One day I was walking
In a world of sin
No rest for my weary soul
And then I met a man
Who said He'd be my friend
And all my burdens He did roll

God took those worldly desires
Gave me heavenly fire
Now I've got a brand new goal
And since I met this Man
Called Jesus Christ
I've got the joy, joy, joy in my soul

Joy in my heart, joy in my mind
Joy since that happy day
Joy in my hands, joy in my feet
Joy in every way

God took those worldly desires
Gave me heavenly fire
Now I've got a brand new goal
And since I met this man
Called Jesus Christ
I've got the joy, joy, joy in my soul!
Joy, joy, joy
Joy, joy, joy
Joy, joy, joy
Joy

I got my eyes on Jesus
Got my mind made up
I tell it everywhere I go
Ain't nobody gonna turn me around
'Cause Jesus is in control

God took those worldly desires
Gave me heavenly fire
Now I've got a brand new goal
And since I met this man
Called Jesus Christ
I've got the joy in my soul

Joy in my heart, joy in my mind
Joy since that happy day
Joy in my hands, joy in my feet
Joy in every way

God took those worldly desires
Gave me heavenly fire
Now I've got a brand new goal
And since I met this man
Called Jesus Christ
I've got the joy, joy, joy in my soul
Joy, joy, joy
Joy, joy, joy
Joy, joy, joy
Joy

Joy, joy, joy, joy
Joy, joy, joy, joy
Joy, joy, joy, joy
Joy, joy, joy, joy
Joy, joy, joy, joy
Joy, joy, joy, joy
Joy

God took those worldly desires
Gave me heavenly fire
Now I got a brand new goal
And since I met this man
Called Jesus Christ
I got the joy, joy, joy in my soul
And since I met this man
Called Jesus Christ
I got the joy, sweet joy, joy, sweet joy
Joy, joy, joy in my soul

Joy, joy, joy
Joy, joy, joy
Joy, joy, joy
Joy
God took those worldly desires
Gave me heavenly fire
Now I got a brand new goal
And since I met this man
Called Jesus Christ
I got the joy, joy, joy in my soul!
And since I met this man
Called Jesus Christ
I got the joy, sweet joy, joy, sweet joy
Joy, joy, joy in my soul