Lead Vocals: Steven Curtis Chapman
Backing Vocals: Steven Curtis Chapman, Herb Chapman, and Chris Rodriguez

[Verse 1]
Anybody in their right mind
Would've given up their preaching
And headed for home
They've been warned a hundred times
Ooh, but something inside them
Keeps giving them hope
And just when you think they'd be crying
Instead of the tears, there's joy in their eyes

[Chorus]
What kind of joy is this
That counts it a blessing to suffer?
What kind of joy is this
That gives the prisoner his song?
What kind of joy
Could stare death in the face?
And see it as sweet victory
This is the joy of a soul
That's forgiven and free

[Verse 2]
Anybody else with his pain
Would want to shake their fist at heaven
And give up the fight
'Cause trouble had been Paul's middle name
Ever since he'd been captured
By God's blinding light
But just when his hope should be dying
You'll listen and hear him singing a song
[Chorus]
What kind of joy is this
That counts it a blessing to suffer
And what kind of joy is this
That gives the prisoner his song
What kind of joy
Could stare death in the face
And see it as sweet victory
This is the joy of a soul
That's forgiven and free

What kind of joy is this? (what kind of joy is this)
What kind of joy is this? (what kind of joy is this)

[Chorus]
Oh, what kind of joy is this
The Father has promised His children?
What kind of joy is this
That Jesus has come to reveal, yeah?
What kind of joy
Could give hope in this world
To someone just like you and me?
This is the joy of a soul that's forgiven

Oh, I've found this joy
For my soul is forgiven and free
[Outro]
What kind of joy is this, yeah?
(This is the joy of the soul that's forgiven)
Tell me what kind of joy?
(This is the joy of the soul set free)
What kind of joy, what kind of joy?
(This is the joy of the soul that's forgiven)
(This is the joy of the soul set free...)