Counting Crows 

Mr Jones 

 

Mr Jones 

 

[00:14]I was down at the New 

[00:16]Amsterdam, staring at this 

[00:19]yellow-haired girl 

[00:20]Mr. Jones strikes up a 

[00:22]conversation, with this black- 

[00:24]haired, flamenco dancer 

[00:27]She dances while his father 

[00:30]plays guitar 

[00:32]She´s suddenly beautiful, 

[00:34]We all want something 

[00:36]beautiful, 

[00:38]Man I wish I was beautiful 

 

[00:40]So come dance this silence 

[00:42]down through the morning, 

[00:46]Sha la la la la la la la yeah, 

[00:51]ooh, yeah 

[00:55]Cut up, Maria! Show me some 

[00:59]of them Spanish dances 

[01:02]Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones 

[01:08]Believe in me 

[01:12]Help me believe in anything 

[01:14]Cause I want to be someone who 

[01:17]believes 

 

[01:20]Yeah, Mr. Jones and me tell each 

[01:26]other fairy tales 

[01:28]And we stare at the beatiful women 

[01:31]"She´s looking at you. Ah, 

[01:33]no, no, she´s looking at me." 

[01:35]Smiling in the bright lights 

[01:39]Coming through in stereo 

[01:41]When everybody loves you 

[01:45]you can never be lonely 

 

[01:48]I will paint my picture 

[01:52]Paint myself in blue and red 

[01:55]and black and gray 

[01:56]All of the beautiful colors are 

[01:58]very very meaningful 

[02:02]Gray is my favorite color 

[02:05]I felt so symbolic yesterday 

[02:09]If I knew Picasso 

[02:12]I would buy myself a gray 

[02:14]guitar and play 

 

[02:16]Mr. Jones and me look into the 

[02:21]future 

[02:23]Stare at the beautiful women 

[02:25]"She´s looking at you. 

[02:27]Uh, I don´t think so. She´s 

[02:28]looking at me." 

[02:30]Standing in the spotlight 

[02:33]I bought myself a gray guitar 

[02:36]When everybody loves me, I will 

[02:40]never be lonely..I will never be lonely 

[02:48]Said I'm never gonna be lonely 

[02:56] 

[02:57]I want to be a lion 

[03:00]Everybody wants to pass as cats 

[03:04]We all want to be big big 

[03:06]stars, but we got different 

[03:09]reasons for that 

[03:11]Believe in me because I don´t 

[03:14]believe in anything 

[03:17]and I want to be someone to 

[03:20]believe, to believe, to believe, 

[03:23]Yeah 

 

[03:24]Mr. Jones and me stumbling 

[03:28]through the barrio 

[03:30]Yeah we stare at the beautiful 

[03:32]women 

[03:33]"She´s perfect for you, Man, 

[03:35]there´s got to be somebody for me." 

[03:38]I want to be Bob Dylan 

[03:40]Mr. Jones wishes he was 

[03:42]someone just a little more funky 

[03:44]When everybody loves you, 

[03:47]son, that´s just about as funky 

[03:50]as you can be 

 

[03:51]Mr. Jones and me staring at 

[03:55]the video 

[03:57]When I look at the television, I 

[04:00]I want to see me staring right 

[04:03]back at me 

[04:05]We all want to be big stars, 

[04:07]but we don´t know why and we don´t know how 

[04:11]But when everybody loves me, 

[04:14]I´m going to be just about as 

[04:16]happy as I can be 

[04:18]Mr. Jones and me, we´re gonna 

[04:23]be big stars .... 

 

 

Words by Adam Duritz 

Music by Adam Duritz and David Bryson 

1993 

_________________________ 

Counting Crows 

Mr Jones 

 

Mr Jones 

 

[00:14]I was down at the New 

[00:16]Amsterdam, staring at this 

[00:19]yellow-haired girl 

[00:20]Mr. Jones strikes up a 

[00:22]conversation, with this black- 

[00:24]haired, flamenco dancer 

[00:27]She dances while his father 

[00:30]plays guitar 

[00:32]She´s suddenly beautiful, 

[00:34]We all want something 

[00:36]beautiful, 

[00:38]Man I wish I was beautiful 

 

[00:40]So come dance this silence 

[00:42]down through the morning, 

[00:46]Sha la la la la la la la yeah, 

[00:51]ooh, yeah 

[00:55]Cut up, Maria! Show me some 

[00:59]of them Spanish dances 

[01:02]Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones 

[01:08]Believe in me 

[01:12]Help me believe in anything 

[01:14]Cause I want to be someone who 

[01:17]believes 

 

[01:20]Yeah, Mr. Jones and me tell each 

[01:26]other fairy tales 

[01:28]And we stare at the beatiful women 

[01:31]"She´s looking at you. Ah, 

[01:33]no, no, she´s looking at me." 

