Josephine - Damien Jurado

Josephine, I have seen you on the sidewalk

Throwing troubles just like flowers to passers-by​

Don’t weigh us down, though we have too many anchors

And like you, we want to sail into the sea

I never had the chance to grow up

Into what they wanted me to be

Every rainbow has an end

And it’s where the color is leaving

Josephine, keep your sunlight in our windows

We are rusting like the silos full of grain

Josephine, is it true that all state children

We will one day be forgotten by our names

I never had the chance to grow up

Into what they wanted me to be

Every rainbow has an end

And it’s where the color is leaving

Josephine, I was written in the skyline

You must leave before your time

Don’t let us die for we need your hands to cling to

A doorway we can walk through to heaven

I never had the chance to grow up

Into what they wanted me to be

Every rainbow has an end

And it’s where the color is leaving