Mary and Joseph Lyrics - Tim McGraw

1 Mary was the first of three

2 Long black hair and sugar-sweet

3 Daddy's eyes and her Momma's crooked smile

4 She was barely seventeen

5 Got a job keepin' dishes clean

6 Planned to stay in this city for a while, yeah

7 For a while

8 Joseph ran a lumber yard

9 About a mile from Olive Park

10 Quiet boy, never had much to say

11 It was love right from the start

12 He bought a ring, won Mary's heart

13 Had hopes for a home and kids someday

14 Kids someday

15 The angel scared her half to death

16 She would've screamed, but she lost her breath

17 On a midnight there in the middle of May

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

19 You'll bear a son that the Lord has made

20 Call him Jesus, He'll light the way"

21 She packed the clothes, he made the plans

22 They had to go to Bethlehem

23 But there was nowhere left to stay

24 So in a barn she gave birth

25 To the King of Kings, the Lord of Earth

26 Just a little bitty thing sleepin' on the hay

27 Sleepin' on the hay

28 The story's too long to tell

29 But He walked on water and lived through hell

30 Killed on a cross; rose from the grave

31 We got a King, they got a son

32 Mary and Joseph were the only ones

33 There on that very first Christmas day

34 There on that very first Christmas day