now when jesus was born in bethlehem of judaea in the days of herod the king behold there came wise men from the east to jerusalem saying where is he that is born king of the jews for we have seen his star in the east and have come to worship and now that s why we sing joy to the world joy to the world the lord is come let earth receive her king let every heart prepare him room let heaven and nature sing let heaven and nature sing let heaven and nature sing sing oh sing now he rules the world with truth and grace and makes the nations prove the glories of his righteousness and wonders of his love and wonders of his love and wonders of his love yeah joy to the world the savior reigns let us our songs employ while fields and floods rocks hills and plains repeat the sounding joy repeat the sounding joy repeat repeat the sounding joy joy joy to the world joy joy joy so much joy joy to rich man joy to the poor man joy to the man who walks the street now that s the reason he came joy to you joy to me you and me everybody joy to the world the king is born joy sing joy to the world yeah yeah so much joy so much joy yeah yeah yeah joy to everybody joy yes he is yes he is yeah yeah joy so much joy oh yeah yeah so much joy deep down in my heart joy to the world joy let s spread some love and joy yeah every day every night spread some peace and love spread some peace and love yeah 