Evan & Jaron Could've Been James Dean lyrics

Another cold day three weeks in a row
I spend more time getting dressed
Than where it is I go

There are people on the streets
Shaking out their hands
Some to say hello others
Stay as warm as they can

I'm stopping in
For a hot cup of coffee
With an old bum who says
He could've been James Dean

Now the chief of police
Has asked him to leave
I say no, no, no
This man's with me

He makes me laugh
He makes me smile
And sometimes I cry
And he wrecks my mind

With a simple smile
Sometimes I believe in God for a while
Now I give a nod to Lucy
She knows my name

I've been around a lot here lately
Wow, someone knows my name
There's Dylan on the jukebox
A song from highway 61


James says he knows Dylan
That he wrote this one

James has got a real name
But he prefers James
It reminds him of his youth
When he had a body just like yours

He says no one ever gives a damn
Unless they've got something to sell
It's a long way back
When you've fallen through hell

I'm stopping in
For a hot cup of coffee
With an old bum who says
He could've been James Dean

The chief of police
Has asked him to leave
And he whispers to me
As he tugs on my sleeve

You make me laugh
You make me smile
And sometimes I cry
But you never wrecked my mind

With a simple smile
Sometimes I believe
In God for a while