Counting Crows - Mr. Jones

 sha la la la la la la
oh huh
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
you know
She dances while his father plays guitar
so, She's suddenly beautiful
oh, We all want something beautiful
oh, I wish I was beautiful
So come dance this silence down through the morning

sha la la la la la la yeah
oh huh
yeah

Cut Maria!
Show me some of Spanish dances
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones

Believe in me
Help me believe in anything
'Cause
I want to be someone who believes
yeah

Mr. Jones and me
tell each other fairy tales
and we Stare at the beautiful women
"She's looking at you.
Ah, no, no, she's 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

Grey 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's looking at you.
Uh, I don't think so. She's looking at me."
Standing in the spotlight
I bought myself a gray guitar
When everybody loves me,
I will never be lonely

I will never be lonely
so never call on me
lonely

I want to be a lion
eh, Everybody wants to pass as cats
We all want to be big big stars,
yeah baby
but we got different reasons for that
Believe in me
cause I don't believe in anything
and I want to be someone
to believe
to believe
to believe

yeah

Mr. Jones and me
stumbling through the barrio
Yeah we star at the beautiful women
"She's perfect for you, Man, there's 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,
oh son,
that's 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't know why and don't know how
But when everybody loves me,
I'm going to be just about as happy as can be
Mr. Jones and me,
we're gonna be big stars