Picture Show

Lyrics for Picture Show

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 Hollywood Put his picture in a picture show James Dean went out to Hollywood Put his picture in a picture show And it's, "Oh daddy, get off of your knees Mamma, why'd you have to go? Your darling Jim is out on a limb 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 And when the static hit the mouthpiece Gave a way to the sound below James Dean went out to Hollywood Put his picture in a picture show It's, "Oh daddy, get off of your knees Mamma, why'd you have to go? Your darling Jim is out on a limb 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 Takes pictures of the Navajo Every 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 Mamma, why'd you have to go? Your darling Jim is out on a limb Put my picture in a picture show (whoa-ho) Put my picture in a picture show (a-ha) Put my picture in a picture show" (sure thing) A young man from a small town With a very large imagination