Tonight I drove that same old road Where Jimmy took a ride In Southern California where dreams and truth collide They say it happened quickly, a car turned in his path Mishap on a highway twisted steel and broken glass
When I go will it be like James Dean? I don’t want to die slow When I go will it be like James Dean? That’s how I’d like to go
The years drag by so slowly since May Jean took her fall Her mind takes short vacations as she stares at the wall She spends her days in the hallways She spends her night near the nurses dask She smiles at strangers always Mimed attempt at lucidness, oh yes
When I go will it be like James Dean? I don’t want to die slow When I go will it be like James Dean? That’s how I’d like to go
I’m talking about no highway crash, not talking mercy death Just let me meet my Maker fast, let that name be my last breath
When I go will it be like James Dean? I don’t want to die slow When I go will it be like James Dean? That’s how I’d like to go