Jon Auer on KAOS
From ANDRAS JONES: Jon Auer has been a guest on Radio8Ball more than just about anyone. This was his first appearance. He joined us on an idyllic spring evening at the KAOS studio for a totally no-stress ramble through a shared love of music and education and each other’s company. In truth, he WAS promoting his solo record, but it obviously wasn’t just that, or he wouldn’t have come back so many times. Of course, the next one will be best. It always is.
JOSEPHINE
by Jon Auer
I got your message Josephine
You weren’t around for my reply
I saw the hall where the footprints
and the train rolls by
never knowin’ where it’s goin’
You were a modern woman Josephine
you never had the time to waste
for a game where they pull your chain
and the train rolls by
never knowin’ where it’s goin’
Still I wonder,
would you be that close to me?
Could you love a life that you will never see?
I guess I’ll never know why
I guess I’ll never know why
I guess I’ll never know why
it wasn’t meant to be
They say that you went away
‘cause you never had a soul to keep
It’s a fact and I can face the track
and when they lay you down to sleep
I saved your chromosomes unknowingly
You weren’t around for my surprise
Familiar sight on a restless night
and the train rolls by…
But I finally got the message Josephine
I’ll never get to know you well
Well I invite you at the holy site
and the train rolls by
never knowin’ where it’s goin’
Still I wonder,
would you be that close to me?
Could you love a life that you will never see?
I guess I’ll never know why
I guess I’ll never know why
I guess I’ll never know why
I guess I’ll never know why
I guess I’ll never know why
I guess I’ll never know why
it wasn’t meant to be
