Josephine Baker

Album: Last Days of the Century (1988)
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  • 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

    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

    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

    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

    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
    In black and white film you can't mistake her
    She must have been great in her heyday Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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