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I'm sure he must have been surprised at where this road had taken him
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'Cause never in a million lives would he have dreamed of Bethlehem
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And standing at the manger He saw with his own eyes
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The message from the angel come to life and Joseph said·
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Why me, I'm just a simple man of trade
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Why Him, with all the rulers in the world
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Why here, inside this stable filled with hay
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Why her, she's just an ordinary girl
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Now I'm not one to second guess what angels have to say
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But this is such a strange way to save the world
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To think of how it could have been, if Jesus had come as He deserved
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There would have been no Bethlehem No lowly shepherds at His birth
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But Joseph knew the reason Love had to reach so far
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And as he held the Savior in his arms, he must have thought·