Am F Dm I was down at the New Amsterdam G staring at this yellow-haired girl Am F Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with G this black-haired flamenco dancer Am F Dm You know she dances while his father plays guitar. G She's suddenly beautiful Am F G 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, yeah Uh huh, yeah Cut up, Maria! Show me some of that Spanish dancin' Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones Believe in me Help me believe in anything 'Cause I wanna be someone who believes Yeah Chorus: C F G Mr. Jones and me, tell each other fairy tales C F and we stare at the beautiful women G "She's looking at you. Ah, no, no, C she's looking at me." F G Smiling in the bright lights, coming through in stereo C F G When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely Well, I'm gon' paint my picture Paint myself in blue, red, black and gray All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful Yeah, well, 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 Chorus: Mr. Jones and me Look into the future Yeah, we stare at the beautiful women She's looking at you 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 Fmaj7 I will never be lonely Am G I'm never gonna be lonely Am F I want to be a lion. Everybody wants to pass as cats Am G We all want to be big, big stars, yeah but we got different reasons for that. Am F Believe in me because I don't believe in anything Am G And I want to be someone to believe, to believe, to believe. Chorus: 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 wanna be Bob Dylan Mr. Jones wishes he was someone Just a little more funky When everybody loves you Oh son, just about as funky as you can be Mr. Jones and me Starin' at the video When I look at the television, I wanna see me Staring right back at me We all wanna be big stars But we don't know why, and we don't know how But when everybody loves me I wanna be just about as happy as I can be Mr. Jones and me We're gonna be big stars | TransposeReset Font sizeReset Chords fingeringsAm C Dm F Fmaj7 G |