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