Walkin' down by the river|Hangin' down my head|I chanced to stop for a moment|A stranger beckoned and then he said:||'Walk down the road of life, a-happy as can be|But not so happy, yeah, that you can't see|Be very careful, mm-hmm, everywhere you go|Take it very slow'||Hats off to the stranger|For tellin' me what he knows|I said, Lord, I here ya|And I'm walkin' slow|Just a singin' Hallelujah, Hallelujah|Let a little sunshine down on me|Make this feelin' grow-ow-ow-ow||Walkin' down by the river|His words warmin' up my soul|He called to me from the other side:|'There's one more thing ya gotta know, yeah'||'Nobody's perfect, boy, not me or you|It doesn't matter what you say or do|But you could be singin', yeah, a better tune|Singin' whoa-oh-oh'||------ brief instrumental break ------||'Yeah, all the things that I have said|You've probably heard them all before|But the way that you'll hear them from me|Is like you never heard them before'||Hats off to the stranger|For tellin' me what he knows|I said, Lord, I here ya|And I'm walkin' slow, yeah|Hats off to the stranger|For tellin' me what he knows|I said, Lord, I here ya|And I'm walkin' slow|Yeah, I said|Hats off to the stranger|For tellin' me what he knows|I said, Lord, I here ya|And I'm walkin' slow|Just a singin' Hallelujah, oh yeah, Hallelujah|Let a little sunshine down on me|Make this feelin' grow|A little louder|Hallelujah, sing it out loud, Hallelujah|Let a little sunshine down on me|Make this feelin' grow|