Ode to Joe Lyrics

He was more of a man than I will ever be
A handyman who provided for his family
Every day he was committed to this task
I'm not sure but I think if you'd ask
He'd give you his jacket in the rain
Or listen to you scream through your pain
But I really don't know what he would say
I think that he would rather pray

A quiet man was he
A pinnacle of charity
An example of humility

There really isn't much that we know
About this man, this holy Joe
No one alive has ever heard him speak
Actions are louder for a man this meek
But he did what God made him to be
To make a home for just three
Take a pregnant virgin girl as a wife
And protect God's only Son's life

A quiet man was he
The height of purity
An example of chastity

Teach me Joe
What you know
Of this woe
Called life

To be a man
Of God's plan
And to stand
For right

Give me your humility
Your chastity
Your charity
Your purity

More man than I'll ever be
I hope one day, we could meet