I traded my smile for a pain pill 
I needed a place maybe I could feel better 
But all the while I could never get you out of my mind 
I had a child with the universe 
I'll never understand why the good man's cursed 
If you're gonna have a heart then you've gotta be the one to die 

Hey, hey, Sister Sunshine 
You been living in the sky 
Are you ever [bad word] on down? 
Hey, hey, Sister Sunshine 
Show me love 

I prayed, though I've never been a God man 
You never know, maybe it just might mean something 
I switched back; see if anything was going right 
The washer called me a bloody “F” 
Said, “You’re gonna save one? Better save yourself. 
And you’ll never know me ‘til you find your own piece of life.” 

Hey, hey, Sister Sunshine 
You been living in the sky 
Are you ever [bad word] on down? 
Brother, can you help me? 
Hey, hey, Sister Sunshine 
Show me love, love, love 
Gonna show me love, love, love, love 

And if you fly away 
I won’t let you fly away 
There’s that and nothing more 
There’s that and only that 
Nothing more 

Hey, hey, Sister Sunshine 
You been living in the sky 
Are you ever [bad word] on down? 
Now, Brother, can you help me? 
Hey, hey, Sister Sunshine 
You been living in the sky 
Are you ever [bad word] on down? 
Hey, hey, Sister Sunshine 
You been living in the sky 
Are you ever [bad word] on down? 
No one’s ever gonna help me 
Hey, hey, Sister Sunshine 
You been living in the sky 
Are you ever [bad word] on down? 
Hey, hey, Sister Sunshine