Intro
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Verse 1
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Joseph, did you want to pack your tools
Head to someplace where nobody whispered there goes Mary's fool
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Joseph, did you look up and raise your hands
Crying, God, You know I've always tried to be a righteous man
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Joseph

Verse 2
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Joseph, did you lie awake confused
Thinkin' 'bout that small town scandal
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And what love's supposed to do
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Joseph, if you felt you'd been betrayed
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Still you didn't walk by feelings, you chose to walk by faith
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Joseph

Chorus 1
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You couldn't take her as your wife
But wouldn't let harm come to her
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You looked beyond the shame
And stood between her and an angry world
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And you made no accusation
So no one could raise a stone
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Did you feel so hurt, confused,   and all alone

Verse 3
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Joseph, did you wake up and wanna scream
God, are You really speaking through some angel in a dream
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Joseph, did it all just seem absurd
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That your wife might be the one to fulfill the prophet's words
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Joseph

Chorus 2
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But you denied yourself for others
Obeyed when nothing made much sense
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You were her strength and shelter on that road to Bethlehem
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And kneeling by the manger, bathed in soft starlight
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Did you know whose face you touched    that holy night

Verse 4
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Joseph, I hope to sit with you one day
Hear you tell me all about the choices you were called to make
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'Cause, Joseph, it was you and no one else
God trusted to take care of Mary and Himself
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Joseph,        oh Joseph
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Joseph