Intro :
Am F Dm G Am F G G
sha la la la la la la
1st verse :
Am F Dm G
I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow haired girl
Am F G G
Mr Jones strikes up this conversation whith this black haired flamenco dancer
Am F Dm G
She dances while his father playes guitar she's suddenly beautiful
Am F G G
We all want something beautiful and I wish I was beautiful
2nd Verse :
Am F Dm G
So come dance this silence down through the morning sha la la la la la
Am F G G
Yeah Uh huh yeah
Am F Dm G
Cut up Maria Show me some of them spanish dances
Am F G G
Pass me a bottle Mr Jones
Am F Dm G
Believe in me help me believe in anything
Am F G G
Cause I want to be someone who believes yeah
Chorus :
C F G G
Mr Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
Am F G G
Stare at the beautiful women She's looking at you Ah no no she's looking at me
Am F G G
Smiling in the bright lights comming through in sterio
Am F G G
When everybody loves you you can never be lonely
3rd Verse :
Am F Dm G
Oh and I will paint my picture paint my self in blue and red and black grey
Am F G G
All of the beautiful colors are very very meaninful
Am F Dm G
Yeah well you know grey is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday
Am F G G
If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a grey guitar and play
Chorus :
C F G G
Mr Jones and me look into the future
Am F G G
Stare at the beautiful women “she's looking at you Uh I don't think so she's looking at me
Am F G G
Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a grey guitar
Am F G
When everybody loves me I will never be lone ly
Bridge :
Am F
lone ly I will never be lonely
Am G
So I’ll never gonna be lonely
Am F
I want to be a lion hey everybody wants to pass as cats
Am G
We all want to be big big stars but we got diffrent 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 :
C F G G
Mr Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
Am F G G
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women She's perfect for you Man there's got to be Somebody for me
Am F G G
I want to be Bob Dylan Mr Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
Am F G G
When everybody loves you son that's just about as funky as you can be
Chorus :
C F G G
Mr Jones and me staring at the video
Am F G G
When I look at the television I want to see me staring right back at me
Am F G G
We all want to be big stars but we don't know why and we don't know how
Am F G G
But when everybody loves me I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be
Ending :
C F G>let ring
Mr Jones and me we're gonna be big stars