Josephine

[Verse 1] I heard the name Josephine It came to me in a dream And I don't usually set too much store by the things these things might mean But it was spoken with seriousness More of a whisper than a scream So now I'm waiting on some Josephine To show herself to me [Chorus] I could have been anyone I imagined I could be I just needed somebody to wake me from my sleep I could have been Napoleon Could have been Beethoven Could have been anyone, but uncomfortable me So come now, Josephine, show yourself to me [Verse 2] So come on now, Josephine, give me what I need I don't like to be needy but needs must I can't stand being the person that I've been I'm an impending car crash And you're the first one on the scene I'm a defeated commander I'm a half-deaf composer I'm a strange name whispered in a dream [Chorus] I could have been anyone I imagined I could be I just needed somebody to wake me from my sleep I could have been Napoleon Could have been Beethoven Could have been anyone, but uncomfortable me So come now, Josephine, show yourself to me [Bridge] So come on now, Josephine Let's pretend it's Halloween You come as a car crash 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 And you're the only one who's ever going to know what they mean [Outro] Come on now, Josephine Wake me from my sleep I could have been anyone But I ended up being me I could have been wide awake 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