Joy
PJ Harvey * Track #9 On Is This Desire?
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Album Is This Desire?
Joy by PJ Harvey
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This is based on a short story by Flannery O'Connor called “Good Country People,” about a woman named Joy (or Hulga) who has a wooden leg and who lives a miserable stifled life. The quotes in the lyrics are taken directly from the story.
Joy Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Joy was her name
A life unwed
Thirty years old
Never danced a step
[Chorus 1]
She would have left these red hills
Far behind if not for her condition
Would have left these red hills
Long ago if not for my condition
[Verse 2]
Pitiful Joy
She looked away
Into a hollow sky
Came face to face
[Chorus 2]
With her own innocence surrounding her
Until it never was a question
Innocence so suffocating
Now she cannot move, no question
[Verse 3]
No hope for Joy
No hope or faith
She wanted to go blind
Wanted hope to stay
[Outro]
I've been believing in nothing since I was born
It never was a question
No!