JOY^©

Live 10 Nov 2006 version

I don't want you anymore, 'cause you took my joy
I don't want you anymore, you took my joy
You took my joy, I want it back
You took my joy, I want it back

I'm gonna go to West Memphis and look for my joy
Go to West Memphis and look for my joy
Maybe in West Memphis I'll find my joy
Maybe in West Memphis I'll find my joy

I'm gonna go to Slidell and look for my joy
Go to Slidell and look for my joy
Maybe in Slidell I'll find my joy
Maybe in Slidell I'll find my joy

[Instrumental break with Bruce guitar solos]

You got no right to take my joy, I want it back
You got no right to take my joy, I want it back
You took my joy, I want it back
You took my joy, I want it back

I'm gonna go to West Memphis and look for my joy
Go to West Memphis and look for my joy
Maybe in West Memphis I'll find my joy
Maybe in West Memphis I'll find my joy

I'm gonna go to Slidell and look for my joy
Go to Slidell and look for my joy
Maybe in Slidell I'll find my joy
Maybe in Slidell I'll find my joy

[Instrumental break with Bruce guitar solos]

I don't want you anymore, 'cause you took my joy
I don't want you anymore, you took my joy
You took my joy, I want it back
You took my joy, I want it back
You took my joy, I want it back
You took my joy, I want it back

[Instrumental break with Bruce guitar solos]

[Band intros + individual solos by each band member, including Springsteen]

I don't want you anymore, 'cause you took my joy
I don't want you anymore, you took my joy
You took my joy, I want it back
You took my joy, I want it back
You took my joy, I want it back
You took my joy, I want it back

I'm gonna go to West Memphis
I'm gonna go to Slidell

During the fall 2006 European leg of The Seeger Sessions tour, Bruce Springsteen made a suprise guest appearance at Lucinda Williams' 10 Nov 2006 show at Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, UK. He played guitar on a 2-songs set: DISGUSTED and JOY. Read article below.

JOY is written Lucinda by Williams, and was released on her 1998 album Car Wheels On A Gravel Road.

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Lucinda's spoken intro:

Alright, ok. ??? I think we should, we should play a song, and kinda everybody gets something to drink or something and come back, and we'll play some more if you'll let us. This is a song out of the "Car Wheels" record, it was recorded by great blues singer by the name of Betty Lavette. And uh, and Mr. Paul Brian up here played on Betty Lavette's album with, on that song and toured with her also. And of course we have the legendary Mr. Bruce Springsteen sitting there [cheers]. This is called "Joy", and this goes out to all of you [cheers]. Don't let anybody take your joy, especially the, the, don't let any government officials ever take your joy. All stay connected, and don't forget to vote. And we're, we're celebrating actually in our country 'cause we know [cheers] ??? we got a different kind of house of representative, different kind of Senate, and we got the first woman speaker in the house of representatives [cheers]. So we're excited, we're celebrating, and we hope that we can help all of y'all with that too, finally getting our shit together. Thank you very much. This is called "Joy".

From Backstreets.com, 11 Nov 2006:

For those at Lucinda Williams' London gig on Friday night, it was a Sweet Old World indeed, as her "special friend" Bruce Springsteen made an impromptu appearance. Some showgoers at Shepherd's Bush Empire might have suspected something was in the air, on this "night off" between Springsteen shows -- Nick Corr tells us of spotting Seeger Sessions players Frank Bruno, Charlie Giordano, and Curtis King in the bar before the show. But the crowd as a whole was clearly surprised -- and wildly excited -- as Springsteen came out with an orange/red Gibson for the final two songs of the main set, "Disgusted" and a stretched-out "Joy." Robert Baldock reports: "Bruce stayed mostly at the back of the stage, but stepped up for some typically coruscating guitar solos. He didn't take the microphone at any stage, but he looked like he was having a ball trading licks with Lucinda's guitarist Doug Pettibone. By way of introduction, Lucinda said that this was 'the best night of my life!' The audience seemed fairly chuffed too. He finished with a flourishing bow to Ms. Williams as he exited."