Dolly Parton - Joshua Lyrics

(Dolly Parton)

Well, a good way down the rail-road track
There was this little old run down shack
And in it lived a man I'd never se-e-e-een
Folk said he was a mean and a vicious man
And you'd better not set foot on his land
But I didn't think nobody could be that mean.

So I took me out walking down the rail-road track
I was gonna go down to that little old shack
An' just find out if all them things I'd heard was true
There was a big black dog laying out in the yard
And he growled at me and I swallowed hard
And I heard somebody say "Well, who are you?"

Oh, and there he stood in the door of that shack
And his beard and his hair was long and black
And he was the biggest man I ever seen
When he spoke his voice was low and deep
But he just didnt frighten me
'Cause somehow i just knew he wasnt mean.

He said "What ya doing snoopin' 'round my place?"
And I saw a smile come across his face
So I smiled back and I told him who I was
He said "Come on in and pull you up a chair
You might as well since you're already here."
And he said "You can call me Joshua."

Oh Joshua, Joshua, what you doing living all alone
Joshua, Joshua, aint you got nobody to call your own, no, no, no, no.

--- Instrumental ---

We talked till the sun was clean out of sight
And we still talked when it come daylight
But there was just so much we had to say, hey
Now I'd spent my life in an orphan's home
And just like him I was all alone
So I said "yeah." when he asked if I'd stay.

Well, we grew close as time went on
And that little ole shack was a happy home
And we just couldn't help but fall in love
That big black dog and that little ole shack
A sittin' down by the railroad track
It's plenty good enough for me and Joshua.

Joshua, Joshua, well you're just what I've been a looking for
Joshua, Joshua, you aint gonna be lonesome anymore, Lord, Lord.

--- Yodel ---
oh, oh...

Me and Joshua, me and Joshua
Me and Joshua, yeah, yeah, me and Joshua...