Frank don't mind the rain
He kinda digs the sound
But Portland in November
can sometimes get you down
When you're standing
in the doorway
Trying to keep out of the cold
And no one's looking your way
And you got no bills to fold
Well, Frank, he don't like begging
But he could use a buck or two
Get a bed down at the mission,
maybe sleep a whole night through
Dream about Maria,
a girl that you once knew
We all need a little sunshine
We all need a little sunshine
Everybody needs a little sunshine
Too many days, dark and gray
We need a little sunshine
Frank touched down
at Pioneer Square
June of 69
He come here up the west coast
to get the war off of his mind
It's where he met Maria
and she made him feel so fine
Singing, we all need a little sunshine
She was singing,
we all need a little sunshine
Everybody needs a little sunshine
Love was free, and so was she
Singing in the sunshine, sweet sunshine
Frank wakes up at sunrise
And he hears a distant train
He finds a piece of cardboard
In the alley by the drain
He writes his message black and bold
And remembers why he came here
We all need a little sunshine
We all need a little sunshine
Everybody needs a little sunshine
I can't take another day,
dark and gray
We need a little sunshine
We need a little sunshine
We all need
We all need a little sunshine
Just a little sunshine
We all need a little sunshine
Everybody needs
We all need a little sunshine
We all need a little sunshine
Yeah!
We all need
We all need a little sunshine
Everybody needs
Everybody needs a little
sunshine
But Frank don't mind the rain,
he kinda digs the sound