[01:35]Smiling in the bright lights 

[01:39]Coming through in stereo 

[01:41]When everybody loves you 

[01:45]you can never be lonely 

 

[01:48]I will paint my picture 

[01:52]Paint myself in blue and red 

[01:55]and black and gray 

[01:56]All of the beautiful colors are 

[01:58]very very meaningful 

[02:02]Gray is my favorite color 

[02:05]I felt so symbolic yesterday 

[02:09]If I knew Picasso 

[02:12]I would buy myself a gray 

[02:14]guitar and play 

 

[02:16]Mr. Jones and me look into the 

[02:21]future 

[02:23]Stare at the beautiful women 

[02:25]"She´s looking at you. 

[02:27]Uh, I don´t think so. She´s 

[02:28]looking at me." 

[02:30]Standing in the spotlight 

[02:33]I bought myself a gray guitar 

[02:36]When everybody loves me, I will 

[02:40]never be lonely..I will never be lonely 

[02:48]Said I'm never gonna be lonely 

[02:56] 

[02:57]I want to be a lion 

[03:00]Everybody wants to pass as cats 

[03:04]We all want to be big big 

[03:06]stars, but we got different 

[03:09]reasons for that 

[03:11]Believe in me because I don´t 

[03:14]believe in anything 

[03:17]and I want to be someone to 

[03:20]believe, to believe, to believe, 

[03:23]Yeah 

 

[03:24]Mr. Jones and me stumbling 

[03:28]through the barrio 

[03:30]Yeah we stare at the beautiful 

[03:32]women 

[03:33]"She´s perfect for you, Man, 

[03:35]there´s got to be somebody for me." 

[03:38]I want to be Bob Dylan 

[03:40]Mr. Jones wishes he was 

[03:42]someone just a little more funky 

[03:44]When everybody loves you, 

[03:47]son, that´s just about as funky 

[03:50]as you can be 

 

[03:51]Mr. Jones and me staring at 

[03:55]the video 

[03:57]When I look at the television, I 

[04:00]I want to see me staring right 

[04:03]back at me 

[04:05]We all want to be big stars, 

[04:07]but we don´t know why and we don´t know how 

[04:11]But when everybody loves me, 

[04:14]I´m going to be just about as 

[04:16]happy as I can be 

[04:18]Mr. Jones and me, we´re gonna 

[04:23]be big stars .... 

 

 

Words by Adam Duritz 

Music by Adam Duritz and David Bryson 

1993 

_________________________ 

Counting Crows 

Mr Jones 

 

Mr Jones 

 

[00:14]I was down at the New 

[00:16]Amsterdam, staring at this 

[00:19]yellow-haired girl 

[00:20]Mr. Jones strikes up a 

[00:22]conversation, with this black- 

[00:24]haired, flamenco dancer 

[00:27]She dances while his father 

[00:30]plays guitar 

[00:32]She´s suddenly beautiful, 

[00:34]We all want something 

[00:36]beautiful, 

[00:38]Man I wish I was beautiful 

 

[00:40]So come dance this silence 

[00:42]down through the morning, 

[00:46]Sha la la la la la la la yeah, 

[00:51]ooh, yeah 

[00:55]Cut up, Maria! Show me some 

[00:59]of them Spanish dances 

[01:02]Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones 

[01:08]Believe in me 

[01:12]Help me believe in anything 

[01:14]Cause I want to be someone who 

[01:17]believes 

 

[01:20]Yeah, Mr. Jones and me tell each 

[01:26]other fairy tales 

[01:28]And we stare at the beatiful women 

[01:31]"She´s looking at you. Ah, 

[01:33]no, no, she´s looking at me." 

[01:35]Smiling in the bright lights 

[01:39]Coming through in stereo 

[01:41]When everybody loves you 

[01:45]you can never be lonely 

 

[01:48]I will paint my picture 

[01:52]Paint myself in blue and red 

[01:55]and black and gray 

[01:56]All of the beautiful colors are 

[01:58]very very meaningful 

[02:02]Gray is my favorite color 

[02:05]I felt so symbolic yesterday 

[02:09]If I knew Picasso 

[02:12]I would buy myself a gray 

[02:14]guitar and play 

 

[02:16]Mr. Jones and me look into the 

[02:21]future 

[02:23]Stare at the beautiful women 

[02:25]"She´s looking at you. 

[02:27]Uh, I don´t think so. She´s 

[02:28]looking at me." 

[02:30]Standing in the spotlight 

[02:33]I bought myself a gray guitar 

[02:36]When everybody loves me, I will 

[02:40]never be lonely..I will never be lonely 

[02:48]Said I'm never gonna be lonely 

[02:56] 

[02:57]I want to be a lion 

[03:00]Everybody wants to pass as cats 

[03:04]We all want to be big big 

[03:06]stars, but we got different 

[03:09]reasons for that 

[03:11]Believe in me because I don´t 

[03:14]believe in anything 

[03:17]and I want to be someone to 

[03:20]believe, to believe, to believe, 

[03:23]Yeah 

 

[03:24]Mr. Jones and me stumbling 

[03:28]through the barrio 

[03:30]Yeah we stare at the beautiful 

[03:32]women 

[03:33]"She´s perfect for you, Man, 

[03:35]there´s got to be somebody for me." 

