“Josephine”

© 1994, Don McAvoy

Published by McAvoy Music Productions, Inc. (ASCAP)

610-630-1536

Administered by The Harry Fox Agency, Inc.

Lyrics reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

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 (CHR)

CHR 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 (CHR)

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 (CHR)

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 (CHR)