In the entertainment world, we have a kind of game Everybody gets a pet nickname And when I got in the movies, it was just the same I got mine Big Jane (Big Jane) Now you never really know when you might get that role That you can play with all your heart and all of your soul You might be typecast, and you might not be But this is the way it happened to me Big Jane (Big Jane, Big Jane) Oh, big bad Jane, hum, hum When Howard Hughes found that wild outlaw Who was fast on the trigger and quick on the draw Who did they call to make the outlaw thaw? They called upon a gal who could lay down the law They called me (Big Jane) In Boston, you remember, they stopped it cold For some reason or other, so I've been told Mr. Hughes flew away in his great big plane And who stuck around and got all the blame? Me (Big Jane, Big Jane) Oh, big bad Jane, hum, hum And then there was a picture with deer ski nose We got to sing a song about buttons and bows Bob played a dentist called Painless Pete And every time I kissed, I knocked him off his feet Big Jane (Big Jane) Then came the blonde, old Marilyn Monroe Gemini shy, but easy to know She was cuddly and sweet and seemed so small She made old Jane feel ten feet tall Big Jane (Big Jane, Big Jane) Oh, big bad Jane, hum, hum Well now we've taken to the boards and lots of pretty clubs And I've seen the world over in nary a rub Folks said New Orleans, I'd certainly dig Cause the World's Fair there is mighty big, and I'm big (Big Jane) Well, as Shakespeare said: What's in a name? And I wanna tell you, I feel about the same I don't quite know what the next role will be But it's gonna be fun, it's gonna be me Big Jane (Big Jane, Big Jane) Oh, big bad old Jane (Big Jane)