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	Current version of Counting Crows Lyrics Mr. Jones (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/c/counting-crows/mrjones/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Counting Crows Lyrics Mr. Jones (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/c/counting-crows/mrjones/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	Sha la, la, la, la, la, la						I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl	1
2	Oh						Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer	2
3	Uh, huh						She dances while his father plays guitar	3
4							She's suddenly beautiful	4
5	I was down at the New Amsterdam						We all want something beautiful	5
6	Starin' at this yellow-haired girl						I wish I was beautiful	6
7	Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation						So come dance this silence down through the morning	7
8	With a black-haired flamenco dancer						Cut up Maria!	8
1	You know, she dances while his father plays guitar							1
2	She's suddenly beautiful, we all want something beautiful							2
3	Man, I wish I was beautiful							3
4	So come dance this silence down through the mornin'							4
5								5
6	Sha la, la, la, la, la, la, la							6
7	Yeah							7
8	Uh, huh							8
9	Yeah							9
10								10
11	Cut up, Maria							11
	Show me some of them Spanish dances						Show me some of them Spanish dances
	Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones						Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
	Believe in me						Believe in me
	Help me believe in anything						Help me believe in anything
9	'Cause I, I wanna     be someone who believes						I want to be someone who believes	9
12	Yeah							12
	Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales						Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
10	And we stare at the beautiful women						Stare            at the beautiful women	10
11	She's looking at you						"She's looking at you. Ah, no, no, she's looking at me."	11
12	Ah, no, no, she is looking at me						Smiling in the bright lights	12
13	Smilin'          in the bright lights						Coming through in stereo	13
14	Comin' through in stereo						When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely	14
13	When everybody loves you							13
15	You can never be lonely						I will paint my picture	15
16							Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray	16
17	Well I'm a paint my picture						All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful	17
18	Paint myself in blue, red, black and gray						Gray is my favorite color	18
14	All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful							14
15	Yeah, well you know, gray is my favorite color							15
	I felt so symbolic yesterday						I felt so symbolic yesterday
	If I knew Picasso						If I knew Picasso
	I would buy myself a gray guitar and play						I would buy myself a gray guitar and play
	Mr. Jones and me look into the future						Mr. Jones and me look into the future
19	Yeah, we stare at the beautiful women						Stare            at the beautiful women	19
20	She's looking at you I don't think so, she's looking at me						"She's looking at you.	20
21	Standin' in the spotlight						Uh, I don't think so. She's looking at me."	21
1							Standing in the spotlight	1
	I bought myself a gray guitar						I bought myself a gray guitar
22	When everybody loves me						When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely	22
16	I will never be lonely							16
23	I will never be lonely						I want to be a lion	23
24	Said I'm never gonna be lonely						Everybody wants to pass as cats	24
25							We all want to be big big stars, but we got different reasons for that	25
26	I wanna be a lion						Believe in me because I don't believe in anything	26
27	Ah, everybody wanna pass as cats						and I want to be someone to believe	27
17	We all wanna be big, big stars							17
28	Yeah, but we got different reasons for that						Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio	28
29	Believe in me 'cause I don't believe in anything						Yeah we stare at the beautiful women	29
30	And I, I wanna be someone      to believe						"She's perfect for you, Man, there's got to be somebody for me."	30
31	To believe, to believe						I want to be Bob Dylan	31
18	Yeah							18
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20	Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the Barrio							20
21	Yeah, we stare at the beautiful women							21
22	She's perfect for you							22
23	Man, there's got to be somebody for me							23
24	I wanna be Bob Dylan							24
	Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky						Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
32	When everybody love you						When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be	32
25	Ah son, that's just about as funky as you can be							25
33	Mr. Jones and me starin' at the video						Mr. Jones and me staring at the video	33
34	When I look at the television						When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me	34
35	I wanna see me starin' right back at me						We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why and we don't know how	35
36	We all wanna                             be big stars						But when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as can be	36
37	But we don't know why and we don't know how						Mr. Jones                   and me, we're gonna be big stars....	37
26	But when everybody loves me							26
27	I wanna be just about as happy as I can be							27
28	Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars							28

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