Mary And Joseph

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[Verse 1]
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_ _ Sweet a|Mary and a|Joseph… _|_ _ In a|roc-ket mach-|ine… _|
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_ _ Were a|trav-elling the|void… _|_ With not a|star… to be|seen_ _|
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_ _ Deep|out there in|space… _|_ _ With a|no-one to|help them Not|
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a gentle kind|face _ _|

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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_ Af-ter|mill-ions of|miles… _|_ _ Came a|bright sil-ver|star… _|
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_ _ With a|planets and a|moons… _|_ _ All|arrayed near and|a far… _|
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_ _ Now there's|hope for the|fut-ure… _|_ A…|place to lay|
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down… The son of|God's… coming|soon _ _|_ _ _|

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[Verse 3]
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_ _ Now the|planet of the|fire… _|_ _ He|would not let them|land _ _|
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_ _ And|the planet of the|wa-ter _|_ Lord they|couldn't un-der-|stand… _|
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_ _ But the|green past-oral|Earth _ He|beck-oned them|
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down… They came|sing-ing with|mirth _ _|

[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
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_ _ That|night they took|shel-ter…|_ _ In a|Hol-id-ay|Inn… _|
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_ _ And|Ma-ry in|la-bour _|_ Her…|pains did be-|gin… _ _|
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_ And her|ba-by was|born to the|sound of the|
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truck drivers|Blowing on their|horns… _|

[Interlude]
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[Verse 5]
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_ _ _|Far from the|East… _|_ Came the|Krem-lin's top|brass… _|
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_ From the|West came the|Pres-id-ent|_ And his|aides smoke-in|grass… _|
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_ _ From the|North came the|Queen From the|South came the|
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black broth-ers|End-ing this|dream… _|

[Outro]
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