Josephine

Album: Positive Songs For Negative People (2015)
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  • I heard the name Josephine
    It came to me in dream
    And I don't usually set too much store by the things that these things might mean
    It was spoken with seriousness
    More of a whisper than a scream
    Now, I'm waiting on this Josephine
    To show herself to me

    Could have been anyone
    I imagined, I could be
    I just needed somebody
    To show me how to be
    I could have been Napoleon
    Could have been Beethoven
    Could have been anyone, but uncomfortable me
    So come on now Josephine, show yourself to me

    So come on now Josephine give me what I need
    I don't like to be needy but sometimes needs
    Must, I can't stand being the person that I've been
    I'm an impending car crash
    I'm the first one on the scene
    I'm a defeated commander
    I'm a tone-deaf composer
    I'm a strange name whispered in a dream

    Could have been anyone
    I imagined, I could be
    I just needed somebody
    To show me how to be
    I could have been Napoleon
    Could have been Beethoven
    Could have been anyone, but uncomfortable me
    So come on now Josephine, show yourself to me

    So come on now Josephine
    Let's pretend it's Halloween
    You come as a car crash
    And I'll go as James Dean
    I'm Napoloeon on Elba
    And you're a hundred days in 1815
    I wrote all of these letters to my immortal beloved
    You're the only one who's ever gonna know what they mean

    Come on now Josephine
    Show yourself to me
    Could have been anyone
    But I ended up being me
    Could have been runaway
    Could have been what you need
    I wish that I was anyone except for just me
    So come on now Josephine
    Show yourself to me
    Come on now Josephine
    Show yourself to me
    Come on now Josephine
    Show yourself to me
    Come on now Josephine
    Show yourself to me Writer/s: FRANK TURNER
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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