Daylight is comin' (Daylight is comin') Daylight's callin' me Ain't got much of nothin' Except grace by degrees Yeah, I'm so glad to be free (I'm so glad to be free) Daylight's a-comin' Daylight's callin' me (It's callin' me) A girl took my lovin' (She took my lovin') Never gave none back to me Yeah, everybody, everybody Everybody wanna be free (Everybody wants to be free) All God's creatures ought to be free Daylight's a comin' Daylight's callin' me (Daylight's callin' me) Sunrise comin' up, baby To burn the dirt right off of me Come on now, people Take my blindness, make me see Sunrise is comin' (Sunrise is comin') Daylight's callin' me (Daylight is callin' me) I work eleven to eleven Midnight shift and half of the mornin' All of God's children got to have their freedom Everybody, everybody Everybody gotta be free Sunrise is comin' Daylight's callin' me (Daylight is callin' me) Will you tell me if this is Heaven? (Oh, will you tell me if this is Heaven?) 'Cause it's the only one I see Daylight is comin' Daylight is callin' me Found the doorway to Eden And lost myself in a concrete city Yeah, everybody's got to be free (Everybody's got to be free) Daylight is comin' (Daylight is comin') Daylight is callin' me (Daylight is callin' me) Everybody gotta be free (Everybody got to be free) Yeah, everybody gotta be free