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I was watching |
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TV late last night |
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And a scene transported me |
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Long gone figures came back to life |
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In a documentary |
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Though I saw them dance for joy |
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I was sad |
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I missed that show |
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If I had a time machine |
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I know just where |
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I'd go I was born too late to see |
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Josephine |
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Baker Dancing in a |
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Paris cabaret |
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Born too late to see |
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Josephine |
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Baker She must have been great in her heyday |
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Now some they stand out from a crowd |
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Even at an early age |
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I suppose that her call was loud ' |
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Cause she just lit up the stage |
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You can put on all that gloss |
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And still not have to feel |
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What's inside will come across |
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And only real is real |
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I was born too late to see |
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Josephine |
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Baker Dancing in a |
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Paris cabaret |
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Born too late to see |
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Josephine |
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Baker She must have been great in her heyday |
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I'm sometimes trapped by the close confines |
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Of the age |
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I'm born into |
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Though there were others worse than mine |
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Well, I miss what |
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I can't do |
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Join the feast of |
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Ancient Greece |
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See Alexander's |
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Library Maybe clink a champagne toast |
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With a jazz age dancing queen |
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I was born too late to see |
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Josephine |
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Baker Dancing in a |
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Paris cabaret |
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Born too late to see |
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Josephine |
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Baker She must have been great in her heyday |
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In black and white film you can't mistake her |
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She must have been great in her heyday |