I was down at the new Amsterdam Staring at this yellowhaired girl Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation With this blackhaired flamenco dancer And she dances while his father plays guitar Shes suddenly beautiful And we all want something beautiful Man, I wish I was beautiful So come dance this silence down through the morning Sha la la la la la la la la, oh yeah Cut up, Maria! show me some of that Spanish dancing And pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones Believe in me Help me believe in anything Cause I want to be someone who believes Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales and we Stare at the beautiful women Shes looking at you, ah no no, shes looking at me Smiling in the bright lights Coming through in stereo When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely I wanna paint my picture Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful And 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 tell each other fairy tales and we Stare at the beautiful women Shes looking at you I dont think so, shes 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, and Im never gonna be lonely I want to be a lion Everybody wants to pass as cats We all want to be big big stars And we got different reasons for that Believe in me, cause I dont believe in anything And I want to be someone who believes Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio Yeah we stare at the beautiful women Shes perfect for you, man Theres got to be somebody for me I want to be Bob Dylan Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more Funky And everybody loves you, nah son Thats just about as funky as you can be Mr. Jones and me staring at the video When I look at the television, I want to see me Staring right back at me We all want to be big stars, but we dont know why And we dont know how And when everybody loves me I want to be just about as happy as I can be Mr. Jones and me, were gonna be big stars
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