Picture Show Lyrics - Live On Tour - John Prine

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 

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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. 

Photos 

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...