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