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Composer: Peter White, Al Stewart

Al Stewart - Josephine Baker lyrics



I was watching TV late last night
And a scene transported me
Long gone figures came back to life
In a documentary
Though I saw them dance for joy
I was sad I missed that show
If I had a time machine
I know just where I'd go

CHORUS
I was born too late to see Josephine Baker
Dancing in a Paris cabaret
Born too late to see Josephine Baker
She must have been great in her heyday

Now some they stand out from a crowd
Even at an early age
I suppose that her call was loud
'Cause she just lit up the stage
You can put on all that gloss
And still not have to feel
What's inside will come across
And only real is real

CHORUS

I'm sometimes trapped by the close confines
Of the age I'm born into
Though there were others worse than mine
Well I miss what I can't do
Join the feast of Ancient Greece
See Alexander's Library
Maybe clink a champagne toast
With a jazz age dancing queen

CHORUS

In black and white film you can't mistake her
She must have been great in her heyday
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Songs list of album: Rhymes in Rooms (1992)
         Title Rating
01   Flying Sorcery lyrics   -
02    Soho (Needless to Say) lyrics Add lyrics   -
03   Time Passages lyrics   -
04   Josephine Baker lyrics   -
05    On the Border lyrics Add lyrics   -
06   Nostradamus lyrics   -
07    Fields of France lyrics Add lyrics   -
08    Clifton in the Rain/Small Fruit Song lyrics Add lyrics   -
09   Broadway Hotel lyrics   -
10    Leave It lyrics Add lyrics   -
11    Year of the Cat lyrics Add lyrics   -
 

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