Intro: F
Verse:
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Josephine, I have seen you on the sidewalk
Bb F C
Throwing troubles just like flowers to passers by
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Don't weigh us down, though we have too many anchors
Bb F C
And like you we want to sail into the sea
Bb F C
I never had the chance to grow up
Bb F C
Into what they wanted me to be
Bb F C
Every rainbow has an end
Bb F C
And it's where the colors are leaving
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Verse:
F Bb F
Josephine, keep your sunlight in our windows
Bb F C
We are rusted like the silos full of grain
F Bb F
Josephine, is it true that all state children
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Who will one day be forgotten by our names
Bb F C
I never had the chance to grow up
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Into what they wanted me to be
Bb F C
Every rainbow has an end
Bb F C
And it's where the colors leaving
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Verse:
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Josephine, I was written in the skyline
Bb F C
You must leave before your time oh oh oh
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Don't let us die for we need your hands to cling to
Bb F C
A doorway we can walk through to heaven
Bb F C
I never had the chance to grow up
Bb F C
Into what they wanted me to be
Bb F C
Every rainbow has an end
Bb F C
And it's where the colors leaving
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