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 movies stars   Sittin' here watchin' the old men drinkin' 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, yeah died      And I wouldn't give a shit about anything   'Cause I'd be such a big movie 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      See but I'm overworked and undersexed   And look at me, I'm such a wreck   And I just wanna be James Dean   For a day      Going crazy 'cause I'm always all alone   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 is gay      No, I don't wanna be James Dean   I don't wanna be James Dean   I don't wanna be James Dean   Anymore