Joseph Parole – Georges Moustaki

Joseph Parole by Georges Moustaki

Voilà c’que c’est, mon vieux Joseph
Que d’avoir pris
La plus jolie
Parmi les filles de Galilée

Celle qu’on appelait Marie
Tu aurais pu, mon vieux Joseph
Prendre Sarah
Ou Deborah

Et rien ne serait arrivé
Mais tu as préféré Marie
Tu aurais pu, mon vieux Joseph
Rester chez toi

Tailler ton bois
Plutôt que d’aller t’exiler
Et te cacher avec Marie
Tu aurais pu, mon vieux Joseph

Faire des pet#ts
Avec Marie
Et leur apprendre ton métier
Comme ton père te l’avait appris

Pourquoi a-t-il fallu, Joseph
Que ton enfant
Cet innocent
Ait eu ces étranges idées

Qui ont tant fait pleurer Marie
Parfois je pense à toi, Joseph
Mon pauvre ami
Lorsque l’on rit

De toi qui n’avais demandé
Qu’à vivre heureux avec Marie
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Joseph Lyrics English

That’s it’s, my old Joseph
Than taking
The prettiest
Galileo girls

The one we called Marie
You could have, my old Joseph
Saith
Or Deborah

And nothing would have happened
But you preferred Mary
You could have, my old Joseph
Stay at home

Tone
Rather than going to exile you
And hide you with Mary
You could have, my old Joseph

Make small
Mary
And teach them your job
As your father had taught you

Why did it take Joseph
That your child
This innocent
Had these strange ideas

Who have done so much cry
Sometimes I think of you, Joseph
My poor friend
When we laugh

From you who had not requested
To live happy with Marie
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Georges Moustaki Lyrics – Joseph

Georges Moustaki

Joseph