Mary Grows a Child
Without the Help of a Man
Joseph gets upset
because he doesn't understand
Angel comes to Joseph
in a powerful dream
Says, God did this
and you're part of his scheme
Joseph comes to Mary
with his hat in his hand
She says, forgive me,
I thought you'd been with
some other man
She says, what if I had been,
but I wasn't anyway
And guess what? I felt the
baby kick today
Like a stone on the surface
of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through
the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
The child is born in the fullness of time
Three wise astrologers
take note of the signs
Come to pay their respects,
to the fragile little king
Get pretty close to wrecking
everything
Cause the Governing Body
of the Holy Land
Is that of Herod, a paranoid man
And when he hears
there's a baby born,
King of the Jews
Sends death squads to kill all male
children under two
But that same bright angel
warns the parents in a dream
And they head out for the border
and get away clean
Like a stone on the surface
of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through
the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
And there are others who know
about this miracle birth
The humblest of people
catch a glimpse of their word
For it isn't to the palace
that the Christ child comes
But to shepherds and street people,
hookers and bums
And the message is clear,
if you have ears to hear
That forgiveness is given
for your guilt and your fear
It's a Christmas gift
that you don't have to buy
There's a future shining in a
baby's eyes
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through
the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
Like a stone on the surface
of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through
the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny baby