sha la la la la la la uh huh...
I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer
She dances while his father plays guitar. She s suddenly beautiful
We all want something beautiful I wish I was beautiful
So come dance this silence down through the morning
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sha la la la la la la la yeah uh huh...
Cut up, Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Believe in me Help me believe in anything
(cause) I want to be someone who believes
Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
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
I will paint my picture Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful
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(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
Mr. Jones and me look into the future
Stare at the beautiful women
"She s looking at you. Uh, 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 lonely
I will never be lonely
I will never gonna be lonely
I want to be a lion Everybody wants to pass as cats
We all want to be big big stars, but we got different reasons for that.
Believe in me because I don t believe in anything
and I want to be someone to believe, to believe, to believe.
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 want to be Bob Dylan
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
When everybody loves you, son, that s just about as funky as you can be.
Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.
We all want to be big stars, but we don t know why, and we don t know how.
But when everybody loves me, I m going to be just about as happy as I can
be.
Mr. Jones and me, we re gonna be big stars.....