Well a good ways down the railroad track
There was this little old rundown shack
And in it lived a man I’d never seen
Folks said he was a mean and a vicious man
And you better not set foot on his land
I didn’t think nobody could be that
mean
So I took me out walking down the railroad track
I was a-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
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 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 and pull you up a chair
You might as well since you already here
And
he said you can call me
Joshua
Joshua
Joshua
Whatcha 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 talking when it come daylight
And
there was just so much we had to say hey
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
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
looking for
Joshua
Joshua
You ain’t gonna be lonesome
anymore
No no
Me and Josh
ua