[Intro]

        
          Sha 

              
la la la la   

                    
     
            
la la         

            
        uh huh

       
...


[Verse 1]
            
 I was down at

             
 the New Amste

            
rdam  staring 

        
at this yellow

-haired girl
            
Mr. Jones stri

              
kes up a conve

             
rsation with t

             
his black-hair

      
ed flamenco da

ncer
            
You know she d

              
ances while hi

             
s father plays

            
 guitar.  She'

           
s suddenly bea

utiful
            
We all want so

             
mething beauti

             
ful,  man, I w

            
ish I was beau

tiful

            
So come dance 

             
this silence d

              
own through th

          
e morning
             
Sha la la la l

            
a la la la la 

            
yeah       uh 

               
huh  yeah
           
 Cut up, Maria

            
!  Show me som

          
e of them Span

ish dances
            
And pass me a 

           
bottle, Mr. Jo

nes
           
  Believe in m

            
e.  Help me be

         
lieve in anyth

ing
            
'Cause I want 

             
to be someone 

             
who believes, 

yeah


[Chorus 1]
            
 Mr. Jones and

   
 me, tell each

 other fairy t

ales
             
and we stare a

              
t the beautifu

   
l women
             
"She's looking

              
 at you.  Ah, 

             
no, no, she's 

            
looking at me.

"
              
Smiling in the

             
 bright lights

             
, coming throu

          
gh in stereo
             
When everybody

            
 loves you, yo

              
u can never be

  
 lonely

[Verse 2]

            
Well, I will p

             
aint my pictur

            
e.  Paint myse

           
lf in blue and

 red and black

 and gray
            
 All of the be

             
autiful colors

              
 are very, ver

 
y meaningful (

yeah, well you

 know)
            
Gray is my fav

             
orite color  I

            
-I felt so sym

             
bolic yesterda

y
           
 If I knew Pic

             
asso I would b

              
uy myself a gr

      
ay guitar and 

play


[Chorus 2]

            
 Mr. Jones and

    
 me, look into

 the future
             
yeah we stare 

              
at the beautif

   
ul women
             
"She's looking

              
 at you.  Uh, 

        
I don't think 

so.  She's loo

king at me."
             
Standing in th

           
e spotlight, I

 bought myself

 a gray guitar
             
When everybody

            
 lo-ves me,  I

              
 will never be

        
 lo-one-ly

[Bridge]
              
I will never b

  
e lonely
            
I'm never gonn

            
a be looone-ly
            
I want to be a

       
 lion.  Everyb

ody wants to p

ass as cats
            
We all want to

              
 be big, big s

              
tars, yeah but


 we got differ

ent reasons fo

r that.
            
 Believe in me

           
 because I don

't believe in 

anything
            
And I want to 

              
be someone to 

        
believe, to be

lieve, to beli

eve.


[Chorus 3]

            
 Mr. Jones and

    
 me, stumbling

 through the b

arrio
             
Yeah we stare 

              
at the beautif

   
ul women
             
"She's perfect

              
 for you, man,

         
 there's got t

o be somebody 

for me."
             
I want to be B

     
ob Dylan
             
Mr. Jones wish

              
es he was some

           
one just a lit

tle more funky
             
When everybody

             
 loves you, ah

             
 son, that's j

             
ust about as f

unky as you ca

n be.

            
 Mr. Jones and

    
 me, staring a

t the video
             
When I look at

             
 the televisio

             
n, I want to s

              
ee me staring 

       
right back at 

me.
             
We all want to

             
 be big stars,

             
 but we don't 

              
know why, and 

   
we don't know 

how.
             
But when every

             
body loves me,

              
 I'm going to 

             
be just about 

   
as happy as I 

can be.

            
Mr. Jones and 

   
me, we're gonn

a be big stars

.....