This is my favorite song from her album, To Venus And Back. The "Josephine" refers to Napoléon Bonaparte's wife.
Not tonight Josephine.
In an army's strength therein
lies the denouement. I can feel
you're haunting me. By
the Seine so beautiful, only
not to be of use-- impossible.
so strange, victory- 1200 spires
the only sound, moscow burning.
empty like the Tuileries. Like a dream
Vienna seems, only not to be of use- impossible.
in the last extremity -- to
advance or not to advance- I
hear you laughing
even still you're calling me
"not tonight, not tonight
not tonight"
Josephine
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