Mr. Jones Tabulatur von Counting Crows

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

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So come dance this silence down through the morning
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sha la la la la la la la yeah uh huh?
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Cut up, Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances
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Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
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Believe in me Help me believe in anything
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(cause) I want to be someone who believes

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Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
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Stare at the beautiful women
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Shes looking at you. Ah, no, no, shes looking at me?
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Smiling in the bright lights Coming through in stereo
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When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely

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I will paint my picture Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
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All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful
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(you know) Gray is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday
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If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray guitar and play

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Mr. Jones and me look into the future
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Stare at the beautiful women
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Shes looking at you. Uh, I dont think so. Shes looking at me?
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Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a gray guitar
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When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely

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I will never be lonely
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I will never be lonely
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I want to be a lion Everybody wants to pass as cats
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We all want to be big big stars, but we got different reasons for that.
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Believe in me because I don?t believe in anything
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and I want to be someone to believe, to believe,

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

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Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
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When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.
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We all want to be big stars, but we dont know why, and we dont know how.
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But when everybody loves me, Im going to be just about as happy as I can be.
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Mr. Jones and me, were gonna be big stars.