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I was down at the New Amsterdam
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staring at this yellow haired girl
AmF
Mr. Jones strikes up this conversation
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whith this black haired flamenco dancer
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She dances while his father playes guitar.
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She's suddenly beautiful
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We all want something beautiful
G
I wish I was beautiful
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So come dance this silence down through the morning.
DmG
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AmFG
Uh, huh...
AmF
Cut up Mariea!
DmG
Show me some of them spanish dances.
AmFG
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
AmF
Believe in me
DmG
Help me believe in anything
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(cause) I want to be someone who believes
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Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
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Stare at the beautiful women
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She's looking at you. Ah no, no she's looking at me.
CF
Smiling in the bright lights
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Comming through in sterio
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When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely
AmF
I will paint my picture
DmG
Paint my self in blue and red and black and grey
AmFG
All of the beautiful colors are very very meaninful
AmF
(You know) Grey is my favorite color
DmG
I felt so symbolic yesterday
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If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a grey guitar and play
CFG
Mr. Jones and me look into the future
CF
Stare at the beautiful women
G
She's looking at you. Uh, I don't think so. She's looking at me.
CFG
Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a grey guitar
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When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely
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I will never be lonley
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I will never be lonley
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I want to be a lion
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Everybody wants to pass as cats
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We all want to be big big stars,
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But we got diffrent reasons for that.
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Believe in me because
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I don't believe in anything
AmG
And I want to be someone to believe, to believe, to believe.
CFG
Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
CF
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women
G
She's perfect for you, Man, there's got to be Somebody for me.
CF
I want to be Bob Dylan
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Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
CF
When everybody loves you, son,
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that's just about as funky as you can be.
CFG
Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
CF
When I look at the television,
G
I want to see me staring right back at me.
CF
We all want to be big stars,
G
but we don't know why, and we don't know how.
CF
But when everybody loves me,
G
I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be.
CFG
Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars...