Picture Show lyrics

Song information

Artist: John Prine
Album: Live On Tour

Lyrics

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
And put his picture in a picture show
James dean went out to hollywood
And put his picture in a picture show

Chorus:
And it's oh daddy get off of your knees
Mamma why'd you have to go
Your darling jim is out 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 hollywood
And put his picture in a picture show

Repeat chorus:

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 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

Repeat chorus:

Yie hi! put my picture in a picture show
Here we go!
A young man from a small town
With a very large imagination..

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

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