Joshua (2002 Remaster) - 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?"

Ooh 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 yuh doing snooping 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, pull you up a chair,

You might as well since you're already here"

And he said " you can call me joshua"

joshua joshua what you doing living here all alone

joshua joshua aint you got nobody to call your own

no no no no

we talked till the sun was clean out of sight

and we still talked when it come daylight

there was just so much we had to say

i spent my life in an orphans home

and just like him i was all alone

so i said"yeah" when he asked if i'd stay

ooh we grew close as time went on

and that little ole shack it was a happy home

and we just couldn't help but fall in love

that big black dog and that little ole shack

sitting down by the railroad track

its plenty good enough for me and joshua

joshua joshua why your just what i've been a looking for

joshua joshua you aint gonna be lonesome anymore

oh no

"country yodelling"

me and joshua

me and joshua

me and joshua