A young man from a small town
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With a very large imagination
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Lay alone in his room with his radio on
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Looking for another station
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When the static from the mouthpiece
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Gave way to the sound below
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James Dean went out to Hollywood
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And put his picture in a Picture Show.
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James Dean went out to Hollywood
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And put his picture in a Picture Show.
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[Chorus:]
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And It's Oh Daddy get off of your knees
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Mamma why'd you have to go
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Your darling Jim is out a limb
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I put my picture in a Picture Show
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Whoa Ho! Put my picture in a Picture Show
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Hamburgers Cheeseburgers
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Wilbur and Orville Wright
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John Garfield in the afternoon
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Montgomery Clift at night
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When the static hit the mouthpiece
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Gave way to the sound below
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James Dean went out to Hollywood
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And put his picture in a Picture Show.
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[Chorus]
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A Mocca man in a wigwam sitting on a Reservation.
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With a big black hole in the belly of his soul
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Waiting on an explanation
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While the white man sits on his fat can
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And takes pictures of the Navajo
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Every time he clicks his Kodak pics
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He steals a little bit of soul.
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Every time he clicks his Kodak pics
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He steals a little bit of soul.
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[Chorus]
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Yie Hi! Put my picture in a Picture Show
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Here we go!
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A young man from a small town
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With a very large imagination...
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Picture Show
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| John Prine |
