Black and blue

counting crows - mr jones

sha la la la la la la - uh uh

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磗 suddenly beautiful

we all want something beautiful

i wish i was beautiful

so come dance this silence down through the morning

sha la la la la la la la - yeah uh uh - yeah

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 beatiful women

"she磗 looking at you ah no no she磗 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

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磗 looking at you uh i don磘 think so she磗 looking at me"

standing in the spotlight

i bought myself a gray guitar

when everybody loves me i will never 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磘 believe in anything

and i want to be someone to believe

mr jones and me stumbling through the barrio

yeah we stare at the beautiful women

"she磗 perfect for you man there磗 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磗 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磘 know why and we don磘 know how

but when everybody loves me

i磎 going to be just about as happy as i can be

mr jones and me we磖e gonna be big stars