Counting Crows - Mr Jones (acoustic) + Lyrics
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2025
- 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 thatBelieve 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.
This version is simply amazing. His voice is so strong... I love them! Every song is amazing!
I love how he captures that sort of drunken, closing-time-at-the-bar feel that the lyrics evoke. It's almost as though the album version was the optimistic interpretation, the "yeah, everything will be better when..."
And this version is the "Yeah right, pass me another bottle" version of it.
Somehow I get the feeling that this version evokes the original intent of the lyrics, and that the album version was more of a "radio friendly" fun funky version
Great version. I saw Counting Crows live in Brighton England on Sunday. They were everything I wanted them to be. They hit me strait in the heart.
Nice to see the lyrics typed out. This song was played a lot for free on a TV clip when I first moved to France in 1994. The song said a lot to me about New York and alcoholism. Still in Paris, sober, working on making my second million and giving it all away.
I hear this version in a bar around 6 years ago and I was looking for it since then. Tanks man, you give 4:47 minutes of happyness
It took me a long time to appreciate his voice, he is a student of music, trust me he knows what he is doing. The more I learn about music theory the more I appreciate his genius. He may wander vocally; but always resolves to the tonic.
excellent version of aa amazing song . .
thanx for the support slot @ the Bowery Ballroom, nyc, feb 08 . . .
cheers boys . . .
OLD RED
man...first time hearing this version...i've always loved this song and this is the cherry on top...thx
you're right. i like how you articulated this. I think about it, and it's an interpretation of what he wrote. I suspect that a "pop song" gets played a million times on the radio, there is less awareness that for the performer, there are a multitude of ways that they can express their songs as, and probably do, in concerts, etc. The more i listen, the more I am grateful for different little gems of creativity, not just the radio version ad nauseum.
this is a GREAT example of how being rexaled and at home on stage can give us these out of this world singing and playing. he's not drunk just rexaled and in thezone
this version, of this song, constantly amazes me everytime i hear it. it's just soo....true .
I too think this is brilliant. Thank you for the lyrics I had no idea what the singer was singing about.
the lyrics are so beautiful what a nice song this is and the singing is just so amazing......this version is very nice i like the acoustic guitar....thank you for uploading it...
Wow, this version is amazing! I love his voice it makes me feel.
When a musician sings a song about being wasted, they may replay the mood that they felt when they wrote it. This can be done while sober.
This guy , this band is legendary
aaah q padre vrsion, le dieron arreglos padres y el juego de la voz wow me encanto
Believing in Mr jones is the key my fiends.....my friend, Mr jones is beautiful in full colour.......
Definitivamente de mis favoritas
wow, they were and still are fabulous!!!
Great show at the Greek in Bezerkeky the other night! Thanks Adam!
Lisa Loughman lol I thought I was the only one who called Berkeley Bezerkley
Great song brings me back...
Wow thats a really good way of looking at it. I always find it interesting when people are like oh Mr. Jones is such a hapy song! I always say really because it's pretty depressing to me, sure it sounds upbeat but not when you really listen, so I like the way you thought of it :)
BOM DEMAIS CARA . APAIXONADO AQUI POR ESSA MUSICA!
love this tune, especially the acoustic version, thanks for posting!
This guy sounds good to me!and his quitar too!and the song is awesome =)
GREAT SONG LOVE IT SO MUCH MAKES ME SMILE INSIDE.
not my favorite version but i do love this song
no matter wat version =] thnk u
Melhor de todas minha paixão da adolescência
i never saw the song that way before....but there's another one that gets me everytime.....in your mind by andrew gerbasi......it's so truthful when it comes down to those issues also.
Their best acoustic album is across a wire. The videos for that album appear to be blocked in the UK. I have it on cd. If you can find it, and a Counting Crows fan, buy it.
Still listening after 15 years ♥️
Yall are crazy! This is Brilliant
I liked this, you have a beautiful voice!!
best version of this song
SOOOOOOOOO good. Thank you for posting this one! Excellent! :)
this song always sounds well!
Gran tema!. Bien d los 90. Actual// es mi ringtone.
Marty Jones, an original member of The Himalayans - Adam Duritz's second band I think it was his second band, anyway the band he was in before forming CC. This is prob my fave version of this song, a song which I grew up with and which takes on more meaning now that my life has moved on and changed. My Mr Jones was a Mr Noble.
This song is about standing on stage, performing in front of an adoring audience, whilst you feel like the biggest loser that ever lived. You ask yourself why these people watching love you. You can't understand it. The beautiful girls and who they are looking at, makes you feel so insecure as you think you could never get a girl like that. All of this despite the fact that you may be a wonderfully talented, kind spirited and loving person.....You just can't see it yourself....
I love this song, and I totally agree with your analysis. How perfectly you put it into words. Thankyou! As a matter of fact, I love the original version, but after a few drinks, and some hard knocks from life, this one actually sounds really good! It has a differents feel, and it's interesting that the artists let us see a different quality, and new depth in thier work. A new twist on this really great song.
