# What on earth is Joseph singing about? (Technicolor Dreamcoat question)

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**Created:** [February 1, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-on-earth-is-joseph-singing-about-technicolor-dreamcoat-question/342502 "2006-02-01T13:55:35Z")\
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I’m going to jump in, too. So, I always thought, he knew he was in a play about events that had occurred. He’s not sure of himself then, he’s doubting himself, He’s recalling that he was far away from his family. So, he goes back to tell the story, he’s sharing the memory. They are all waiting to get back to the Promised Land, Canaan.

It’s the worst song of the show,

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