Michael Franti tells us how the idea for Sound Of Sunshine came about.

"Sound of Sunshine" was one that I actually wrote in the hospital after my appendix ruptured. Every day I'd go to the window to see if the sun was shining, and if it was, I'd lean in the window. I thought to myself, "If I could bottle this feeling of how good the sun feels when you're trying to heal your body, it would be amazing." So I thought, "Why not try to put it into a song so that I could share that experience with other people?"

Sound Of Sunshine

Michael Franti, Carl Young, Jason Bowman

I wake up in the morning, it's 6 o'clock
They say there may be rain but the sun is hot
I wish I had some time just to kill today
And I wish I had a dime for every bill I got to pay

Some days you lose, you win
And the waters as high as the times you're in
So I jump back into where I learned to swim
Try to keep my head above it as best I can

That's why here I am
Just waiting for this storm to pass me by
And that's the sound of sunshine coming down
And that's the sound of sunshine coming down

I saw my friend, Bobby, he said "What's up man?
You gotta little work or a twenty to lend?"
I opened up my hand, he said, "I'm glad to see
They can take away my job but not my friends, you see"

And here I am
Just waiting for this storm to pass me by
And that's the sound of sunshine coming down
And that's the sound of sunshine coming down

Yo, yo, here we go
I want to go where the summer never ends
With my guitar on the beach, there with all my friends
The sun so hot and the waves in motion
And everything smells like suntan lotion

The ocean and the girls so sweet
So kick off your shoes and relax your feet
They say that miracles are never ceasing
And every single soul needs a little releasing
The stereo bumping till the sun goes down
And I only want to hear that sound

And that's the sound of sunshine coming down
And that's the sound of sunshine coming down

And now say
You're the one I want to be with
When the sun goes down
You're the one I want to be with
When the sun goes down

Sing, you're the one I want to be with
When the sun goes down
You're the one I want to be with
When the sun goes

That's the sound of sunshine coming down
And that's the sound of sunshine coming down

When the sun goes down
When the sun goes down
When the sun goes down