Lucinda Williams - Joy

First performance: 10/11/2006


Coverinfo

Bruce performed the song only once: Off-Tour together with Lucinda Williams
 
 
2006-11-10 Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England 

During a guest appearance in London. Near the end of the show Bruce took the stage and provided guest rhythm-lead guitar on extended workouts of two songs Joy and Disgusted (each in its first Springsteen performance). Toward the end of the main set, Williams announced a special guest. Springsteen joined her and her three-piece band, strapping on one of guitarist Doug Pettibone's extra guitars, and orange/red Gibson, and took a spot behind bass player Paul Bryan. A night off between The Seeger Sessions Tour shows in Birmingham and London, Bruce Springsteen, along with several members of The Seeger Sessions Tourband, made a surprise guest appearance at a Lucinda Williams show in London. 
 
 
 

Songinfo

'Joy' is a song written by Lucinda Williams and released on her 1998 album Car Wheels On A Gravel Road. The long-awaited release, 1998's Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, was Williams' breakthrough into the mainstream and received a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Containing the single "Still I Long for Your Kiss" from the Robert Redford film The Horse Whisperer, the album received wide critical notice and soon went gold.
 
 
 

Other cover versions

Bruce on the artist

Lyrics

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]

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]

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]

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