Summer Russell: Music
Mary and Joseph
Mary and Joseph were waiting
Outside of a sunset café
Saying, this ain't no way
To be starting a family
We gotta get out of this place
Mary says, "I got some family down South
And they might take me in for a while"
He's holding her hand
And she's got to be brave
So Mary gives Joseph a smile
Says, goodbye to this city of angels
And I'll meet you on the outside someday
Cause we're young, you and I,
And we're not gonna die here
I'll meet you and we'll be okay
Joseph says, Honey, don't worry
We'll make up for all of those years
And we'll give him the chances
That we never had
And he'll grow up someplace far from here,
So run away from this city of angels
And I'll meet you as soon as I can
Cause we're young, you and I,
And we're not gonna die here
There's got to be some other plan
Joseph went walking all alone one night
Ashes to ashes, they say
Now Mary cries and wonders why
The angels never seem to tread
Along the shadows of the alleyway
The stars made the sign of the traveler
With the wind making sounds like a ghost
And she stepped out the door
With her heart pounding hard
Like the wings of the heavenly host
Of the heavenly host
I am leaving this city of angels
I have seen all I wanted to see
Cause I've worn out my soul
Where the hills and the highrises
Darken the end of the street
I have worn out my soul
Where the hope and the hopeless
Pile up at the end of the street