Joshua, Joshua Me and Joshua 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 But I didn't think

(It's alright) (It's alright, it's alright) This is no way to live But it's just the way it is You got to understand That I never could trust a man But I got to let it go And stop livin' in the past And give you a chance

I just don't understand The ways of the world today Sometimes I feel Like there's nothing to live for So I'm longing for the days of yesterday Won't somebody tell me Remember back in the time When the only sign we had was pickets But now in '94, it be

I'll be waiting 7 seconds away Just as long as I stay It's not a second And when a child is born into this world It has no concept Of the tone the skin it's living in And there's a million voices Boul ma sene, boul ma guiss madi re nga fokni mane

I ride east every other Friday but if I had it my way Days would not be wasted on this drive And I want so bad to hold you Some of the things I haven't told you Your mom and me just couldn't get along And I'll think about my life And wonder why, I'll

Is this shallow love? Or is it something real? You make it hard to deal Not knowin' if this is shallow love The way we live so well Can make it so hard to tell What you in it for? What you really in it for? Is a shallow love for real?

It's okay, it's alright Keep on runnin', keep on hidin' Keep on runnin' away And if it makes you want to jump and shout, go ahead! Keep on runnin' keep on hidin' Keep on runnin' away, it's okay. Workin' in the city This town's got no pity Bossman owns a

You're gonna know in your soul This is what we came here for Here and now So live it loud This moment, it won't be ignored So why not open up that door? They say that life is a two-way street When you're not sure. You gotta trust your feet

When I bleed, I bleed out When I cry, I cry loud When I love When you leave I bleed out. Can’t live out this way I just gotta say hey Baby we’re nothing else to say Look me in my place I can’t live out this way You put it in my heart

I don't even know if I believe Everything you're trying to say to me So open up my eyes Tell me I'm alive This is never gonna go our way If I'm gonna have to guess what's on your mind You may call it in this evening But you've only lost the night Present