Couplet 1

Joseph
Did you want to pack your tools
Head to someplace where nobody whispered
There goes Mary's fool
Joseph
Did you look up and raise your hands
Crying God You know
I've always tried
To be a righteous man Joseph

Couplet 2

Joseph
Did you lie awake confused
Thinkin' 'bout that small town scandal
What love's supposed to do
Joseph
If you felt you'd been betrayed
Still you didn't walk by feelings
You chose to walk by faith Joseph

Refrain 1

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

Couplet 3

Joseph
Did you wake up and wanna scream
God are You really speaking
Through some angel in a dream
Joseph
Did it all just seem absurd
That your wife might be the one
To fulfill the prophet's words Joseph

Refrain 2

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

Couplet 4

Joseph I
hope to sit with you one day
Hear you tell me all about
The choices you were called to make
'Cause Joseph
It was you and no one else
God trusted to take care
Of Mary and Himself
Joseph oh Joseph

Outro

Joseph