Lyrics

Josephine
(© 1994 Don McAvoy, MMP, Inc., ASCAP )
 
* If Hollywood or Carnegie Hall won't accept her as one of their own
She's packing her bags for a foreign land to take parts in her new  home
She'll make an impression on everyone
Oh everyone will know her name
And no one will forget her name
*** Josephine you're never too tall to fall
Cling to anything when you're falling down
Good show, great show another fine show
And only one million more to go
* One big circus going on all the time, she juggles too many acts
But if she drops just one of those balls who's gonna ask her back
Might Have Beens are great company
But they're a visit to a town that's now empty
Might Have Beens are a town that's now empty
* The themes in this town are growing way too old, everyone dreams too small
They act as if, my God, they act as if you only dream what you're told
Like layers on a pearl you're so rare to this world
You're so much better than they are
Josephine you're much better than they are
* What was once your escape is now a huge fish-in-bowl
for this whole wide world to peer into
You proved them wrong with every act you took on
and now their eyes are on you
You were nice climbing up you're never coming back down
It's harder to stay there than get there
You'll stay there because you got there