Picture Show Lyrics

by John Prine

John Prine Picture Show Lyrics

INTRO: G
A young man from a small town with a very large imagination
Lay alone is 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 offa your knees
Mama why'd you have to go
Your Darlin Jim is out on a limb
I put my picture in a picture show whoa-oh
My picture in a picture show
Hamburgers Cheeseburger, Wilbur and Orville Wright
John Garfield is the afternoon, Montgomery Cift at night
When the static hit the mouthpiece it gave way to the sound below
James Dean went out to Hollywood and put his picture in a picture show
SOLO (VERSE chords)
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
Everytime he clicks his Kodak pics he steals a little bit of soul
Everytime he clicks his Kodak pics he steals a little bit of soul
A young man from a small town with a very large imagination

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