Thursday, September 9, 2010

New song :)

My new favorite song- Mr. Jones, Counting Crows. No, i dont really know what it's about either. I like the idea of , (And yes, this is from the lyrics site.): "He's talking more generally about how he can't find any truth in the world (he can't believe in anything) He feels lonely because he can't find anyone who shares these views and could show him the light/give him something to believe in. The whole time he is melancholy because he sees everyone else such as Mr. Jones finding companionship and happiness but he is still stuck being lonely and misunderstood, thats a rather deeper look then anyone really cares for but thats how I see it" I guess that's how I see it, though apparently it's actually about his old band/drinking mate who always used to joke with him about being famous. Hi, famous Mr. Jones. And whatever the singers name is. I forgot. Anyyyway, this I'd the song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxQtmn_f7Og&feature=youtube_gdata_player
And here's the lyrics.



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
Cut Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Believe in me
Help me believe in anything
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
Grey 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 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

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 can be
Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars.. 

 

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