A Strange Way To Save The World

	  		
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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·