[Intro]
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Sha la la la la la la
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uh huh…
[Verse 1]
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I was down at the New Bmsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl
Bm G A
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer
Bm G Em A
She dances while his father plays guitar. She's suddenly beautiful
Bm G A
We all want something beautiful, I wish I was beautiful
Bm G
So come dance this silence down through the morning
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Sha la la la la la la la yeah uh huh…
Bm G Em A
Cut up, Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances
Bm G A
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Bm G Em A
Believe in me. Help me believe in anything
Bm G A
'Cause I want to be someone who believes
[Chorus 1]
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Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
D G
Stare at the beautiful women
A
"She's looking at you. Ah, no, no, she's looking at me."
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Smiling in the bright lights, coming through in stereo
D G A
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely
[Verse 2]
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I will paint my picture. Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
Bm G A
All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful
Bm G Em A
(you know) Gray is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday
Bm G A
If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray guitar and play
[Chorus 2]
D G A
Mr. Jones and me look into the future
D G
Stare at the beautiful women
A
"She's looking at you. Uh, I don't think so. She's looking at me."
D G A
Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a gray guitar
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When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely
[Bridge]
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I will never be lonely
Bm A
I will never gonna be lonely
[Verse 3]
Bm G
I want to be a lion. Everybody wants to pass as cats
Bm A
We All want to be big, big stars, but we got different reasons for that.
Bm G
Believe in me because I don't believe in anything
Bm A
And I want to be someone to believe, to believe, to believe.
[Chorus 3]
D G A
Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
D G
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women
A
"She's perfect for you, man, there's got to be somebody for me."
D G
I want to be Bob Dylan
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Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
D G A
When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be.
D G A
Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
D G A
When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.
D G A
We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why, and we don't know how.
D G A
But when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be.
D G A
Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars…..
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