

    @Jeffrey Petro
    Yes I don't think anyone could have said it better than you.
    It really gets me when I'm sitting on the porch looking at the stars and remembering.
    It's been to hot to do that lately but cooler weather is just a day away.

    D.... M....

    Gregg Allmann's beautiful voice was said to be 100 year's ahead of himself! Still love the Allmann Brother's band. Thank God for Gregg, Dickie, both drummer's. Just gotta love them. Yes RIP Gregg, Duane, Barry, Butch and everyone whom played in the Band! Saw them one time in my life live! I'll never ever stop listening and playing and singing thier Awesome music!

    D.... M....

    @Mack Benton
    Yes your right.
    A great song to sit on the porch look at the stars and think.

  80. K.... R....

    song that always gets me through the tough days 🤘🏻❤️

    K.... R....

    Yes your not alone .

  81. J.... D....

    This will always be my favorite band. I love the Grateful Dead but I will always be an ABB girl at heart.

  82. T.... C....

    I say it is like your bible good man, you must read every word ever written as a thought toward freedom if freedom is to last chief Three Stones, Cherokee, nations clan of the Bear, and a skin walker!

    T.... C....

    I guess

  83. T.... C....

    See I ain't changing just to met your lie half way!

  84. k.... o....

    I was 15 first saw these guys in 94 on the hoarde festival columbus,oh and this was their new album,and 25 yrs later after discovering every thing these guys have done this song ranks right up their with their best.

  85. T.... C....

    When the shit hits the fan, what kind of freeman will you be?

  86. W.... G....

    My favorite song tells my story in some ways

  87. e.... ....

    Thank you, Joey Diaz for bring me to this song.

  88. S.... M....

    This is a good song just to kick back

  89. G.... W....

    For some reason reminds me of an old hymn I remember from my childhood. I recently found a video of it sung by an old friend of the ABB, Leon Russell. Leon has now passed, but I’m certain his soul is shining. Listen to Leon sing about it: https://youtu.be/N9e7QJblAk8

  90. d.... j....

    Played this at my 31 year old daughter funeral. Great music!!!!!!

  91. s.... r....

    I’m 66 years old and still rockin an rolling to the music

  92. K.... G....

    Best song Warren Haynes will ever write. From the Heart!

  93. J.... M....

    Im just here for the music, not to hear people whine about life. God, shut the fuck up and enjoy the music that you dont get to hear often

  94. C.... G....

    Great song!!!!

  95. D.... T....

    Gotta let your "SoulShine"

  96. A.... E....

    Another great song from one of the greatest bands of our time.

  97. J.... S....

    When down and missing home in Sarasota I play this tune and get a smile on..rip Greg. This song should get him into yhe pearly gates..i would bet duanne and Greg are busy catching up..

    J.... S....

    Old song but still has alot of meaning