josephine by teitur

dreamt i was back with the pirates and cats of my sommerville
the girl in the alphabet shirt covered in dirt lives on the hill

well, my sweet josephine
are you still racing stray dogs across the old stream?
my neighborhood queen,
are you still kissing cowboys that cry, josephine?

she stole my grandmother's watch, a treasure to touch
to keep time to herself
her mind was a very big house, we got lost there for hours
until august fell

well, my sweet josephine
are you still racing stray dogs across the old stream?
my neighborhood queen
are you still kissing cowboys that cry, josephine?

you say you're alright but josie it's time
you gotta get your feet on the ground
but she says, "no, don't you see we have wings?
it's the funniest thing, it's just that no one knows"
no one knows, sweet josephine

well, my sweet josephine
are you still racing stray dogs across the old stream?
my neighborhood queen
are you still kissing cowboys that cry, josephine?

my neighborhood queen
are you still kissing cowboys that cry, josephine?



i love this song. the lyrics make me picture a black and white film kind of image in my mind. with a cottage by a stream. an old swing in a garden full of daffodils and tall grass. a little girl with long hair playing in the sun, creating her own world and making her own rules. peering through the window pane, very old school furniture in the cottage.. an antique clock and a rocking chair. and a 'HOME SWEET HOME' hanging on the wall above the fireplace. i really enjoy fairytales.. i always hoped to live in one.