Peace & Freedom to All!
Great version!
Nice song times passed so quickly..but the most important we´re live, and we´re ok..next year will be the best in all, thanks a lot God for all, my family and everybody who i know bless people who need love, who need home, food, and people who lost everything in floods...so give peace always..It doesn matter who hurt me..
Hammer Version... two thumps up!!!
this song gave me goosebumps. when he says mr jones.
@TravellingMan79
wow man, I never looked at it like that...
that's an awesome interpretation
Love this song. So much truth in it.
gracias por este video es muy bueno y muy fina la musica y gracias por poner la letra de la cancion
I love the Counting Crows!
What a great song! And really mean it. I know why.. so you.
Brilliant song. Great lyrics.
:)
This is my favorite Album
my apush teacher named one of his powerpoints "down at the new amsterdam" thinking a group of 16 years in 2017 would get the reference, then started to awkwardly recount how it went in his first class
thanks for the lyrics...I can tell by your voice that your in love with this song, as I am, but I dont want to put my voice out there like you did.
Best song ever!!
it;s got a better feel to it than the original :) i love it!! thanks for uplding it, man
Love this song
i love this version actually
I dig this version.
I can kinda relate, they came to Colorado on July 29th and I couldn't go, but it rained all night so I'm not sure how it went. Let us grieve together, haha.
In one of the other films of this song on youtube adam explain this song is actually pretty simple. This song is about anybody's aspirations and desires. It's about who we want to be.
Ou muito BOm a Musica tava la na australia antes de voltar para o brasil eu ouvi ela em uma formatura em medicina Luxo
Great song! :)
i wished it was on repeat, know your story ;)
good song!!!
Wow! This is Awesome!!!
Excelente, Espetacular.
BEAUTIFULL SONG !!! Oh Fuck this version is just Perfect...
Franchement cette version est juste magnifique...
Du bonheur pour les oreilles et le coeur...
amazing..
b-e-a uuuuuuuuuuuuutiful!
The real question is... what are YOU smoking. This song is fantastic.
@TravellingMan79 ive cut an pasted your comment here to a couple of my friends who have a few issues...i like it a lot thanks.. its pretty much what i think when they get depressive. they miss so much for sum reason, thanks for the words of inspiration.
'Thank You' '4' this 'Brilliant' 'Music' 'Lyrics'. 'Your Beautifull' '2' 'Me Adam' 'Yea we will do some spanish dancing' '2' 'You know am' 'Only Looking at You' 'As Alway's' cos 'I Love You'. 'Your Darling'. XXX
I LOVE YOU MY RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS, YOUR ROYALTY IN MY HEART,
i love it!
THIS version of this SONG ON XTC IS SPELLBINDING
I used to think that Chris Cornell was the king of mumbling but this one takes the crown... I like the song anyway, still huge !
love this song/liebe den song/ me gusta la quancion/ j aime la chanson / mi piace la musica
^^
wirklich gute musik =)
get fat , grow a beard, sing the blues.....weee alll wanna be big stars, Love this song so much!
sounds simple and reasonable enough, thanks for response
mi- / do / la- / re / e continui cosi', fino al ritornello dove aggiungi il sol ;)
amazing
woah. wundervoll.
procurei essa música por anos meses , ontem no trabalho que fui ver o nome
Thanks for uploading. 5*
brilliant.
Love it (: Amazingg much !
@kalan1991 lol 1991 must be your birth date . This is a GOLD version of this song , MTV unplugged. this version is so awesome people still listen to it everyday. As you get older you will be able to respect music more and more .Have a good one .
'If I knew Picasso, I would buy myself a gray guitar and play'
Hehe, can't forget this line :)
Pass me a bottle, Mr Jones !
thanx for the lyrics bollez 183
Shalalala la la la
Uh huh
I was down at the New Amsterdam
Staring at this yellow-haired girl
Mr. 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 something beautiful
Man, I wish I was beautiful
So come dance this silence down through the morning
Shalalala la la la la, yeah..
Uh huh, yeah.. Cut up, Maria!
Show me some of them Spanish dances
And pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Believe in me, help me believe in anything
'Cause I wanna be someone who believes, yeah
Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
And we 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
We all want something beautiful
si l'ho visto:) bravo dai... io provo a suonarla ma nn riesco ancora a farla fluida.. mi blocca il FA:) è k suono la chitarra da 1 settimana e nn scorrono ancora bene le canzoni. col piano mi viene. ciaoo
well thanks for the confirmation.... i wasn't sure about the released year..... sorry..... :P
Que du bonheur !
hangs out with Mr. Jones on Friday nights on Eastern Ave. in front of El Sereno Liquor : ) hehe
you know ive listened to counting crows alot but i never knew they sang this one or big yellow taxi..sounds so different from colorblind
UHHHHHH YEAHHHH
love this where can I download