Joyful, joyful
Lord, we adore Thee
God of glory
Lord of loveHearts unfold like flowers before Thee
Hail Thee as the sun above
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness
Drive the dark of doubt awayGiver of immortal gladness
Fill us with the light
Fill us with the light
Oh, fill us with the light of dayJoyful, joyful
Lord, we adore Thee
God of glory
Lord of loveHearts unfold like flowers before Thee
Hail Thee as the sun above
Melt the clouds of sin, sin and sadness
Drive the dark of doubt awayDrive it away
Giver of immortal gladness
Fill us
Fill us with the light of day, light of dayJoyful, joyful
Lord we adore Thee
An' in my life
I put none before Thee'Cuz since I was a youngster
I came to know
That you was the only way to goSo I had to grow an' come to an understandin'
That I'm down with the King so now I'm demandin'
That you tell me who you down with, seeCuz all I know is that I'm down with G O D
You down with G O D?
(Yeah, you know me)
You down with G O D?
(Yeah, you know me)You down with G O D?
(Yeah, you know me)
Who's down with G O D?
(Everybody)Come and join the chorus
The mighty, mighty chorus
Which the morning stars begun
The Father of love is reigning over usBy the way
What have you done for Him lately?
Ooh, ooh, ooh yeah
What have you done for Him lately?He watches over everything
So we singJoyful, joyful
Lord, we adore Thee
God of glory
Lord of loveHearts unfold like flowers before Thee
Hail Thee as the sun above
Melt the clouds of sin, sin and sadness
Drive the dark of doubt away, drive it awayGiver of immortal gladness, won't you?
Fill us
(Fill us with the light of day, Lord, fill us)
Fill us
(Oh we need You, yes we do, fill us)Fill us
(Yeah, oh, oh yeah)
Fill us
(With the light of day, Lord)We need you, come right away
We need you, need you today, we need you
I'm here to say fill us, fill us, fill us, fill usFill us with the light of day
(Oh, yeah)
Light of day
Songwriters
Ludwig Van Beethoven;Mervyn (arr) WarrenPublished by
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