Lyrics - Mr Jones by Counting Crows

I was down at the
New
Amsterdam, staring at thisyellow-haired girl
Mr.
Jones strikes up aconversation, with this black-haired, flamenco dancer
She dances while his fatherplays guitar
SheÚ
FFFFB4s suddenly beautiful,
We all want somethingbeautiful,
Man
I wish
I was beautiful
So come dance this silencedown through the morning,
Sha la la la la la la la yeah,ooh, yeah
Cut up,
Maria!
Show me someof them
Spanish dances
Pass me a bottle,
Mr.
Jones
Believe in me
Help me believe in anything
Cause
I want to be someone whobelieves
Yeah,
Mr.
Jones and me tell eachother fairy tales
And we stare at the beatiful women\"
SheÚ
FFFFB4s looking at you.
Ah,no, no, sheÚ
FFFFB4s looking at me.\"
Smiling in the bright lights
Coming through in stereo
When everybody loves youyou can never be lonely
I will paint my picture
Paint myself in blue and redand black and gray
All of the beautiful colors arevery very meaningful
Gray is my favorite color
I felt so symbolic yesterday
If
I knew
Picasso
I would buy myself a grayguitar and play
Mr.
Jones and me look into thefuture
Stare at the beautiful women\"
SheÚ
FFFFB4s looking at you.
Uh,
I donÚ
FFFFB4t think so.
SheÚ
FFFFB4slooking at me.\"
Standing in the spotlight
I bought myself a gray guitar
When everybody loves me,
I willnever be lonely..
I will never be lonely
Said
I'm never gonna be lonely
I want to be a lion
Everybody wants to pass as cats
We all want to be big bigstars, but we got differentreasons for that
Believe in me because
I donÚ
FFFFB4tbelieve in anythingand
I want to be someone tobelieve, to believe, to believe,
Yeah
Mr.
Jones and me stumblingthrough the barrio
Yeah we stare at the beautifulwomen\"
SheÚ
FFFFB4s perfect for you,
Man,thereÚ
FFFFB4s got to be somebody forme.\"
I want to be
Bob
Dylan
Mr.
Jones wishes he wassomeone just a little more funky
When everybody loves you,son, thatÚ
FFFFB4s just about as funkyas you can be
Mr.
Jones and me staring atthe video
When
I look at the television,
II want to see me staring rightback at me
We all want to be big stars,but we donÚ
FFFFB4t know why and we donÚ
FFFFB4t know how
But when everybody loves me,
IÚ
FFFFB4m going to be just about ashappy as
I can be
Mr.
Jones and me, weÚ
FFFFB4re gonnabe big stars ....
Words by
Adam
Duritz
Music by
Adam
Duritz and
David
Bryson1993_________________________
Transcribed by
Edgard
Benitez: ebenitez@urano.mia.uv.mxwith special collaboration of
Nicandro
Cruz: ncruz@urano.mia.uv.mx

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