From the recording Family Portraits (Volume IV)
In this day-and-age there is plenty of worry about -- from wars to weather change. So it is tempting sometimes to give in to pessimism. This is a song to encourage the listener to also see the joy amongst the bleak.
Lyrics
Choose Joy!
Don’t regret
When headlines are all bad and
Don’t forget
When things get you down
The sun still rises every morning
And a smile matches every frown
Shining bright throught the doom-and-the-gloom
Is the light of the full moon
For every trough there is a peak
If you only look for it
Choose joy!
You know you have a choice, yeah!
Choose joy!
You know you have a voice
Choose joy!
You know you have a choice, yeah!
Choose joy!
You have a choice, so choose joy!
Don’t forget
Whilst the wars they are raging
And the planet chokes
In deluge and waste
In the midst of all of this chaos
There is hope to be had if you know where to look
Through dark clouds and red scorched skies
You can still see the sunrise
For every low there is a high
Don’t hide from it, but find it!
Yeah!
Choose joy!
You know you have a choice, yeah!
Choose joy!
You know you have a voice
Choose joy!
You know you have a choice, yeah!
You have a choice, so choose joy!
Oh boy!
The worst insult to life is despair …
So…remember you care
And the best thing that anyone can do
Is to choose love and to…
Choose joy!
You know you have a choice, yeah!
Choose joy!
You know have a voice
Choose joy!
You know you have a choice, yeah!
You have a choice, so choose joy!
Joy! Joy!
Oh life is beautiful
(Beautiful)
Joy! Joy!
Yes, life is beautiful
(Beautiful)
So choose joy!