LYRICS:

The queen of jazz

They went crazy for me

Back in the '20s

They loved my new dance

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From Harlem to the toast of all Paris

I made the Charleston a big hit in France

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Hung out with Hemingway

(And Picasso!)

Star of Champs-Elysees

(Look, there's Cocteau!)

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Cos anybody can just walk the walk

You need a dancing girl to blow your mind!

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Dance, dance, Josephine Baker

(Check out my cheetah)

The great Jazz Age trend maker

(He's called Chiquita)

Wait a moment, you're about to see

There's more to Miss Baker's celebrity

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When World War Two broke out I offered help

With French military intelligence

Charmed my way to enemy embassies

Shared my findings through correspondence

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Wrote secret notes for spies

(Over gateau!)

Homed the Resistance guys

(In her chateau!)

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Cos anybody can just walk the walk

You need a war hero to blow your mind!

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Dance, dance, back in the States

(Her home nation)

Racism made me outraged

(Fought segregation)

Civil rights is the new song I sing

Side by side with Martin Luther King (hey!)

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Look at all that I did

(How could you not know?)

Plus adopted 12 kids

(That is a lot, though)

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Wait a moment, did you think that I

Was just a dancer? Then I'll say goodbye.