[03:38]I want to be Bob Dylan 

[03:40]Mr. Jones wishes he was 

[03:42]someone just a little more funky 

[03:44]When everybody loves you, 

[03:47]son, that´s just about as funky 

[03:50]as you can be 

 

[03:51]Mr. Jones and me staring at 

[03:55]the video 

[03:57]When I look at the television, I 

[04:00]I want to see me staring right 

[04:03]back at me 

[04:05]We all want to be big stars, 

[04:07]but we don´t know why and we don´t know how 

[04:11]But when everybody loves me, 

[04:14]I´m going to be just about as 

[04:16]happy as I can be 

[04:18]Mr. Jones and me, we´re gonna 

[04:23]be big stars .... 

 

 

Words by Adam Duritz 

Music by Adam Duritz and David Bryson 

1993 

_________________________ 

Counting Crows 

Mr Jones 

 

Mr Jones 

 

[00:14]I was down at the New 

[00:16]Amsterdam, staring at this 

[00:19]yellow-haired girl 

[00:20]Mr. Jones strikes up a 

[00:22]conversation, with this black- 

[00:24]haired, flamenco dancer 

[00:27]She dances while his father 

[00:30]plays guitar 

[00:32]She´s suddenly beautiful, 

[00:34]We all want something 

[00:36]beautiful, 

[00:38]Man I wish I was beautiful 

 

[00:40]So come dance this silence 

[00:42]down through the morning, 

[00:46]Sha la la la la la la la yeah, 

[00:51]ooh, yeah 

[00:55]Cut up, Maria! Show me some 

[00:59]of them Spanish dances 

[01:02]Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones 

[01:08]Believe in me 

[01:12]Help me believe in anything 

[01:14]Cause I want to be someone who 

[01:17]believes 

 

[01:20]Yeah, Mr. Jones and me tell each 

[01:26]other fairy tales 

[01:28]And we stare at the beatiful women 

[01:31]"She´s looking at you. Ah, 

[01:33]no, no, she´s looking at me." 

[01:35]Smiling in the bright lights 

[01:39]Coming through in stereo 

[01:41]When everybody loves you 

[01:45]you can never be lonely 

 

[01:48]I will paint my picture 

[01:52]Paint myself in blue and red 

[01:55]and black and gray 

[01:56]All of the beautiful colors are 

[01:58]very very meaningful 

[02:02]Gray is my favorite color 

[02:05]I felt so symbolic yesterday 

[02:09]If I knew Picasso 

[02:12]I would buy myself a gray 

[02:14]guitar and play 

 

[02:16]Mr. Jones and me look into the 

[02:21]future 

[02:23]Stare at the beautiful women 

[02:25]"She´s looking at you. 

[02:27]Uh, I don´t think so. She´s 

[02:28]looking at me." 

[02:30]Standing in the spotlight 

[02:33]I bought myself a gray guitar 

[02:36]When everybody loves me, I will 

[02:40]never be lonely..I will never be lonely 

[02:48]Said I'm never gonna be lonely 

[02:56] 

[02:57]I want to be a lion 

[03:00]Everybody wants to pass as cats 

[03:04]We all want to be big big 

[03:06]stars, but we got different 

[03:09]reasons for that 

[03:11]Believe in me because I don´t 

[03:14]believe in anything 

[03:17]and I want to be someone to 

[03:20]believe, to believe, to believe, 

[03:23]Yeah 

 

[03:24]Mr. Jones and me stumbling 

[03:28]through the barrio 

[03:30]Yeah we stare at the beautiful 

[03:32]women 

[03:33]"She´s perfect for you, Man, 

[03:35]there´s got to be somebody for me." 

[03:38]I want to be Bob Dylan 

[03:40]Mr. Jones wishes he was 

[03:42]someone just a little more funky 

[03:44]When everybody loves you, 

[03:47]son, that´s just about as funky 

[03:50]as you can be 

 

[03:51]Mr. Jones and me staring at 

[03:55]the video 

[03:57]When I look at the television, I 

[04:00]I want to see me staring right 

[04:03]back at me 

[04:05]We all want to be big stars, 

[04:07]but we don´t know why and we don´t know how 

[04:11]But when everybody loves me, 

[04:14]I´m going to be just about as 

[04:16]happy as I can be 

[04:18]Mr. Jones and me, we´re gonna 

[04:23]be big stars .... 

 

 

Words by Adam Duritz 

Music by Adam Duritz and David Bryson 

1993 

_________________________