Lyric discussion by your_rhetoric 

Cover art for Joey Had a Smoke lyrics by Meg And Dia Band, The

okay.. let me give it a try. this is a christmas song off the Santa Cause 2 compilation.

"They sat thru the night. In an empty apartment. 3 older gentlemen came inside. And they brought wine and cards and chocolate. And Joey smoked on a cigar and came back in. ..So you think he's something special to you men?"

this is referring to the gifts the three men brought joseph and mary when jesus was born. thus "joey had a smoke" is referring to joseph.

lines such as "protruding middle, she sat unashamed" and "is it too much to ask to know about your lover's name?" means the virgin mary is pregnant with jesus and joseph wants to know if she has cheated on him etc..

i think the chorus is describing mary's thoughts on god.. who was the cause of her pregnancy. and how shes convincing joseph that there is no other man in her life.

"but his eyes wont be almond like yours .." is describing how baby jesus wont resemble neither mary nor joseph etc

okay.. that was very long. and it was my first attempt at deciphering a song. hahaha. im done.