The other night as I lay sleeping, whoa, I dreamed I held you   Held you in my arms, well but when I woke up this morning   I found out I was mistaken, do you know that I hung my   I hung my head and cried?      Whoa, you are my sunshine, you are my sunshine   Oh, my only sunshine, my only sunshine, well little girl   You make me happy sometimes, you make me happy   When my skies are gray, when skies are gray      Um, you'll never never never know dear   You'll never know, dear, how much I love you   How much I love you, whoa and I don't want you to take   Don't take my sunshine, my sunshine away, shine away      You told me once, dear that you really loved me   And no one else could ever come between, yeah   But now you left me and you love another, yeah   And you have shattered, oh yeah all of my dreams      Whoa, you are my sunshine, you are my sunshine   Oh, my only sunshine, my only sunshine   Oh, you make me happy sometimes, you make me happy   When my skies are gray, when skies are gray      Whoa, you'll never never never know dear   You'll never know, dear, how much I love you   How much I love you, whoa and I don't want you to take   Don't take my sunshine, whoa, if you love me      Don't take my sunshine, um mm, if you need me   Don't take my sunshine, uh huh if you want me   Don't take my sunshine, wah listen   Don't take my sunshine, don't take my sunshine      I don't want you to take, don't take my sunshine   Wah listen, don't take my sunshine   Don't take my sunshine, I don't want you to take   Don't take my sunshine, whoa, my sunshine away, shine away