WHAT THE FUCK ANYONE WHO KNOWS A DAMN THING ABOUT MUSIC KNOWS THIS IS A COUNTING CROWS SONG, AND IT PISSES ME OFF CUZ IM A BIG FAN AND THEY 9999999 BETTER THAN THE SPIN DOCTORS THEY ONLY HAD THAT ONE HIT WONDER 2 PRINCES I HOPE NO DUMBASS SEES THIS AN THINKS ITS A SPIN DOCTOR SONG CUZ IT AINT GOD DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! {Intro} ======= sha la la la la la la oooh uh huh {Verse 1} ========= I was at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow haired girl Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with a black haired flamenco dancer You know she dances while his father plays guitar she's suddenly beautiful And we all want something beautiful man I wish I was beautiful {Bridge} ======== So come dance the silence down through the morning sha la la la la la la la yeah uh huh yeah {Verse 2} ========= Cut up, Maria show me some of them Spanish dances And pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones Believe in me help me believe in anything Cause I, I wanna be someone who believes yeah {Chorus 1} ========== Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales And we stare at the beautiful women 'She's looking at you Ah, no, no, she's looking at me' Smiling in the bright lights coming through in stereo When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely {Verse 3} ========= Now well I'm gonna paint my picture paint myself in blue and red and black and gray All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful Ya 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 2} ========== 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 lo...nely {Interlude} =========== I will never be lonely I said I'm never gonna be lo......nely I want to be a lion Everybody wants to pass as cats We all wanna be big big stars, yeah but we got different reasons for that Believe in me because I don't believe in anything And I, I wanna be someone to believe, to believe, to believe yeah {Chorus 3} ========== 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, ah son, that's just about as funky as you can be {Chorus 4} ========== Mr. Jones and me staring 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 {Ending} ======== Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars

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