Dave Barnes - Mary & Joseph lyrics

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Mary was the first of three

Long, black hair and sugar sweet

Daddy's eyes and mama's crooked smile

She was barely seventeen, got a job keepin' dishes clean

Planned to stay in the city for awhile (for awhile)

Joseph ran a lumber yard

About a mile from Olive Park

Quiet boy, he never had much to say

It was love right from the start

Bought a ring and won Mary's heart

Had hopes for a home and kids someday (kids someday)

The angels scared her half to death

She would have screamed, but she lost her breath

On a midnight there in the middle of May

He said, "Oh Mary, don't be afraid

You'll bear a son that the Lord has made

Name him Jesus, He'll light the way"

She packed the clothes, he made the plans

They had to go to Bethlehem

But there was nowhere left to stay at the inn

So, in a barn she gave birth

To the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords

Just a little bitty thing sleeping on the hay (sleeping on the hay)

The story's to long to tell

But walked on water and lived through hell

Keeled on a cross, and rose from the grave

We got a King, they got a Son

Mary & Joseph were the only ones

There on that very first Christmas day

There on that very first Christmas day