Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la

mmm... uh-huh

I was down at

the New Amsterdam

starin' at this

yellow-haired girl

Mister Jones strikes up

a conversation

with a black-haired

flamenco dancer

You know she dances

while his father plays guitar

she's suddenly beautiful

and we all want

somethin' beautiful

man, I wish I was beautiful

So, come dance the silence

down through the mornin'

sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

yeah

uh-huh, yeah

Cut up, Maria

show me some of

them Spanish dances

and pass me a bottle

Mister Jones

Believe in me

help me believe in anything

'cause I... I wanna be someone

who believes, yeah

Mister Jones and me

tell each other fairytales

and we stare at

the beautiful women

she's lookin' at you

oh, no, no, she's lookin' at me

Smilin' in the bright lights

comin' through in stereo

and when

everybody loves you

you can never be lonely

Well, I'm gonna

paint my picture

paint myself in blue

red and black and grey

all of the beautiful colours

are very, very meaningful

Yeah, well you know

grey is my favourite colour

I... felt so symbolic yesterday

if I knew Picasso

I would buy myself

a grey guitar and play

Mister Jones and me

look into the future

yeah, we stare

at the beautiful women

She's lookin' at you

I don't think so

she's lookin' at me

Standin' in the spotlight

I bought myself a grey guitar

when everybody loves me

I will never be lonely

I will never be lonely

said I'm never gonna be lonely

I wanna be a lion

eh, everybody

wanna pass as cats

we all wanna be big, big stars

yeah, but we got different

reasons for that

Believe in me

'cause I don't

believe in anythin'

and I... I wanna be someone

to believe, to believe

to believe, yeah

Mister Jones and me

stumblin' 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 wanna be Bob Dylan

Mister Jones wishes

he was someone

just a little more funky

When everybody loves you

ah, son, that's just about

as funky as you can be

Mister Jones and me

starin' at the video

when I look at the television

I wanna see me

starin' right back at me

We all wanna be big stars

but we don't know why

and we don't know how

but when

everybody loves me

I'm gonna be just about

as happy as I can be

Mister Jones and me

we're gonna be big stars