Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la Hmm, 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 We all want something beautiful Man, I wish I was beautiful So come dance this silence down through the morning Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, yeah Uh-huh, 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 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 Well, I'm gonna paint my picture Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful Yeah, well, you know, 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 Yeah, we stare at the beautiful women She's looking at you 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'll never be lonely I'll never be lonely Said I'm never gonna be lonely I wanna be a lion Yeah, everybody wants to pass as cats We all wanna be big, big stars, yeah, but We've got different reasons for that Believe in me, 'cause I don't believe in anything And I, I wanna be someone to believe To believe, to believe, yeah 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 wanna be Bob Dylan Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky When everybody loves you, oh, 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 wanna see me Staring 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'll be just about as happy as I can be Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars
Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la Hmm, 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 We all want something beautiful Man, I wish I was beautiful So come dance this silence down through the morning Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, yeah Uh-huh, 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 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 Well, I'm gonna paint my picture Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful Yeah, well, you know, 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 Yeah, we stare at the beautiful women She's looking at you 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'll never be lonely I'll never be lonely Said I'm never gonna be lonely I wanna be a lion Yeah, everybody wants to pass as cats We all wanna be big, big stars, yeah, but We've got different reasons for that Believe in me, 'cause I don't believe in anything And I, I wanna be someone to believe To believe, to believe, yeah 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 wanna be Bob Dylan Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky When everybody loves you, oh, 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 wanna see me Staring 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'll be just about as happy as I can be Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars
“Mr. Jones” foi o primeiro single de sucesso radiofônico do Counting Crows e entrou no Top 40 dos EUA em 19 de fevereiro de 1994, alcançando o Top 10 apenas cinco semanas depois.
Em 23 de abril de 1994 a música chegou à primeira posição da parada americana, substituindo “Bump n’ Grind” de R. Kelly, embora tenha cedido o posto ao hit de Prince “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” na semana seguinte.
A letra retrata a ambição de dois músicos em ascensão – Adam Duritz e o baixista Marty Jones – que sonham ser grandes estrelas, e Duritz chegou a mudar o refrão em apresentações ao vivo, passando de “big stars” para “second thoughts about that”.
Durante a turnê “Recovering the Satellites”, o Counting Crows costumava abrir “Mr. Jones” com o primeiro verso de “So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star?” dos Byrds, apresentando o arranjo em versão acústica, inclusive no programa “VH1 Storytellers”.
Apesar de algumas interpretações populares, Adam Duritz refutou a ideia de que “Mr. Jones” seria uma referência ao seu próprio órgão sexual, explicando que a canção fala sobre a busca por fama e as dúvidas que surgem depois de alcançá‑la.
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