A Land Called "Way Out There"

James Dean died 'neath the tree of heaven

Near the old Jack Ranch Café

And brother Donald Turnipspeed

Must have looked the wrong ol' way

Oh, that German car was burning

As the hawks took to the air

Forty miles from Paso Robles

In a land called way out there

In a land called way out there, my brother

In a land called way out there

Forty miles from Paso Robles

In a land called way out there

Come look outside my window, mama

Something wicked this way comes

The carnival is breaking ground

With its roustabouts and bums

And the hoochie coochie dancing girls

With sawdust in their hair

And the band played John Phillip Sousa

In a land called way out there

In a land called way out there, my brothers

In a land called way out there

And the band played John Phillip Sousa

In a land called way out there

All we've learned about love and violence

Comes from Bibles and movie magazines

But what goes down in the trenches, baby

It's like nothing you've ever seen

People tearing people up

Good God, it makes me scared

Heaven, take me beyond all this

To a land called way out there

In a land called way out there, my brothers

In a land called way out there

Heaven, take me beyond all this

To a land called way out there

James Dean died 'neath the tree of heaven