After long time I stumbled upon this great subject, a bit old now (1993, year of graduation from high school, brimming with all the expectations and uncertainty about life delicious), the fabulous Counting Crows ... I must say that many memories and feelings suddenly crowded in my ears, but without the glare of those years I thoroughly analyze the song.
is simply exquisite richness of tones that contains the letter, which combines the yearning to be somebody [famous], and achieve all that constitutes much of dreams and expectations of an ordinary person, great the way described the atmosphere of the bar, the game of words and glances with the girls in the bar ...
is better than Alan Duritz speak (and sing) for me:
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
His dances while father plays guitar She's Suddenly
We all want beautiful Something Beautiful
I wish I was beautiful So come dance this
down-through the morning silence
Cut up Maria!
Show me some of them to be
English 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
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
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 do not know why and we But do not know how
When everybody loves me, I'm just about going to Be as Happy As Can Be
Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars ...
Link to video of the song