Playlist Josh Woodward

josh woodward - afterglow

Rainbow, waiting by my window
Rainbow, singing at my door
And the Georgia pines and dandelions are bobbing in the careless summer breeze

Sunshine, skipping on the sidewalk
Sunshine, but not as bright as you
When you shattered free, you blined me, and now I'm seeing stars around my head

And it's all I know
You're the afterglow
That never fades

Tadpole, squiggle in the water
Tadpole, dancing toward the light
From a pollywog into a frog in twenty seconds flat, well how 'bout that?

Mayfly, skimming on the water
Mayfly, only for a day
And if love is just a fleeting whim, then why is it you never dimmed away?

And it's all I know
You're the afterglow
That never fades

After all these years
Of living in your shadow
After all these years
Of bathing in your light
The only thing I know
Is you're the afterglow
That never fades

My love, brighter than a diamond
My love, shining like the sun
But I never try to close my eyes, I never want to hide you in the dark

And it's all I know
You're the afterglow
That never fades

And it's all I know
You're the afterglow
So just take it slow
Until the sun falls low
Then light me up

josh woodward - don 039 t close your eyes

Cold hands, sore feet
You've been walking for an hour on abandoned streets

Weak knees, and fresh scars
It's a struggle when you're losing track of who you are

The words you stole won't save your soul
They can only buy you time

Light a candle, or curse the dark
It's all the same to me
Start a fire, or drown the spark
And shake away the heat
Tell the truth or live a lie
Just don't close your eyes

Let down, and so spent
You've been holding up the world with your good intent

Help out, like you should
It's a burden that you never really understood

But Caroline, I'm doing fine
It's the others who are dying

Light a candle, or curse the dark
It's all the same to me
Start a fire, or drown the spark
And shake away the heat
Tell the truth or live a lie
Be a burden or a prize
Stick around or say goodbye
Just don't close your eyes

And you're breaking
But you're faking nothing's ever wrong
And concealing what you're feeling
Always standing strong

But you don't need
To act like you don't bleed
When you come falling down
Cuz there is no healing when you're not feeling
Anything at all

josh woodward - dust

Go to him and he'll set you free
Go to him and he'll set you free
In the fire
In the fire

Speak to her and she'll tell you please
Speak to her and she'll tell you please
You don't know
You don't know

The bees, they are swarming away from the hive
The spider is waiting to eat you alive in the dust
The bird on the pole he just flutters away
The grasshopper wishes
that you would just stay in the dust

Wipe away all the selfish pride
Wipe away all the selfish pride
You got nothing
Nothing

Count the ways to ignore your fate
Count the ways to ignore your fate
You are dying
You are dying

No no no no no

Frame the picture and go to jail
Frame the picture and go to jail
A lifetime
A lifetime

Light a candle and set your sail
Light a candle and set your sail
The ocean
The ocean

The bees, they are swarming away from the hive
The spider is waiting to eat you alive in the dust
The bird on the pole he just flutters away
The grasshopper wishes
that you would just stay in the dust

Don't look back or turn around
Don't look back or turn around
Be silent
Be silent

The sky awaits to set your free
The sky awaits to set your free
In the dust

josh woodward - fast food fantasy

"Can I take your order sir,"
I'm taken by suprise
She's got a gentle kindness in her smile
and a shining in her eyes.
I need for her to see
that I am not like other guys
"I'll take a 6-piece McNugget
and a small order of fries."

Jasmine
You're like the sweetest tea
You fill my heart with glee
Come on along and rescue me
Jasmine
Eyes like the deepest sea
No one could disagree
You are my fast food fantasy

She makes the burgers with a little more cheese,
and her flurries make you want to freeze
She pours the coffee with the greatest of ease
while her smile warms it up a few degrees
She bakes the pies, salts the fries, supersize, makes it all look like a breeze,
Oh Jasmine, if I asked you, would you be my fast food squeeze?

Every day I see you here, you make me want to swoon.
i wanna buy you a happy meal, but is it just too soon?
i'm sure you hear this every day, so you're probably immune,
If you would be my fast food girl, I would take you to the moon

She goes that extra mile, she loves to see me smile, she is my fast food fantasy.
She goes that extra mile, she loves to see me smile, she is my fast food fantasy.

josh woodward - flutter by butterfly

Flutter by, butterfly
Into the sky, into the sky
Till you're out of sight
And I won't run, I won't fight

I've got my feet on the ground

Little bird, say the word,
And I will be there, I will be there
With my hands held high
And I will reach to the sky

I've got my feet on the ground

Little bee, follow me,
Into the field, into the field
Where I clipped your wings
And I will wait for your sting

