Out of the Darkest Night

There's a feelin' inside of me And I wanna tell the world out there Yesterday I was lonely and lost My life was going nowhere, nowhere But I found determination And the strength to carry on through If you believe in yourself, People will open their arms to you Out of the darkest night and into the light A little hope showed me the way Out of the darkest night and into the light And that's where I'm gonna stay You can make it if you try I am wiling to testify That true strength comes from within This is a message for all mankind Don't hold back or you'll never win Everybody can be a star And light up the night sky Whole thoughts can bring success It's there if we only try Out of the darkest night and into the light A little hope showed me the way Out of the darkest night and into the light And that's where I'm gonna stay Inspiration, sweet sensation Opens the door to determination Inspiration, celebration Let's try to light up the nation Out of the darkest night and into the light A little hope showed me the way Out of the darkest night and into the light And that's where I'm gonna stay Don't you know, don't you know? You can make it if you try Everybody can make it if you try We've got to get up now and reach for the sky Ain't no time to sit around and cry 'Cause I'm here and I'm willin' to testify That true strength comes from within I am proud that I learned the truth I want my friends to understand None of us knows the answer to life The scale is just too grand, too bright But if we take care of our own destiny And do the very best we can We need to enrich the way we live For each and every woman and man Out of the darkest night and into the light A little hope showed me the way Out of the darkest night and into the light And that's where I'm gonna stay Be a fighter, hold on tighter Watch your flower burnin' brighter Be a fighter, a star writer It will make your burden lighter Out of the darkest night and into the light You can make it, we can make it if we try Out of the darkest night and into the light And that's where I'm gonna stay Oh, yes You can make it if you try Get off of your tail, get work on Ain't no time to cry Out of the darkest night and into the light And that's where I'm gonna stay Oh, yes You can make it if you try Get off of your tail, get work on Ain't no time to cry Out of the darkest night and into the light A little hope showed me the way Out of the darkest night and into the light And that's where I'm gonna stay