Look around outside
Ain't nothing to do but hang around
Think about all the stupid things that I've done
I guess I ain't nothin' but a clown
If I had a wish, I swear I'd wish,
I'd wish for just one thing
And I don't even like to think
About all the things my wish'd bring

'Cause I just wanna be James Dean
I just wanna be James Dean
I just wanna be James Dean
For a day
I wanna be oversexed and underworked
And look at me I'm such a jerk

And I just wanna be James Dean
For a day
Think about stories of the actors
And the movie stars
Sitting here watching the old men
Drinking at the bar
I think about Dean and all the things
He should've tried
I think about Dean and all the ways
He could've died

And I wouldn't give a shit about anything cause
I'd be such a big big star
And that don't really do me much good
Just cryin' at the bar

But I just wanna be James Dean
I just wanna be James Dean
I just wanna be James Dean
For a day
I'm overworked and undersexed and look at me
I'm such a wreck

And I just wanna be James Dean
For a day
I'm going crazy cause I'm always all alone
I'm going crazy no one calls me on the phone
I think about Dean and I know Dean
He wouldn't care
If I was Dean I know there'd be somebody there
Yeah there'd be somebody there
For me

Yeah I think about all the really cool things
I could do and say
Then you go and tell me
That you found out Dean was gay
No I don't wanna be James Dean...
Anymore