Tonalidad: D major
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Verse 1
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was Jesus' daddy
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He worked at the corner saloon
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Pourin' out safers and slitses
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To the mill workers starting around noon
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Joe Christ, he worked on the weekends
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And on the major holidays, you bet
You know he would attend
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a bar on Christmas
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If Christmas had been invented yet
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One day his wife came in the bar
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Mary Christ did not come in most days
She said, Joe,
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there's something that I gotta tell ya
I'm pregnant, big with child,
in the family way
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Joe Christ, Joe Christ
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Joe Christ, dee -dee -dee -dee -dee
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Joe Christ gonna have him
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self a family
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Well, Joe Christ, he wrinkled up his brow
He said, babe, you know I love you,
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But you know on account of my condition
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We haven't actually done it in a year
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She said baby cakes, my honey pie, my joe
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You know I would never lie to you
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It's the Lord himself what done it to me
He brought along champagne
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and chocolates too
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It was magical, I just could not say no
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He had a French accent, and what's more
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He treated me just rough enough how I like it
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I felt like a 10 ,000 whore
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But Joe, Joe, you gotta understand
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It didn't mean nothin', that's no lie
We only done it once and
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that's the end of it
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Joe you're my number one guy
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Joe Christ, Joe Christ,
Joe Christ, Joe Christ
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Dee dee dee dee dee dee
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Joe Christ, gonna have himself a family
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Well,
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Mary left the bar and Joe just stared
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He sighed the deepest sight he ever had
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He said, I guess there's some kind of way
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In which I'm gonna kinda sorta be a dad
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He said, shots of whiskey on the house
He thought, diapers, Jesus,
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how can I afford that?
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And do I believe Mary's story?
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Was it the milkman or really the Lord?
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He thought, well, what choice do I have?
With my condition,
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I won't get no other dame
There's a critter on the way,
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that's the bottom line
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Don't really matter how it came
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Joe Christ closed the bar
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and went on home
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He found Mary sleeping on the couch
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He turned off the TV and computer
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He rolled up some tobacco from his pouch
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Joe Christ stood out on the front porch
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He looked up at the brightest star
And he prayed that his kid
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would grow up healthy
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And in time take his place behind the bar
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Joe Christ, Joe Christ, Joe Christ
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Joe Christ, dee -dee -dee -dee -dee
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Joe Christ, gonna have himself a family
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Joe Christ, Joe Christ, Joe Christ,
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Joe Christ, dee -dee -dee -dee -dee
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So Christ's gonna have
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Himself a family
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