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Mr. Jones (Counting Crows)

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I was down at the New Amsterdam
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staring at this yellow-haired girl Mr.
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Jones strikes up a conversation with this
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black-haired flamenco dancer She dances while
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his father plays guitar. She's suddenly
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beautiful We all want something beautiful I
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wish I was beautiful So come dance this silence
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down through the morning sha la la la la la
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la la yeah uh huh... Cut up, Maria!
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Show me some of them Spanish dances
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Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones Believe in
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me. Help me believe in anything 'cause
     
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I want to be someone who believes, yeah...
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Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy
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tales, yeah well me Stare at the beautiful women
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"She's looking at you. Ah, no, no, she's looking
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at me." Smiling in the bright lights Coming
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through in stereo When everybody loves you,
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you can never be lonely.
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I will paint my picture. Paint myself in
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blue and red and black and gray All of the
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beautiful colors are very very meaningful you
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know gray is my favorite color I felt so
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symbolic yesterday If I knew Picasso I would buy
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myself a gray guitar and play Mr. Jones and
     
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me look into the future Stare at the
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beautiful women "She's looking at you. Uh, I
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don't think so. She's looking at me." Standing
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in the spotlight I bought myself a gray
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guitar When everybody loves me, I will never
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be lonely I will never be lonely I'm never gonna
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be lonely I want to be a lion
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Everybody wants to pass as cats We
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all want to be big, big stars, but we've got
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different reasons for that. Believe in me
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because I don't believe in anything
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and I want to be someone to believe, to believe,
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to believe. Mr. Jones and me stumbling
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through the barrio Yeah we stare at the
     
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beautiful women "She's perfect for you, Man,
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there's got to be somebody for me." I want to be
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Bob Dylan Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a
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little more funky When everybody loves you, son,
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that's just about as funky as you can be.
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Mr. Jones and me staring at the video When
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I look at the television I want to see me
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staring right back at me. We all want to be
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big, big stars but we don't know why and we
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don't know how. But when everybody loves me, I'm
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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...

Mr. Jones (Counting Crows)                            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 I'm never gonna  
  I was down at the New Amsterdam                     be lonely I want to be a lion                     
  staring at this yellow-haired girl Mr.                   Everybody wants to pass as cats We           
Jones strikes up a conversation with this             all want to be big, big stars,  but we've got     
black-haired flamenco dancer She dances while         different reasons for that.   Believe in me       
his father plays guitar. She's suddenly               because I      don't believe in anything          
beautiful We all want something beautiful  I          and I want to be someone to believe, to believe,  
wish I was beautiful So come dance this silence       to believe.  Mr. Jones and me  stumbling          
down through the morning   sha la la la la la         through the barrio Yeah we  stare at the          
la la yeah    uh huh...   Cut up, Maria!              beautiful women "She's perfect for you, Man,      
  Show me some of them Spanish dances                 there's got to be somebody for me." I want to be  
  Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones   Believe in            Bob Dylan Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a  
me.   Help me believe in anything 'cause              little more funky When everybody loves you, son,  
  I want to be someone who believes, yeah...           that's just about as funky as you can be.        
                                                                                                        
 Mr. Jones and me  tell each other fairy               Mr. Jones and me  staring at the video When      
tales, yeah well me Stare at the beautiful women      I look at the television I want to see me         
"She's looking at you. Ah, no, no, she's looking      staring right back at me.  We all want to be      
at me." Smiling in the bright lights  Coming          big, big stars but we don't know why and we       
through in stereo When everybody loves you,           don't know how. But when everybody loves me, I'm  
 you can never be lonely.                             going to be  just about as happy as I can be.     
                                                       Mr. Jones and me,  we're gonna be big            
I will paint my picture.   Paint myself in            stars...                                          
blue and red and black and gray All of the                                                              
beautiful colors are very very  meaningful you                                                          
know 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's looking at you. Uh, I