Uploaded January 2010 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
"I'll Be Right Behind You, Josephine" is now on iTunes!
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Digging a few albums back for a request. Enjoy!
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I'll be right behind you, Josephine
I won't leave you waiting in between
And the cigarette you bummed from me is almost burning out
You suck it till your fingers burn, then you throw it to the ground
I'll be right behind you, Josephine
Even after everything we've seen seen
In this sterile room with blinding lights and faces pointing down
I only want to scream but still I just can't make a sound
Now hold my hand, I'll hold my breath
There's nothing in this world we really own
And Jesus Christ, if you tore my heart out
The only thing I'd feel is less alone
I'll be right behind you, Josephine
I won't leave you waiting in this dream
While you watch the people speaking words you can't quite comprehend
You ask me if I'd pinch you but my fingers wouldn't bend
I'll be right behind you, Josephine
Just like I was when we were seventeen
I guess that's only been a year but still it feels like 34
I don't feel like I am living in the same skin anymore
Now hold my hand, I'll hold my breath
There's nothing in this world we really own
And Jesus Christ, if you tore my heart out
The only thing I'd feel is less alone
I'll be right behind you, Josephine
Even when my soul's an amputee
And my bleeding heart is sinking in the lake inside my chest
So I grab what I can cling to and I leave behind the rest
Now hold my hand, I'll hold my breath
There's nothing in this world we really own
And Jesus Christ, if you tore my heart out
The only thing I'd feel is less alone
Now hold my hand, and take my breath
And leave behind the things you'll never own
And Jesus Christ, please tear my heart out
I wanna feel a little less alone
"I'll Be Right Behind You, Josephine" is now on iTunes!
itunes.apple.com/us/album/ill-be-right-behind-you-josephine/id156419029?i=156419065&uo=4
Digging a few albums back for a request. Enjoy!
Lyrics, free MP3 and other goodies here:
joshwoodward.com/song/IllBeRightBehindYouJosephine
joshwoodward.com for 150+ more free songs!
joshwoodward.com/twitter
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I'll be right behind you, Josephine
I won't leave you waiting in between
And the cigarette you bummed from me is almost burning out
You suck it till your fingers burn, then you throw it to the ground
I'll be right behind you, Josephine
Even after everything we've seen seen
In this sterile room with blinding lights and faces pointing down
I only want to scream but still I just can't make a sound
Now hold my hand, I'll hold my breath
There's nothing in this world we really own
And Jesus Christ, if you tore my heart out
The only thing I'd feel is less alone
I'll be right behind you, Josephine
I won't leave you waiting in this dream
While you watch the people speaking words you can't quite comprehend
You ask me if I'd pinch you but my fingers wouldn't bend
I'll be right behind you, Josephine
Just like I was when we were seventeen
I guess that's only been a year but still it feels like 34
I don't feel like I am living in the same skin anymore
Now hold my hand, I'll hold my breath
There's nothing in this world we really own
And Jesus Christ, if you tore my heart out
The only thing I'd feel is less alone
I'll be right behind you, Josephine
Even when my soul's an amputee
And my bleeding heart is sinking in the lake inside my chest
So I grab what I can cling to and I leave behind the rest
Now hold my hand, I'll hold my breath
There's nothing in this world we really own
And Jesus Christ, if you tore my heart out
The only thing I'd feel is less alone
Now hold my hand, and take my breath
And leave behind the things you'll never own
And Jesus Christ, please tear my heart out
I wanna feel a little less alone

![Josh Woodward: Amaranthine, You Fly
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The splendor of youth
Of undying truth
The poisonous pill, we consume
The promise of fate
We find out too late
Was only a lie, we create
You flew
On past the edge of the sky
Cuz you knew
That only the living can die
Amaranthine, you fly
The weight of your chains
The pull on your reins
It buckles and strains, till you break
But you found the key
Beneath the debris
To free and release, the weight
You flew
On past the edge of the sky
Cuz you knew
That only the living can die
Amaranthine, you fly
[Bridge]
You flew
On past the edge of the sky
Cuz you knew
That only the living can die
Amaranthine, goodbye Josh Woodward: Amaranthine, You Fly](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_3dPHmuaDhA/mqdefault.jpg)
![Josh Woodward: Morning Blue (Acoustic Performance)
This one might actually be familiar to those of you have seen me live over the years. :)
Free MP3 and Lyrics:
http://www.joshwoodward.com/song/MorningBlue
I woke up this morning on the wrong side of the bed
The hazy sunrise wraps a veil around my head
I cant get motivated, the swimming thoughts are drowning in my head
And if by some coincidence I do just what they said
And the morning blue is warning you
This avalanche is storming through
In the dawn of the morning blue
Just take me away
The fire of failed reason, the rain of every season
The patriotic treason, the ringing of the bells
The avalanche of sorrow, the soul afraid to borrow
There is no day tomorrow, keep living for today and let me
[chorus]
Just set me free and I will be
Afraid enough to find it
Take my hand or take a stand
And I would never mind it
Sit and stare or say a prayer
For all you left behind
Call on me, just never be
The last one in the line
I woke up this morning on the wrong side of the bed
I should have stayed in bed and slept all day instead
There aint no profit in this day that lies ahead
These blurry images still echo in my head
[chorus] Josh Woodward: Morning Blue (Acoustic Performance)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_zSKRqCR_6Y/mqdefault.jpg)

