What does joy sound like?
Is it quiet like snow?
Does joy sound like the laughter of friends that you know?
Is joy like the sound of a kiss on your cheek
Or like holding your breath when you play hide and seek?

Maybe joy sounds real loud like a hip-hip, hooray
Or a whispered I love you at the end of the day
Well, joy sounds a little like all of these things
But a long time ago, joy sounded like wings

Sounding joy
Oh-oh-oh, joy, oh-oh-oh, joy, oh-oh-oh-oh

If you can imagine on a dark winter's night
The sky filled with angels all shining with light
And suddenly, the shepherds and sheep down below
Were surrounded by songs from that heavenly host

Glad tidings, great joy
We are never alone
'Cause God sent His Son to make Heaven our home
So every Christmas, each girl and each boy
Could lift up their voice and repeat

Sounding joy
Oh-oh-oh, joy, oh-oh-oh, joy, oh-oh-oh-oh
Sounding joy
Oh-oh-oh, joy, oh-oh-oh, joy, oh-oh-oh-oh

So every Christmas, we string up the lights
To remember the way that those angels shone bright
And we sing all the songs, and we bang all the drums
To remember the day that God sent his Son

Glad tidings, great joy
We are never alone
'Cause God sent His Son to make Heaven our home
So every Christmas, each girl and each boy
Could lift up their voice and repeat

Sounding joy
Oh-oh-oh, joy, oh-oh-oh, joy, oh-oh-oh-oh
Sounding joy
Oh-oh-oh, joy, oh-oh-oh, joy, oh-oh-oh-oh
Sounding joy, oh-oh-oh joy (joy to the world)
Oh-oh-oh, joy, oh-oh-oh-oh (the Lord is come)
Sounding joy, oh-oh-oh joy (joy to the world)
Oh-oh-oh, joy, oh-oh-oh-oh (the Lord is come)

Sounding joy