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                            Mr. Jones
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ARTIST: Counting Crows
ALBUM:  August and Everything After
YEAR: 1993

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[Intro]

        
              

              
    Sha la la 

            
la la la la la

            
              

         
uh huh...

[Verse 1]

            
   I was down 

             
at the New Ams

            
terdam    star

            
ing at this ye

llow-haired gi

rl
            
 Mr. Jones str

              
ikes up a conv

             
ersation with 

     
this black-hai

red flamenco d

ancer (you kno

w)
            
 She dances wh

             
ile his father

            
 plays guitar.

              
  She's sudden

    
ly beautiful
            
 We all want s

             
omething beaut

       
iful,   man I 

wish I was bea

utiful

[Verse 2]

            
 So come dance

              
 this silence 


down through t

he morning
            
        Sha la

             
 la la la la l

           
a la  yeah    

 
      uh huh..

 .
           
 Cut up, Maria

            
!  Show me som

          
e of them Span

ish dances
           
 Pass me a bot

           
tle, Mr. Jones
            
    Believe in

           
 me.  Help me 

           
believe in any

thing
            
 'Cause I want

             
 to be someone

                
 who believes

[Chorus]

            
  Mr. Jones an

     
d me tell each

 other fairy t

ales
             
 And we stare 

              
at the beautif

     
ul women
        
 "She's lookin

g at you.  Ah,

 no, no, she's

 looking at me

."
             
 Smiling in th

             
e bright light

  
s, come in thr

ough in stereo
             
 When everybod

            
y loves you, y

ou can never b

e lonely

[Verse 3]

            
    I will pai

             
nt my picture.

            
  Paint myself

    
 in blue and r

ed and black a

nd gray
            
 All of the be

             
autiful colors

           
 are very, ver

y meaningful
            
 (you know) Gr

              
ay is my favor

           
ite color I fe

             
lt so symbolic

        
 yesterday
            
 If I knew Pic

            
asso I would b

              
uy myself a gr

              
ay guitar and 


play

[Chorus]

            
 Mr. Jones and

 
 me look into 

the future
             
 Yeah, we star

              
e at the beaut

     
iful women
             
 "She's lookin

              
g at you.  Uh,

              
 I don't think

              
 so.  She's lo

         
oking at me."
             
 Standing in t

             
he spotlight I


 bought myself

 a gray guitar
             
 When everybod

             
y loves me,   

             
  I will never

          
 be lone--ly

[Bridge]

              
 I will never 

    
be lonely
              
 Said I'm neve

            
r gonna be lon

 
e---ly

            
  I wanna be a

        
 lion.  E - ev

erybody wanna 

pass as cats
            
  We all wanna

              
 be big, big s

              
tars, yeah but


 we got differ

ent reasons fo

r that
            
   Believe in 

            
me 'cause I do


n't believe in

 anything
            
 And I, I wann

              
a be someone t

          
o believe, to 

believe, to be

lieve

[Chorus]

            
 Mr. Jones and

    
 me stumbling 

through the ba

rrio
             
 Yeah we stare

              
 at the beauti

    
ful women
        
 "She's perfec

t for you, man

, there's got 

to be somebody

 for me."
             
 I want to be 

    
Bob Dylan
     
 Mr. Jones wis

hes he was som

eone just a li

ttle more funk

y

             
 When everybod

         
y loves you, a

  
h son, that's 

just about as 

funky as you c

an be

[Ending]

        
 Mr. Jones and

    
 me staring at

 the video
             
 When I look a

          
t the televisi

             
on, I want to 

 
see me staring

 right back at

 me
             
 We all want t

         
o be big stars

         
, but we don't

 know why, and

 we don't know

 how
             
 But when ever

            
ybody loves me

           
, I'm going to

 
 be just about

 as happy as I

 can be
        
 Mr. Jones and

      
 me,     we're

 gonna be big 

stars.....