Joy (to the World)

 

 Joy to the world
Joy to the world
Joy to the world the Lord has come (2x)

come and remember the manger
and promise that is born today
wont you look in the eyes of a baby boy
i wonder why
the lord of creation
would come to me is such a way
and the song he had the angels sing
is still echoing

repeat the sounding
joy to world the Lord has come
Joy let your heart prepare him room
Joy we receive our king
in heaven and nature sing
heaven and nature sing

Stop in the hurry of Christmas
and listen for the angels call
stand in the quiet and hear his voice
oh with your heart hold on to Jesus
for the hope he brought is living on
and the song that warmed the winters night
still changes lives

repeat the sound the sounding
joy to world the lord has come
Joy let your heart prepare him room
Joy we receive our king
in heaven and nature sing
heaven and nature sing

He rules the world
with truth and grace
and makes the nations prove
the Glories of his righteousness
and wonders of his love
the Glories of his righteousness
and wonders of his love

all of earth and heaven sing!

Joy to the world
Joy to the world
Joy to the world the Lord has come (2x)

Joy to world the Lord has come
Joy let your heart prepare him room
Joy we receive our king
in heaven and nature sing

joy to world the lord has come
Joy let your heart prepare him room (Joy to world)
Joy we receive our king
in heaven and nature sing (heaven and nature)
heaven and nature sing (Joy to the world the Lord has come)

(yeah yeah yeah)

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Avalon's Christmas CD "Joy" is really a great album.  It has a lot of different sounds to it, from the upbeat and catchy title track Joy (to the World) to more solemn and mysteries sounds like Good News.  It features originals and classics with a twist.  I like to listen to it while I'm decorating, I think it enhances the Christmas mood for me.  Today's song in particular makes me excited about Christmas.  One of the things that I really like about this song is that its a really joyful sounding song.  It actually makes the words of the song sound like something that you should be excited about!  As much as I like my instrumental songs like O Come O Come Emmanuel and as much as I like my rock opera's, this song, even though quite different from those genre's I usually stick to, is one of the first that I listen to after Thanksgiving.  It makes me joyful about Christmas, not just because of the candy and cookies and decorations, but because its a reminder that I have so much to be joyful about, just because of one baby's birthday!