You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy, when you go down Temperature rising, distance despisin' I'll just hide 'till the dawn comes around I'm glad that you woke up Your backwash in my coffee cup My home's too small for you I'm too in love with you I'll just lay here until the moon comes out I'm not defined by the rays you share But I'm still cold when there's fog in the air Such a dramatic change From Spring's love to Summer's rage In your arms, I learned what loneliness is all about You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy, when you go down Temperature rising, distance despisin' I'll just hide 'till the dawn comes around Scorching day is coming to an end The night tells me she wants to play again She'll bring the gentle breeze As many starbeams as I please And the moon can kiss all my sunburns away I wonder, will the dawn bring misery? As I cry and sweat away my dignity Come noon high, I will scream This Icarus mentality Will surely be the death of me someday You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when you go down Temperature rising, distance despisin' I'll just hide 'till the dawn comes around You are my sunshine, my only sunshine My flesh is scorched by another day That's how God made you, so I can't hate you Bid thee farewell, to die in the shade Bid thee farewell, to die in the shade Please don't take my sunshine away