![Josh Woodward: Revolution Now (Acoustic Performance)
Free MP3 and Lyrics:
http://www.joshwoodward.com/song/RevolutionNow
Hey, what are we waiting for?
Weve come to far to let this go
Always on the outside looking in
The door is swinging in the wind
Its time to go and march on in
Its time to show them what were all about
I can feel the change is coming in the air
I can feel the revolution now
I can feel the change is coming in the air
I can feel the revolution now
I am gonna see again
And I am gonna feel again
Were not going to take this any more
We wont take this anymore
The shapes are hiding in the dark
The knives are out, the blades are sharp
Its one wrong move and all the lights are out
Watch your step and look ahead
Remember what the old man said
Failure is the aftermath of doubt
[Chorus] Josh Woodward: Revolution Now (Acoustic Performance)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bIE2mB9vcNE/mqdefault.jpg)
![Josh Woodward: Cosmic Bandits (Lyric Video)
Tl;dr: new album! https://www.joshwoodward.com/ssott
Its been 15 years since I released a derpy and terrible (and unfortunately, terribly popular) bonus companion album to the relentlessly dark Crawford Street called Sunny Side of the Street, with all the goofy and weird songs Id made up until that point. And since then, I apparently havent learned my lesson and continued to occasionally make more goofy and weird songs from time to time.
And so, after The Shade from Our Trees, it seems like its time to make another bonus album. :D Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Sunny Side of the Trees! Its 14 tracks (5 never before heard, the rest overhauled) of maximum derpiness. Listen on your favorite streaming platform, or download from my site:
https://www.joshwoodward.com/ssott
Enjoy, if you dare!
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CosmicBandits
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We blasted from Sirius in 2038
The crowds were kinda rowdy but the food was really great
Next stop on the tour is the planet I love most
The humans all are sexy and they love to watch our shows
Were the Cosmic Bandits
Weve come to rock your planet
If you’re in luck, we might abduct you, too
With skin-tight slacks and Marshall stacks
We’re probing round the nation
So climb aboard the mothership tonight
The PA systems flabby and the monitors are shot
The synthesizers flaky, and the room is super hot
But we are on a mission to deliver you the rock
A century will pass and youll still feel the aftershocks
[Chorus]
Tonight we land in Fargo and tomorrow play a mall
A county fair in Bismarck, a casino in Sioux Falls
Were sampling the finest of your planetary frills
So show us what youre made of cause weve got some time to kill
[Chorus] Josh Woodward: Cosmic Bandits (Lyric Video)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cCMeBEfkZrA/mqdefault.jpg)


![Josh Woodward: Im Letting Go (Acoustic Performance)
Sorry for the different camera angle on this one. After Id packed up the gear, I realized that the only video Id done for Im Letting Go was the initial prototype demo for the series. So here it is. :)
Free MP3 and Lyrics:
http://www.joshwoodward.com/song/ImLettingGo
Ive been sleeping with the lights on, buried in regrets
Breaking into sweats, naked as a falling leaf
Its a natural reaction, driven to distraction,
Clawing at the ghosts Ill never meet
Oh, I dont know, where they go
When they vanish in the corner of my eye
And I, dont know why, I dont know
If they stay below or rise up to the sky
But Im letting go
Im letting go
Its a history that never really grows
Im letting go
Im letting go
Its a silent wind that never really blows
Im letting go
Im a slave without a master, heading for disaster
Kicking up the dust in the middle of the road
Ive been waiting on a free ride ticket
To a seaside thicket on the edge of Puget Sound
And there Ill sit, and Ill admit
That I was only just a guest inside my skin
And by the dawn, Ill be gone
And I wont be holding on to anything again
[Chorus] Josh Woodward: Im Letting Go (Acoustic Performance)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/erA43ltW-7A/mqdefault.jpg)
![Josh Woodward: Wake Up (Acoustic Performance)
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Mr. OLeary is combing his hair
and hes swirling it into a knot
The mirror is laughing at Mr. OLeary
cuz it knows hes someone hes not
Walking away from that painted reflection
to do something else he forgot
And now hes walking around with that stupid expression
While his memory asks him, well, what was the question?
And follows the blind while hes trying to find
All the things hes not sure that he missed
Wake up, wake up, wake up
Wake up, wake up, wake up
We sleep when were walking, we never stop talking
Wake up, wake up, wake up
Mrs. Jones stands at the station,
she waits for a train that dont run anymore
Shes paid up her fare for a ticket to nowhere
and thinks that shes been there before
Broken dreams weigh on her mind like the water
thats spilling the sand on the shore
And shes clicking her heels and shes looking for Toto
While she stands with her dress dragging in the grey snow
And she wants what she doesnt have, has what she doesnt want
And she wants the world to know it
[chorus]
Johnny McGees making love to TV
and his staminas really impressive
Its always turned on, all night until dawn,
and plays reruns when he gets aggressive
Johnnys afraid that hell worry about
all the problems that he doesnt have
Because his life is so boring and hes always snoring
While earth is revolving and its not worth exploring
And the faces on TV all say who he should be
But nobody knows who he is Josh Woodward: Wake Up (Acoustic Performance)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fgvEz__DMwo/mqdefault.jpg)