I've got my feet on the ground

josh woodward - frannie

Steel hair and a wheelchair, I'm living day by day
My mind is getting slower and my body's in decay
But frannie, you're still beautiful, just like the day we met
I still know that you're coming when I see your silhouette

My legs can't hold my body and my arms are both so weak
The kids brush me away like I'm a dusty old antique
But frannie, you still look at me like I am 25
You're still my blushing bride and that's what's keeping me alive

I ain't getting any younger
And frannie, you're older too
But I ain't lost my hunger
I am still the one who waits for you, and
I'll be here from this day on
Until they stick me in the lawn
Yeah, I'll be here

There's no time to waste now trying to tell the world goodbye
Yesterday's so far away and tomorrow's all a lie
So frannie, take my hand and let's go live another day
It might not be our last, but it's a step along the way

I ain't getting any younger
And frannie, you're older too
But I ain't lost my hunger
I am still the one who waits for you, and
I'll be here from this day on
Until they stick us in the lawn
Yeah, I'll be here

josh woodward - good to go

The cold moon is shining
And the stars are aligning
And I'm here knocking on your door

It's two in the morning
And we both should be snoring
But you're far too lovely to ignore

So let's go out and raise some hell
Do what you want, I'll never tell
And yeah, I know I've been a little slow
But hey... I'm good to go

I'm snared and I'm smitten
Like a scared little kitten
But I'm not afraid to tell you anymore

I gave up denying
And I stopped always trying
To avoid the things that freaked me out before

I was afraid of fear itself
It took so long to leave this shell
And yeah, I know I've been a little slow
But hey... I'm good to go

I know I've been distant
So detached and resistant
To the things that are perfect in my life

I once was a hermit
But inside I was yearning just to
Take off the mask and see the light

And it was you who made me see
You gave me hope, and set me free
And yeah, I know I've been a little slow
But hey... I'm good to go

josh woodward - heritage place

I was proud, and I was standing
I was lost in a crowd
But now this room is abandoned
Everybody keep on fading out

I was strong like a lion
I was firm and devout
But now my history is dying
Everybody keep on fading out

Where do you go?
Where do you go when everything you know is pushing you away
Where do you go?
Where do you go?
Out of this empty space in a vacant place I'll stay

I was sure that I'd found it
I was up on a cloud
While the others were grounded
Everybody keep on fading out

Where do you go?
Where do you go when everything you know is pushing you away
Where do you go?
Where do you go?
Out of this empty space in a vacant place I'll stay

Gone out the window
Everybody keep on fading out

josh woodward - i wanna know

What's your favorite color?
Why does summer make you sad?
Do you crave the snow?
Where did you get your favorite pair of shoes?
Oh, I wanna know

All the things that make you sing
And tap your little toes
Oh, I wanna know

Did you cry when your father said goodbye?
Did he leave a note?
Do you scream when you wake up from a dream?
Oh, I wanna know

I want to hear between your ears
And swim inside your brain
Oh, I wanna know

I want to know the thin and thick
What makes you smile, what makes you tick
I want to know what gets you out of bed

Yeah, you're a mystery to me
And I'm not asking for the key
But I hope that you will let me in the door

Would you run if I told you you're the one?
Would you stay or go?
Could it be you've been waiting here for me?
Oh, I wanna know

Don't make me wait, just tell me straight
Before I have to go
Oh, I wanna know
Oh, I wanna know

josh woodward - i 039 m letting go

I've been sleeping with the lights on, buried in regrets
Breaking into sweats, naked as a falling leaf

It's a natural reaction, driven to distraction,
Clawing at the ghosts I'll never meet

Oh, I don't know, where they go
When they vanish in the corner of my eye
And I, don't know why, I don't know
If they stay below or rise up to the sky

(Chorus)
But I'm letting go
I'm letting go
It's a history that never really grows
I'm letting go
I'm letting go
It's a silent wind that never really blows
I'm letting go

I'm a slave without a master, heading for disaster
Kicking up the dust in the middle of the road

I've been waiting on a free ride ticket
To a seaside thicket on the edge of Puget Sound

And there I'll sit, and I'll admit
That I was only just a guest inside my skin
And by the dawn, I'll be gone
And I won't be holding on to anything again

(Chorus)
But I'm letting go
I'm letting go
It's a history that never really grows
I'm letting go
I'm letting go
It's a silent wind that never really blows
I'm letting go

josh woodward - learn to fly

A sticky summers' day in Shepherdstown
An eagle in a thermal is a' circlin' round
Like a tire on a bike rolling down Columbus Street

Katie got a little look of hope in her eye
Arms unfold as she looked to the sky
and said, "I'm going to learn to fly around with you"

