Joseph

Joseph, did you want to pack your tools

Head to some place 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

Joseph, did you lie awake confused

Thinking 'bout that small-town scandal

And 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

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?

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 word

Joseph

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?

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

Joseph

Joseph