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 She ÚFFFFB4s 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 \" She ÚFFFFB4s looking at you. Ah,no, no, she ÚFFFFB4s 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 \" She ÚFFFFB4s looking at you. Uh, I don ÚFFFFB4t think so. She ÚFFFFB4slooking 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 don ÚFFFFB4tbelieve 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 \" She ÚFFFFB4s perfect for you, Man,there ÚFFFFB4s 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, that ÚFFFFB4s 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 don ÚFFFFB4t know why and we don ÚFFFFB4t know how But when everybody loves me,IÚFFFFB4m going to be just about ashappy as I can be Mr. Jones and me, we ÚFFFFB4re 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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