Joshua Songtext
von 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 seen...
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
And just find out if all them things I'd heard was true
There was a big black dog laying 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 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 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, 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 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
Oh, 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
It's plenty good enough for me and Joshua

Joshua, Joshua, why you're just what I′ve been a looking for
Joshua, Joshua, you aint gonna be lonesome anymore

No, no
Yodel-ee-oh-le-dee-le-dee
Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa
Me and Joshua
Me and Joshua
Me and Joshua
Me and Joshua