Joseph, Who Understood

This is a rather distinctive Christmas song by the band The New Pornographers (HT Anthony LeDonne). Here are the lyrics:

Joseph, Who Understood

 

Rumors are flying

All over Galilee these days

And Mary, I’m trying

To be cool

When my friends walk by them

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 lost a father

To a god

Well, Mary, that’s life

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, is he mine?

Now, 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