Up in the mornin', out on the job Work like the devil for my pay But that lucky old sun got nothin' to do But roll around heaven all day
Now I've got to work for my family, Toil for my kids Sweat till I'm wrinkled and gray While that lucky old sun got nothin' to do But roll around heaven all day Good Lord above, don't you see I'm pining, tears all in my eyes
Send down your cloud with a silver lining and lift me to paradise Show me that river, take me across, wash all my troubles away But that lucky old sun, ain't got nothing to do But roll around heaven all day, but roll around heaven all day
Now Good Lord, Dear Lord, can't you see, can't you see that I'm trying tears all in my eyes Send down your cloud with a silver lining, lift me to paradise Show me that river, take me across, I wonder where you wash all my troubles away Like that lucky old sun, ain't got nothing to do But roll around heaven all day