Hey, all you little children Mothers and fathers Well, all you deacons and preachers Brothers and sisters We've got to, stand up, stand up Come on, give credit where it's due Come on, we got to, we got to Make a joyful noise All you people of the planet We must, make a joyful noise Stop taking life for granted 'Cause we, we, we, we We've got something to shout about, hey We've got something to talk about, listen We've got something to live about All we've got to do is praise Him, praise Him We have the one thing that money can't buy (That's right) He gave it to us, all we've got to do is try His way of doing things, the natural order of things Let's bring it back, let's bring it back Let's bring it back (Bring it back) The law was given, but never obeyed The ransom sacrifice has all been payed There's no excuse, the job must begun Let's get together and think like one Make a joyful noise All you lovers of the Truth (ooh, ooh) Let's make a, make a joyful noise All you old and the youth, yeah, listen y'all Mixed emotions and confusion Has divided us all If we don't get it together We're headed for a big fall, big fall, big fall (A big fall) Out of all the things in the universe The stars and the moon, and the sun Man is the only thing that's out of place And he's the one to get the job done So, make a joyful noise Hey, you people of the planet Let's make a, make a joyful noise Stop taking things for granted 'Cause we, we, we got We've got something to shout about, oh We've got something to talk about, oh We've got something to live about Hey, we've got to praise Him, praise Him Something's got to give Make a joyful noise Hey, you lovers of the Truth (ooh, ooh) I said, make a joyful noise You old and the youth, come on, come on, come on Run, run, run, run, run, run (Run and get your brother) Tell 'em, tell 'em, tell 'em (Run and get your father) Bring 'em, bring 'em, bring 'em (Run and get your sister) Bring 'em out, bring 'em out (Run and get your brother) You oughta, you oughta Hey, hey (Shout, shout about it) Hey, well, well, well, well (Shout, shout about it) Hey, hey, y'all, we got to (Shout, shout about it) Tell it, tell it (Shout, shout about it) You preachers, too, y'all, y'all (Shout, shout about it) Be good to you, be good to me (Shout, shout about it) Hey, tell it, hey, we gotta (Shout, shout about it) Oh, come on, come on (Shout, shout about it) Come on (Shout, shout about it)