JOSEPH:   Close every door to me   Hide all the world from me   Bar all the windows   And shut out the light      Do what you want with me   Hate me and laugh at me   Darken my daytime   And torture my night      If my life were important I would ask "Will I live or die?"   But I know the answers lie   Far from this world      Close every door to me   Keep those I love from me   Children of Israel   Are never alone      For I know I shall find   My own peace of mind   For I have been promised   A land of my own      CHILDREN:   Close every door to me   Hide all the world from me   Bar all the windows   And shut out the light      JOSEPH:   Just give me a number   Instead of my name   Forget all about me   And let me decay      I do not matter   I'm only one person   Destroy me completely   Then throw me away      If my life were important I would ask "Will I live or die?"   But I know the answers lie   Far from this world      JOSEPH, ENSEMBLE & CHILDREN:   Close every door to me   Keep those I love from me   Children of Israel   Are never alone      For we know we shall find   Our own peace of mind   For we have been promised   A land of our own!