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[Verse 1]
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Joy to the world, the Lord is come
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Let earth receive her King
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Let every heart prepare Him room
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And heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing
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And heaven, and heaven and nature sing
[Chorus]
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The joy, the joy
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The joy of the Lord is my strength (Yes, it is)
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The joy, oh, the joy
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The joy of the Lord is my strength
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Oh-oh-oh, He is my hope
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The joy, the joy
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The joy of the Lord is my strength (Oh)
[Tag]
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Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
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Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
[Verse 2]
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Joy to the world, the Savior reigns
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Let men their songs employ
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While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
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Repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy
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Repeat, repeat the sounding joy
[Chorus]
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The joy, the joy
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The joy of the Lord is my strength (Yes, it is)
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The joy, oh, the joy
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The joy of the Lord is my strength
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Oh-oh-oh, He is my hope
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The joy, the joy
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The joy of the Lord is my strength (Oh)
[Tag]
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Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
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Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
[Verse 3]
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He rules the world with truth and grace
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And makes the nations prove
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The glories of His righteousness
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And wonders of His love, and wonders of His love
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And wonders, wonders of His love (oooooooah, his love, the joy, o Lord!)
[Chorus]
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The joy, the joy
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The joy of the Lord is my strength (Yes, it is)
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The joy, oh, the joy
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The joy of the Lord is my strength
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Oh-oh-oh, He is my hope
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The joy, the joy
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The joy of the Lord is my strength (Oh)
[Chorus]
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The joy, the joy
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The joy of the Lord is my strength (Yes, it is)
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The joy, oh, the joy
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The joy of the Lord is my strength
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Oh-oh-oh, He is my hope
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The joy, the joy
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The joy of the Lord is my strength (Oh)
[Bridge]
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The joy right, the strength right, the joy right, the strength right
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The joy right, the strength right, the joy right, the strength right
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The joy right, the strength right, the joy right, the strength right
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The joy right, the strength right, the joy right
[Bridge 2]
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Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
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Oh oh oh Oh, there's a feeling burning in my soul...
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Oh oh oh
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Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
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I got this joy,
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it won't let me go...
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Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
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Just like the fire
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should have been my bones...
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Not just a feeling,
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Its a living hope...
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Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
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Oh, there's a feeling
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burning in my soul...
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I've got this joy
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And it won't let me go...
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Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
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Just like the fire
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Should have been my bones...
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Not just a feeling,
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It's a living hope...
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Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
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Oh, there's a feeling
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burning in my soul...
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I've got this joy
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And it won't let me go...
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Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
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Just like the fire
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Should have been my bones...
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Not just a feeling,
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It's a living hope... (its like a fire)
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Just like the fire
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Should have been my bones...
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Not just a feeling, (I got a feeling)
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It's a living hope... (Oh, just like a fire...)
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Just like the fire
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Should have been my bones... (Should have been my bones, I got a feeling...)
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Not just a feeling,
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It's a living hope... (its like a fire)
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Just like the fire
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Should have been my bones... (Not just a feeling...)
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Not just a feeling,
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It's a living hope... (Oh, just like a fire...)
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Just like the fire
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Should have been my bones... (Not just a feeling...)
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Not just a feeling,
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It's a living hope... (Not just a feeling...)
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Not just a feeling,
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It's a living hope... (Not just a feeling...)
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Not just a feeling,
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It's a living hope... (Not just a feeling...)
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Not just a feeling,
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It's a living hope... (Not just a feeling...)
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Its a living hope...its a living hope...
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Its a living hope...its a living hope...
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Its a living hope...its a living hope...
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Its a living hope...its a living hope...
[Bridge 2]
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This joy that I had...
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The ones that I'm given...
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To the ones that can't take it away...
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The one can't take it away
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This joy that I had...
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The ones that have been given to me...
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The world didn't give it to me...
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I said the world didn't give it to me...
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He said the world didn't give it to me...
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And the world can't take it away (the world can't take it away)
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And the world can't take it away (the world can't take it away)
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The world can't take it away (the world can't take it away)
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The world can't take it away (the world can't take it away)
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The world can't take it away (Dissapointment can't take it away)
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The world can't take it away
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The world can't take it away (it doesn't matter what they do, the world can't take it away)
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The world can't take it away (the world can't take it away)
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The world can't take it away (the world can't take it away....)
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The world can't take it away (this joy in my heart)
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The world can't take it away (Like everything else, it remains in my heart...)
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The world can't take it away (No, the world can't take it away...)
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The world can't take it away (The cross, it keeps it)
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The world can't take it away
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The world can't take it away (sing it in the same voice)
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The world can't take it away (the world can't take it away)
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The world can't take it away (we're about to come out of this place...)
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The world can't take it away
[Instrumental]
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[Tag]
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Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
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Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
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Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
(music and voices subside)
[Chorus]
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The joy, the joy
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The joy of the Lord is my strength
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The joy, oh, the joy
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The joy of the Lord is my strength
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Oh-oh-oh, He is my hope (Ooooooah...)
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Oh-oh-oh, (yes he is!) He is my hope
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Oh-oh-oh,(I can face tomorrow) He is my hope (I can face tomorrow, cause he is my...)
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Oh-oh-oh, He is my hope (We don't understand it all...)
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Oh-oh-oh, He is my hope (We don't understand it all, but I don't have to, cause you are...)
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Oh-oh-oh, He is my hope (The joy...)
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The joy, the joy
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The joy of the Lord is my strength (Oh)