Name: Joseph Who Understood
Duration: P00H04M04S
Description: We threw a verse of What Child is This? in front of this song because it felt appropriate.

Joseph Who Understood

from Merry Christmas You Old Building and Loan by The Adam Glass

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We threw a verse of What Child is This? in front of this song because it felt appropriate.

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What child is this, who, laid to rest
On Mary's lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet
While shepherds watch are keeping?

Rumors are flying
All over Galilee these days
And, Mary, I'm trying to be cool
When my friends walk by 'em
They cannot look at me in the eye
Baby, I'm trying

You're asking me to believe in too many things
You're asking me to believe in too many things

I know this child
Was sent here to heal our broken time
And some things are bigger than we know
When somehow you find out
That you are stepfather to a God
Well, Mary, that's life

But you're asking me to believe in so many things
You're asking me to believe in so many things

Oh, Mary, is he mine?
(Mary, is he mine?)
Mary, is he mine?
(Mary, is he mine?)
Oh, Mary, is he mine?
(Mary, is he mine?)
Tell me, is he?
You're asking me to believe in too many things
You're asking me to believe in too many things

Now, Mary, he is mine
(Mary, he is mine)
Mary, he is mine
(Mary, is he mine?)
Yeah, Mary, he is mine
(Mary, he is mine)

You're asking me to believe in so many things
You're asking me to believe in so many things

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from Merry Christmas You Old Building and Loan, released December 23, 2021
Singings and instruments by Adam, Jonathan, and Nick.
What Child is This? written by William Chatterton Dix and set to the English folk tune Greensleeves
Joseph Who Understood by The New Pronographers

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