Joshua

So I took me out walkin' down the railroad track

I was gonna go down to that little old shack

And just find out if all them things I'd heard was true

There was a big black dog layin' out in the yard

And it 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'd ever seen

When he spoke, his voice was low and deep

But he just didn't frighten me

'Cause somehow I just knew he wasn't mean

He said, "What you doin' 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, I'll 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 doin' livin' here all alone?

Joshua, Joshua

Ain't you got nobody to call your own?

No, no, no, no

We talked 'til the sun was clean out of sight

And we still talkin' when it come daylight

There was just so much we had to say

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

Oh, we grew closer as time went on

And that little old shack, it was a happy home

And we just couldn't help but fall in love

That big black dog and that little old shack

Sittin' down by the railroad track

It's plenty good enough for me and Joshua

Joshua, Joshua

Why, you're just what I've been a-lookin' for

Joshua, Joshua

You ain't gonna be lonesome anymore

No, no

Yeah, lay-ho, lay-hey

Lay-hee, hee-hee

Ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba, ba-ba

Me and Joshua

Me and Joshua

Me and Joshua, yeah, yeah

Me and Joshua