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All Words & Music Written, Performed & Produced by Josh Taylor. Copyright 2008

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Should I leave today
Before the highways burn
Before the mountains cave
And the tides they turn
I saw the moonlight dim
Upon human skin
It was the last time before the end would begin

But I could hear the voices
From the sky as they were hurled
Swore I saw the sunshine
On a far off distant world
And I heard the last words
Of the wise man as he'd sing
'You never know just what the thunder may bring'

But if you gotta leave
Better leave right now
And hide from what the thunder brings
Down through the mountain clouds
There's a rising in the ocean
And a fire on the waves
There's a hurricane that's hiding in the wind
And the tide's gonna come a-rolling on in
And wash us all away

I heard the pounding hooves
Swift through the midnight move
I heard the lightning strike
And the storm clouds brew
They cast a last warning
Before the new morning
Some final thoughts from the sky
As they laid us down to die

But I could hear the voices
From the sky as they were hurled
Swore I saw the sunshine
On a far off distant world
And I heard the last words
Of the wise man as he'd sing
'You never know just what the thunder may bring'

But if you gotta leave
Better leave right now
And hide from what the thunder brings
Down through the mountain clouds
There's a rising in the ocean
And a fire on the waves
There's a hurricane that's hiding in the wind
And the tide's gonna come a-rolling on in
And wash us all away

So should I leave today
Before the highways burn
Before the mountains cave
And the tides they turn
I saw the moonlight dim
Upon human skin
It was the last time
Before the end would begin

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from Paranoia Town (Full Album​)​-​2008, released December 15, 2008

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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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