That summer I did nothing Just sleeping, thinking, and hanging around I left the dark streets of September As the air was cooling down Oh yeah, it was cooling down I need the sunshine in the morning I'm heading for the open road Sunshine in the morning Lord, you gotta let it flow Ever since I lost her Seems the more I learn, the less I know Every day I think about her But if I look back I'm gonna turn to stone To stone, oh yeah, I'm gonna turn to stone I need the sunshine in the morning I'm heading for the open road Sunshine in the morning Lord, you gotta let it flow I need the sunshine in the morning Yeah, I gotta feel its glow Sunshine in the morning Lord, you gotta let it flow ♪ I'm heading for the open road I'm heading for the open road I'm heading for the open road I'm heading for the open road I'm heading for the open road I'm heading for the open road I'm heading for the open road I'm heading for the open road, go ♪ It hit me without warning I was left out on my own The bad times they were forming I went through them alone But a new day, it is dawning And I feel my pain is gone The open world is calling And I am moving on I need the sunshine in the morning I'm heading for the open road Sunshine in the morning Lord, you gotta let it flow I need the sunshine in the morning Yeah, I gotta feel its glow Sunshine in the morning Lord, you gotta let it flow Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah