counting crows - mr jones

sha la la la la la la - uh uh
i was down at the new amsterdam staring at this
yellow-haired girl mr. jones strikes up a
conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer
she dances while his father plays guitar
she磗 suddenly beautiful
we all want something beautiful
i wish i was beautiful

so come dance this silence down through the morning
sha la la la la la la la - yeah, uh uh - yeah
cut up, maria! show me some of them spanish dances
pass me a bottle, mr. jones
believe in me
help me believe in anything
cause i want to be someone who believes

mr. jones and me tell each other fairy tales
stare at the beatiful women
"she磗 looking at you. ah, no, no, she磗 looking at me."
smiling in the bright lights
coming through in stereo
when everybody loves you
you can never be lonely

i will paint my picture
paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
all of the beautiful colors are
very very meaningful
gray is my favorite color
i felt so symbolic yesterday
if i knew picasso
i would buy myself a gray guitar and play

mr. jones and me look into the future
stare at the beautiful women
"she磗 looking at you. uh, i don磘 think so. she磗 looking at me."
standing in the spotlight
i bought myself a gray guitar
when everybody loves me, i will never be lonely

i want to be a lion
everybody wants to pass as cats
we all want to be big big stars,
but we got different reasons for that
believe in me because i don磘 believe in anything
and i want to be someone to believe

mr. jones and me stumbling through the barrio
yeah we stare at the beautiful women
"she磗 perfect for you, man, there磗 got to be somebody for me."
i want to be bob dylan
mr. jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
when everybody loves you,
son, that磗 just about as funky as you can be

mr. jones and me staring at the video
when i look at the television,
i want to see me staring right back at me
we all want to be big stars,
but we don磘 know why and we don磘 know how
but when everybody loves me,
i磎 going to be just about as happy as i can be
mr. jones and me, we磖e gonna be big stars ....