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All Words & Music Written, Performed & Produced by Josh Taylor. Copyright 2007

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Mary comes running out the door and down the road
Cracked was the blood red sky in the winter cold
Screaming bloody murder at the top of her throat
She ain't gonna live to see her young boy grow old

And, oh, you are the shadows in the night
You control the warriors in the fight
You are the voices that conspire
But you ain't got no footsteps in the fire

Seems only yesterday she was leaning on the sill
Gazing out the window to the cross atop the hill
Praying for a miracle but the air was deathly still
Blue skies soon turned to gray and the blood began to spill

And, oh, you are the shadows in the night
You control the warriors in the fight
You are the voices that conspire
But you ain't got no footsteps in the fire

Meanwhile far away, across the ocean all around
Gunfire rings out in the day and as sun goes down
Men, women and children's river of blood it floods the ground
There is no peace, no freedom of fear here to be found

And, oh, you are the shadows in the night
You control the warriors in the fight
You are the voices that conspire
But you ain't got no footsteps in the fire

Meanwhile back home there are many thousands on the fence
About facing an enemy that seems to have no moral sense
Strap themselves with bombs and run through crowds of innocence
That's just the truth, it don't matter if you're for or you're against

And, oh, you are the shadows in the night
You control the warriors in the fight
You are the voices that conspire
But you ain't got no footsteps in the fire

Mary buried her son today in a field beneath that hill
Where she spent so many nights praying for the good lord's will
To bring her son home safe and never dreamed he might be killed
Now she spends the rest of her days praying for the ones there still

And, oh, you are the shadows in the night
You control the warriors in the fight
You are the voices that conspire
But you ain't got no footsteps in the fire

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from From The West River (Full Album​)​-​2007, track released December 15, 2007

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Josh Ward Taylor New York, New York

Taylor is one of many contemporary singer-songwriters who plants one foot firmly in the roots of artists such as Bob Dylan and Neil Young while at the same time pushing forward with his own unique voice. And Taylor’s particular voice so imbued with a sense of honesty and earnestness that it is almost impossible not to welcome each of his songs with open arms.-American Songwriter ... more

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