Original Broadway Cast of Hands on a Hardbody
Joy of the Lord (Reprise)
[RONALD]
I feel the joy
I feel the joy
I feel the joy in me!
Liftin' my pain
When I need it to be-
[NORMA, spoken]
He's gone. He's not here. Not for me
[RONALD]
Who, who, who?
Happy is He, He, He!
Happy am I, I, I!
Happy are we, we, we!
Happy is who, who, who?
[CHRIS]
Happy is He, He, He!
Happy am
[CHRIS & RONALD]
I, I, I!
Happy are we, we, we, we!
[RONALD]
Keep on believin'
Like you always do
Cause I feel the Lord here
Is workin' through you
How can you tell me
That He isn't near
When you've brought His spirit
To everyone here?
Do you feel His holy joy?
[CHRIS]
Yes! Woo!
Do you feel His holy joy?
[CHRIS & RONALD]
Ye-ee-ee-s!
Does He bless this lady
With His holiness?
Is God watching over her?
[NORMA]
...Yes
I feel the joy!
[CHRIS & RONALD]
I feel the joy!
[NORMA]
I feel it ev-e-ry day!
[CHRIS & RONALD]
I feel the joy!
[NORMA]
And when I laugh with the Lord
[CHRIS & RONALD]
I feel the joy!
[NORMA]
He takes my pain away!
[CHRIS & RONALD]
I feel the joy!
[NORMA]
I ain't tired no more!
[CHRIS & RONALD]
I feel the joy!
[NORMA]
I ain't no way sore!
[CHRIS & RONALD]
I feel the joy!
[NORMA]
The Devil will never devil
[CHRIS & RONALD]
I feel the joy!
[NORMA]
Norma no more!
[CHRIS & RONALD]
Norma no more!
[NORMA]
Norma no more!
[CHRIS & RONALD]
Norma no more!
[NORMA]
Norma no more!
[CHRIS & RONALD]
Norma no more!
[NORMA]
The Devil will never devil
[NORMA, CHRIS, RONALD]
Norma no more!
(Full of spirit, NORMA lets go of the truck and starts clapping along.)
[NORMA]
I ain't tired no more!
[CHRIS & RONALD]
I feel the joy!
[NORMA]
I ain't no way sore!
[CHRIS & RONALD]
I feel the joy!
(CHRIS and RONALD notice NORMA's let go.)
[NORMA]
The Devil will never devil
Norma...
(NORMA does too.)
[NORMA]
No...more