WALKIN' IN THE SUN
Written by Jeff Barry
Recorded by Percy Sledge on "I'll be Your Everything" (1974)

Things have been goin' wrong long enough to know ev'rything is right.
Been walkin' in the dark long enough to know I've fin'lly seen the light.
Been losing long enough to know when I've fin'lly won,
And even a blind man can tell when he's walkin' in the sun.

I've cried enough tears to know this feeling called a smile.
I've been bottom-rung long enough to know when I'm doin' it in style.
Been runnin' long enough to know there's no more need to run,
Lord, and even a blind man can tell when he's walkin' in the sun.

Well, the wind is at my back and I'm sailing on a ship that's overdue.
Well, I've blown so many chances and I ain't gonna blow this one with you.
Seen enough bad times to know good times have begun,
And even a blind man can tell when he's walkin' in the sun.

[Repeat last line and fade.]

Also recorded by
B. B. King on "King Size"
Fink on "Sort of Revolution"
Glen Campbell on "Walkin' in the Sun"
Janiva Magness on "The Devil is an Angel Too"
Laslo Cameo on "2nd Avenue Serenade"
Rufus & Chaka Khan on "Rags to Rufus"
The Walker Brothers on "No Regrets"