A young man from a small town With a very large imagination Lay alone in his room with his radio on Looking for another station When the static from the mouthpiece Gave way to the sound below James Dean went out to HollywoodAnd put his picture in a Picture Show James Dean went out to HollywoodAnd put his picture in a Picture Show And It's, oh, daddy get off of your knees Mama, why'd you have to go Your darling Jim is out on a limb I put my picture in a Picture Show Whoa, ho, put my picture in a Picture Show Hamburgers, cheeseburgers Wilbur and Orville Wright John Garfield in the afternoon Montgomery Clift at night When the static hit the mouthpiece Gave way to the sound below James Dean went out to HollywoodAnd put his picture in a Picture Show And It's, oh, daddy get off of your knees Mama why'd you have to go Your darling Jim is out on a limb I put my picture in a Picture Show Whoa, ho, put my picture in a Picture Show A Mocca man in a Wigwam sitting on a reservation With a big black hole in the belly of his soul Waiting on an explanation While the white man sits on his fat can And takes pictures of the NavajoEvery time he clicks his Kodak pics He steals a little bit of soul Every time he clicks his Kodak pics He steals a little bit of soul And It's, oh, daddy get off of your knees Mama, why'd you have to go Your darling Jim is out on a limb I put my picture in a Picture Show Whoa, ho, put my picture in a Picture Show Ya, ha, put my picture in a Picture Show Here we go A young man from a small town With a very large imagination
A young man from a small town With a very large imagination Lay alone in his room with his radio on Looking for another station When the static from the mouthpiece Gave way to the sound below James Dean went out to HollywoodAnd put his picture in a Picture Show James Dean went out to HollywoodAnd put his picture in a Picture Show And It's, oh, daddy get off of your knees Mama, why'd you have to go Your darling Jim is out on a limb I put my picture in a Picture Show Whoa, ho, put my picture in a Picture Show Hamburgers, cheeseburgers Wilbur and Orville Wright John Garfield in the afternoon Montgomery Clift at night When the static hit the mouthpiece Gave way to the sound below James Dean went out to HollywoodAnd put his picture in a Picture Show And It's, oh, daddy get off of your knees Mama why'd you have to go Your darling Jim is out on a limb I put my picture in a Picture Show Whoa, ho, put my picture in a Picture Show A Mocca man in a Wigwam sitting on a reservation With a big black hole in the belly of his soul Waiting on an explanation While the white man sits on his fat can And takes pictures of the NavajoEvery time he clicks his Kodak pics He steals a little bit of soul Every time he clicks his Kodak pics He steals a little bit of soul And It's, oh, daddy get off of your knees Mama, why'd you have to go Your darling Jim is out on a limb I put my picture in a Picture Show Whoa, ho, put my picture in a Picture Show Ya, ha, put my picture in a Picture Show Here we go A young man from a small town With a very large imagination
