Dolly Parton, Joshua Tabs

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Well a good ways down the railroad track 
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There was this little old rundown shack 
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And in it lived a man I'd never seen 
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Folks said he was a mean and a vicious man 
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And you better not set foot on his land 
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I didn't think nobody could be that mean 
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So I took me out walking down the railroad track 
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I was a-gonna go down to that little old shack 
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And just find out if all them things I'd heard was true 

There was a big black dog laying out in the yard 
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And it growled at me and I swallowed hard 
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And I heard somebody say well who are you 

Oh and there he stood in the door of that shack 
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His beard and his hair was long and black 
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And he was the biggest man I'd ever seen 

When he spoke his voice was low and deep    
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But he just didn't frighten me 
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'Cause somehow I just knew he wasn't mean 

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

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Joshua Joshua 
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Whatcha doing living here all alone 
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Joshua Joshua 
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Ain't you got nobody to call your own 
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No no no no 

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

Oh we grew closer as time went on 
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And that little old shack it was a happy home 
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And we just couldn't help but fall in love 
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That big black dog and that little old shack 
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Sitting down by the railroad track 
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It's plenty good enough for me and Joshua 

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Joshua Joshua 
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Why you're just what I've been looking for 
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Joshua Joshua 
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You ain't gonna be lonesome anymore 
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No no 


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Me and Joshua 
Me and Joshua 
Me and Joshua yeah yeah 
Me and Joshua