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Artist: Greg Brown
Canonical path: /greg-brown/joy-tears
Related lyric paths: 6
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Joy Tears
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Joy Tears
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I woke up this morning wishing it would rain.
All this heat and dryness is messing with my brain.
Want to see some thunderheads rising up above the Great Plains.
I woke up this morning kissing the pillow where your head has lain.
People who say they understand love, they are either a liar or a fool.
Love can be so kind, then turn right around and be so cruel.
My old heart is just as stubborn as a mule.
I woke up this morning, my love was shining like a jewel.
When you start your singing, honey, the heavens open up with grace.
It comes right from your heart, it's such an open place.
Whatever had me down is gone without a trace.
I woke up this morning with joy tears on my face.
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Greg Brown performs "Joy Tears", and this lyric page sits inside the Greg Brown catalog on LyroVerse.
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