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ALBUM@ August and everything after
@SONG:  MR. JONES


I was down at the New
Amsterdam staring at this
yellow-haired girl
Mr. Jones strikes up a 
conversation with this black-
haired flamenco dancer
She dances while his father
plays guitar
She´s suddenly beautiful
We all want something
beautiful
I wish I was beautiful

So come dance this silence
down through the morning
Cut up, Maria! Show me some
of them Spanish dances
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
Stare at the beatiful women
"She´s looking at you. Ah,
no, no, she´s looking at me."
Smiling in the bright lights
Coming through in stereo
When everybody loves you
you can never be lonely

I will paint my picture
Paint myself in blue and red
and black and gray
All of the beautiful colors are
very very meaningful
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 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 want to be a lion
Everybody wants to pass as cats
We all want to be big big
stars, but we got different
reasons for that
Believe in me because I don´t
believe in anything
and I want to be someone to
believe

Mr. Jones and me stumbling
through the barrio
Yeah we stare at the beautiful
women
"She´s perfect for you, Man,
there´s got to be somebody for
me."
I want to be Bob Dylan
Mr. Jones wishes he was
someone just a little more funky
When everybody loves you,
son, that´s just about as funky
as you can be

Mr. Jones and me staring at
the video
When I look at the television, I
I want to see 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 everybody 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 ....


Words by Adam Duritz
Music by Adam Duritz and David Bryson
1993
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Transcribed by
Edgard Benitez: ebenitez@urano.mia.uv.mx
with special collaboration of
Nicandro Cruz: ncruz@urano.mia.uv.mx