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Poor, Poor Joseph was released on June 22, 1993 by LW Entertainment Ltd. as a part of the album Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1993 Los Angeles Cast Recording)
June 22, 1993
LabelLW Entertainment Ltd.
LanguageEnglish
BPM109
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Music Video

Music Video

Lyrics

Next day, far from home the brothers planned the repulsive crime
Let us grab him now, do him in while we got the time
This they did and made the most of it
Tore his coat and flung him in a pit
Let us leave him here, all alone and his bound to die
When some Ishmaelites, a hairy crew, came riding by
In a flash the brothers changed their plan
We need cash, let's sell him if we can
Poor, poor Joseph, what'cha gonna do?
Things look bad for you, hey, what'cha gonna do?
Poor, poor Joseph, what'cha gonna do?
Things look bad for you, hey, what'cha gonna do?
Could you use a slave, you hairy bunch of Ishmaelites?
Young, strong, well behaved, going cheap and he reads and writes
In a trice the dirty deal was done
Silver coins for Jacob's favourite son
Then the Ishmaelites gallopped of with a slave in tow
Off to Egypt where Joseph was not keen to go
It wouldn't be a picknick he could tell
And I don't speak Egyptian very well
Joseph's brothers tore his precious multi-colored coat
Having ripped it up, they next attacked a passing goat
Soon the wreched creature was no more
They dipped his coat in blood and guts and gore
Oh, now, brothers, how low can you stoop?
You make a sordid group, hey, how low can you stoop?
Poor, poor Joseph, sold to be a slave
Situation's grave, hey, sold to be a slave
Written by: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice

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