Anybody in the right mind
Would have given up the preaching and headed for home
They've been born a hundred times
Oh but something inside them keeps giving them hope
Just when you think they'd be crying
Instead of their tears there's joy in their eyes
What kind of joy is this
That counts is a blessing to suffer
What kind of joy is this
Gives the prisoner his song
What kind of joy could stare death in the face
See it as sweet victory
This is the joy of the soul that's forgiven and free
Yeah yeah
Anybody else with his pain
Wanna shake the fist to heaven and give up the fight
Struggle had been false middle name
Ever since he been captured by god's blinding light
And just when his hope should be dying
You listen and hear him singing a song
What kind of joy is this
That counts his 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
See it as sweet victory
This is the joy of the soul that's forgiven and free
What kind of joy is
What kind of joy is
What kind of joy is this
What kind of joy is this
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
What kind of joy could give hope in
This world some just like you and me
This is the joy of the soul that's forgiven
I've found this joy for my soul is forgiven and free
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 a soul set free
What kind of joy
What kind of joy
This is the joy of a soul that's forgiven
This is the joy