Am F Dm G Am F G
sha la la la la la la uh huh
Am F Dm G
I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl
Am F G
Mr Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer
Am F Dm G
She dances while his father plays guitar Shes suddenly beautiful
Am F G
We all want something beautiful I wish I was beautiful
Am F
So come dance this silence down through the morning
Dm G Am F G
sha la la la la la la la yeah uh huh
Am F Dm G
Cut up Maria Show me some of them Spanish dances
Am F G
Pass me a bottle Mr Jones
Am F Dm G
Believe in me Help me believe in anything
Am F G
cause I want to be someone who believes
C F G
Mr Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
C F
Stare at the beautiful women
G G
Shes looking at you Ah no no shes looking at me
C F G
Smiling in the bright lights Coming through in stereo
C F G
When everybody loves you you can never be lonely
Am F Dm G
I will paint my picture Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
Am F G
All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful
Am F Dm G
you know Gray is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday
Am F G
If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray guitar and play
C F G
Mr Jones and me look into the future
C F
Stare at the beautiful women
G G
Shes looking at you Uh I dont think so Shes looking at me
C F G
Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a gray guitar
C F G Am
When everybody loves me I will never be lonely
Am
I will never be lonely
G
I will never 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 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
C F G
Mr Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
C F
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women
G G
Shes perfect for you Man theres got to be somebody for me
C F
I want to be Bob Dylan
G G
Mr Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
C F G
When everybody loves you son thats just about as funky as you can be
C F G
Mr Jones and me staring at the video
C F G
When I look at the television I want to see me staring right back at me
C F G
We all want to be big stars but we dont know why and we dont know how
C F G
But when everybody loves me Im going to be just about as happy as I can be
C F G
Mr Jones and me were gonna be big stars