She jumped up high and she fell to the ground
Skinned her little knee and made a horrible sound
She got right up and she tried again
Smiling all the way with her unstoppable grin

Take time, do what you're going to do
Just smile, you're gonna make it through
Your wings are going to spread and lift you off the ground
Take time, do what you're going to do
Just smile, you're gonna make it through
Your wings are going to sprout and you will learn to fly

All the other children used to laugh at her
They say your head is in the clouds and when you come back to earth
That the men in the white coats, they will all be waiting

But Katie knew that there was something they didn't see
She climbed up to the top of the sycamore tree
and said, "look out world, I'm going to fly away"

She stood so tall and with all her might
She took a flying leap of an astonishing height
A wind blew through and it carried her high
and Katie knew that she was just beginning to fly

josh woodward - me and billy barnum

In 1912, I was only a boy
Hardly 10 years old
The summer was dry, the sun in the sky
Where secrets burn like matches

In my Sunday best, I went down for a walk
To Billy Barnum's house
He was alone, no one was home
So I had an idea

I said to Billy, "let's go walking down in the ravine
There's no one here for miles so we never will be seen
If your folks are in Peoria, they won't be back for hours
So let's go have some fun."

We walked down through the tangle of trees
I lost my bearing twice
But then we emerged, the top of the earth
And watched in silent wonder

We stood tall on the edge of the bridge
When a gust of wind blew through
I stumbled and weaved, and reached for his sleeve
To try and find my balance

But Billy lost his footing and he slipped off of the edge
He caught himself with one hand on an overhanging ledge
But his strength would only last him for a minute, maybe two
Then he crashed down in the river
He crashed down in the river

A shallow grave on the outskirts of town
Is where I laid him down
A secret it's stayed, what happened that day
With me and Billy Barnum
With me and Billy Barnum

josh woodward - on brevity

Sometimes I wanna take it from a little to a lot and I am spinning in a circle like a dizzy little top and I am calling all the people I'd forgotten about and trying to tell them that I figured it out, but it's a lie and all the stupid things I say and do and never really stop when I should never have begun, I really oughtta drop it but it's faster when you don't even have time to stop and think about the things that you are saying cuz they really never matter but it's
Empty spaces in the air, fill it up, fill it up, fill it up, oh no
All the million little empty spaces in the air, fill it up, fill it up, fill it up, oh no
But I never was a fighter and I never was a poet and I never was a writer though you'd never really know it cuz I'm full of all the knowledge that you needed to know and I will share it if you're ready or not, because I know I heard that Jami was a Wicked fan and Timmy's dropping out and all the other little things that I was thinking about, like how mosquitoes have malaria and dogs have lice, I could go on for half an hour cuz I hate to leave a million little
Empty spaces in the air, fill it up, fill it up, fill it up, oh no
All the million little empty spaces in the air, fill it up, fill it up, fill it up, oh no
Economy of speech is not a virtue, it's a sin because I never want to tell you once what I could say again and again and again..
I know you wanna tell me what you think of what I'm say, I promise you that I will give you time later to weigh in, to weigh in if you want to
But I forgot to tell you, I was heading out to take my puppy for a walk but then the strangest little thing came out and ran across the sidewalk, it might have been a squirrel or a chipmunk or a prairie dog but something 'bout the tail wasn't right, but that's another story... everyone just stopped and stared with blank expressions motionless and for a second everything was silent and commotionless.. I turned I said to Fluffy, that's a cute little sciuridae and then it went scampering off, but that was better than the
Empty spaces in the air, fill it up, fill it up, fill it up, oh no
All the million little empty spaces in the air, fill it up, fill it up, fill it up, oh no

josh woodward - revolution now

Hey, what are we waiting for?
We've come to far to let this go
Always on the outside looking in

The door is swinging in the wind
It's time to go and march on in
It's time to show them what we're 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
We're not going to take this any more
We won't take this anymore

The shapes are hiding in the dark
The knives are out, the blades are sharp
It's 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

josh woodward - shadows in the moonlight

Take this pill, my dear
It will keep you sharp and clear
The side effects won't last too long

It's stranger than it seems
In your most peculiar dreams
But it's nothing that won't fade with time

Tuck the northern star in a candy jar
And save it for a rainy day

Shadows in the moonlight
Always coming, always going
While your cup is overflowing

Shadows in the moonlight
Just a matter of perspective
It's all relative, subjective,
It's alive

Stand up straight and tall
Keep your back against the wall
Remember what they said to you

A stranger in a crowd
A halo on a cloud
It's lost to you but it never really went away

The muffled speech is out of reach
But truth has got a way of breaking through

[Chorus]

Take these words my dear,
And as they echo in your ears
It's closer than you think

[Chorus x 2]

josh woodward