1. You can make the pathway bright,Fill the soul with heaven’s light,If there’s sunshine in your heart;Turning darkness into day,As the shadows fly away,If there’s sunshine in your heart today.
If there’s sunshine in your heart,You can send a shining rayThat will turn the night to day;And your cares will all depart,If there’s sunshine in your heart today.
2. You can speak the gentle wordTo the heart with anger stirred,If there’s sunshine in your heart;Tho it seems a little thing,It will heaven’s blessings bring,If there’s sunshine in your heart today.
If there’s sunshine in your heart,You can send a shining rayThat will turn the night to day;And your cares will all depart,If there’s sunshine in your heart today.
3. You can do a kindly deedTo your neighbor in his need,If there’s sunshine in your heart;And his burden you will shareAs you lift his load of care,If there’s sunshine in your heart today.
If there’s sunshine in your heart,You can send a shining rayThat will turn the night to day;And your cares will all depart,If there’s sunshine in your heart today.
4. You can live a happy lifeIn this world of toil and strife,If there’s sunshine in your heart;And your soul will glow with loveFrom the perfect Light above,If there’s sunshine in your heart today.
If there’s sunshine in your heart,You can send a shining rayThat will turn the night to day;And your cares will all depart,If there’s sunshine in your heart today.
Text: Helen Silcott Dungan, ca. 1899
Music: James M. Dungan, 1851–1925