Counting Crows - Mr. Jones

Mr. Jones

Counting Crows

[Intro]

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                  Sha la la la la la la         uh huh...

[Verse 1]

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I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl

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Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer

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She dances while his father plays guitar.  She's suddenly beautiful

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We all want something beautiful, I wish I was beautiful

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So come dance this silence down through the morning

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        Sha la la la la la la la  yeah          uh huh...

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  Cut up, Maria!  Show me some of them Spanish dances

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  Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones

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  Believe in me.  Help me believe in anything

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'Cause I want to be someone who believes

[Chorus 1]

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Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales

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 Stare at the beautiful women

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"She's looking at you.  Ah, no, no, she's looking at me."

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Smiling in the bright lights, coming through in stereo

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When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely

[Verse 2]

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I will paint my picture.  Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray

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  All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful

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(you know) Gray is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday

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  If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray guitar and play

[Chorus 2]

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Mr. Jones and me look into the future

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 Stare at the beautiful women

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"She's looking at you.  Uh, I don't think so.  She's looking at me."

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Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a gray guitar

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When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely

[Bridge]

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I will never be lonely

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I will never be lonely

[Verse 3]

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  I want to be a lion.  Everybody wants to pass as cats

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  We All want to be big, big stars, but we got different reasons for that.

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  Believe in me because I don't believe in anything

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And I want to be someone to believe, to believe, to believe.

[Chorus 3]

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Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio

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Yeah we stare at the beautiful women

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"She's perfect for you, man, there's got to be somebody for me."

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 I want to be Bob Dylan

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Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky

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When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be.

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 Mr. Jones and me staring at the video

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When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.

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We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why, and we don't know how.

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But when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be.

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Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars.....