Shawn Mullins - Joshua Lyrics






Joshua was an old man
his beard like mountain snow
and when I was a boy we'd have jam sessions
I'd sneak off to old Sharptop
with my guitar I would go
when I should have been at school
learnin' my lesson
and I'd sip a little moonshine
and I'd smoke a corncob pipe
and we'd pick all day until our fingers bled
and right around supper time
I'd run home in the night
just in time to get a whippin' from my Dad
oh way back when
he was 65 and I was 10
and I will never be as free again
oh way back when
the summer flew by quickly
and Josh and I spent out time
writing words to songs from memories of his past
he'd tell me bout the way it was
and I'd find the perfect rhyme
and I couldn't believe how we wrote our songs so fast
I never knew an old man
could be so full of life
the love we had was so hard to explain
and I remember how the tears fell when he spoke of his late wife
and I'd give him my 6-string to ease his pain
oh way back when
he was 65 and I was 10
and I will never be as free again
oh way back when
and then in late November
I knocked on his cabin dor
I knocked and knocked but Joshua never came
and I still remember
how he layed there on the floor
and I went home cryin' in the rain
oh way back when
he was 65 and I was 10
and I will never be as free again
oh way back when
oh way back when
oh way back when





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  1. S.... S....

    Love this song so much... Oh way back when.

  2. C.... ....

    This song brings me to tears every time I listen to it.

  3. A.... G....

    best song of all time

  4. J.... R....

    I used to listen to this song as a child, and I'd almost always fall asleep to it. I never understood what this song was about back then but listening to it now... It's a beautiful song, even if it is a little depressing. I feel I will continue to love this song for a fair while too.

  5. N.... C....

    favorite song

    N.... C....

    Still Think...
    My dad has played Shawn Mullins' music since I was little especially this song and the souls core album (I'm 15 now) just a teen-

  6. R.... V....

    love this song so much it reminds me of my pop nd our relationship

  7. T.... H....

    It is a really touching song

  8. J.... D....

    All the years later and whenever I play it is still requested.  I know its a little late to say thanks for making this video, but I'm a just a little technologically challenged. So thanks!!!  

    J.... D....

    Love this song.

  9. U.... ....

    I'm sorry for your loss. And you didn't lose all control of your emotions; you faced them, and felt them all through the music. It can feel overwhelming, but you are still healing, and it's normal and healthy. Take care.

  10. D.... Z....

    I was 19 he was 41 when he passed his son was 17.

  11. D.... Z....

    I remember when I saw Shawn Mullins play at poor David's pub. I screamed out to play Joshua. After the show I met him and told him how happy I was that he played Joshua. I told him about my friend Mike. And the last thing I heard him say, which was " Zig is a good kid...I take that back he is a good man. I wish he would be around more often to be a father figure to my son than I could ever be."

  12. U.... ....

    It's been up for over four years, and there's been no trouble.

  13. B.... ....

    dont get in too much copyright trouble i dont want this vid getting taken down

  14. J.... L....

    will neva get ova this song have listened 2 it since i was a little girl! :) <3

  15. i.... ....

    @scerbs8907 its such a graet song aint it . i went to see him in melbourne, what a great bloke to talk to

  16. s.... ....

    This is by far my favorite Shawn Mullins song, it plays over and over again on my iPod

  17. U.... ....

    @WavelengthRose Thanks, man (or woman)! Glad you enjoyed it!

  18. W.... ....

    nicely done..beautiful video, beautiful song.

  19. P.... ....

    the only thing that could make this song better is if it were a true story-too bad it's not.

  20. J.... M....

    great song, thanks to my lady for showing me this song and artist

  21. U.... ....

    Yes, and kudos to the unknown stranger who made the video. I hear he's wicked cool tho.

  22. J.... L....

    mad song :) :)