Soundbyte from Josie BoyJosie Boy


words & music by Lisa Cannon
© 1996 Sunflower Sole Music (ASCAP)

Well, Josie boy
The streets have not been too kind
     to your runaway load
You've got me looking back on
     all the years we had --
What could have triggered this road?

Josie, you won my heart and soul
Doing your dance across the danger line
I didn't understand what kind of things
     can happen to the mind
Oh Josie boy, oh Josie boy

We'd roll on down those daredevil hills
From the day you were born
     to the first songs we made
The way you played your guitar to the stars
     more than my kid brother,
You were my best friend

Josie, you won my heart and soul
Doing your dance across the danger line
I didn't understand what kind of things
     can happen to the mind.
Oh Josie boy, oh Josie boy

In the morning when you rise 
And you tear those shackles
     down from those skies
You won't find any clouds that cry
          harder than I do
And you know I'll always love you

Well, Josie boy
The pages fill up my walls
     with your poetry of pain
That's left you alone and nowhere to go 
Still I'm counting on you
     to round in the reins 

Josie, you won my heart and soul
Doing your sance across the danger line
I didn't understand what kind of things
     can happen to the mind
Oh Josie boy, oh Josie boy

Now and then, every once and a while
Your sharp wit makes me smile
The way it used to be
The way it used to be