Picture Show Lyrics by John Prine

Picture Show 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...

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