Stevie Wonder - Joy Inside My Tears (Tamla Records 1976)

"Joy Inside My Tears" is a song written by Stevie Wonder.

Stevland Hardaway Morris, known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. A prominent figure in popular music during the second-half of the 20th century, Wonder is one of the most successful songwriters and musicians. A virtual one-man band, his use of synthesizers and further electronic musical instruments during the 1970s reshaped the conventions of R&B. He also helped drive the genre into the album era, crafting his LPs as cohesive, consistent socially conscious statements with complex compositions. Wonder is often hailed as a "genius", and has been credited as a pioneer and influence to musicians of various genres including rhythm and blues, pop, soul, gospel, funk and jazz.

Blind since shortly after his birth, Wonder was a child prodigy known as Little Stevie Wonder, leading him to sign with Motown's Tamla label at the age of 11. In 1963, the single "Fingertips" was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 when Wonder was 13, making him the youngest artist ever to top the chart. Wonder's critical success was at its peak in the 1970s. His "classic period" began in 1972 with the releases of Music of My Mind and Talking Book, the latter featuring "Superstition", which is one of the most distinctive and famous examples of the sound of the Hohner Clavinet keyboard. His works Innervisions (1973), Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974) and Songs in the Key of Life (1976) all won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, making him the tied-record holder for the most Album of the Year wins, with three. He is also the only artist to have won the award with three consecutive album releases.

Wonder has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He has won 25 Grammy Awards, making him the Grammy's most awarded solo artist of all time. He was the first Motown artist and second African-American musician to win an Academy Award for Best Original Song, for the 1984 film The Woman in Red. Wonder has been inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, Rock and Rock Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame, and has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He is also noted for his work as an activist for political causes, including his 1980 campaign to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a holiday in the United States. In 2009, he was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace. In 2014, he was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

I've always come to the conclusion that 'but' is the way
Of asking for permission to lay something heavy on ones head
So I have tried to not be the one who 'll fall into that line
But what I feel inside I think you should know

And baby that's you, you, you
Made life's history
'Cause you've brought some Joy Inside My Tears
And you have done what no one thought could be
You've brought some Joy Inside My Tears

I've always felt that tomorrow is for those who are too much afraid
To go past yesterday and start living for today
I feel that lasting moments are coming far and few between
So I should tell you all the happiness that you bring

Baby, baby it's you, you, you
Made life's history
Oh baby, you've brought some Joy Inside My Tears
Baby you have done what no one thought could be
You brought some Joy Inside My Tears
You brought some Joy Inside My Tears
You brought some Joy Inside My
Tears

You've brought some Joy Inside My Tears
Baby, baby you have done what no one thought could be
Hey, you brought some Joy Inside My Tears
Gotta tell you
You, you, you made life's history
You brought some Joy Inside My Tears
You brought you brought you brought some Joy Inside My Tears
Baby baby baby you have done what no one thought could be
You brought some Joy Inside My Tears
You made it baby you made it baby made it made life's his*to*ry
You you you made life's history
You brought some Joy Inside My Tears
You have done what no one thought could be
No-body ever thought it would be
You have done what no one thought could be
You you you made life's history
Gotta shout about it baby
You brought some Joy Inside My Tears
You have done what no one thought could be
You brought some Joy Inside My Tears
You you you made life's history
You brought some Joy Inside My Tears
You brought some Joy Inside My Tears
You brought some joy inside my
Tears