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Calcare e Mr. Jones


E con questa si chiude la serie legata alla colonna sonora di "Questo mondo non mi renderà cattivo" la seconda serie di Zerocalcare disponibile su Netlix dal 9 giugno 2023. La canzone è del 1993 cantata dai Counting Crows e si intitola "Mr. Jones" e inclusa nell'album "August and everything after". Da domani si riparte con le novità credo.... Ho due settimane di nuove uscite da controllare. Intanto buon ascolto.Mr. Jones (Counting Crows)I was down at the New Amsterdamstaring at this yellow-haired girlMr. Jones strikes up a conversationwith a black-haired flamenco dancerYou know she danceswhile his father plays guitarshe’s suddenly beautifulwe all want something beautifulman I wish I was beautifulso come dance this silence down through the morningcut up Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dancespass me a bottle, Mr. Jonesbelieve in me, help me believe in anythingcause I want to be someone who believesMr. Jones and me tell each other fairy talesand we stare at the beautiful women– She’s looking at you. Ah, no, no, she’s looking at me –smiling in the bright lightscoming through in stereowhen everybody loves you, you can never be lonelyWell Ima paint my picturepaint myself in blue and red and black and grayall of the beautiful colors are very very meaningfulyeah well you know gray is my favorite colorI felt so symbolic yesterdayif I knew a PicassoI would buy myself a gray guitar and playMr. Jones and me look into the futureyeah we stare at the beautiful women– She’s looking at you –– I don’t think so. She’s looking at me –standing in the spotlightI bought myself a gray guitarwhen everybody loves me, I will never be lonelyI’ll never be lonelycause im never gonna be lonelyI want to be a lionyeah, wverybody wants to pass as catswe all want to be big big starsyeah, but we got different reasons for thatbelieve in me cause I don’t believe in anythingand I, I want to be someoneto believe to believe to believe, yeah!Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrioyeah we stare at the beautiful women– She’s perfect for you, Manthere’s got to be somebody for me –I want to be Bob DylanMr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funkywhen everybody loves you, ah sonthat’s just about as funky as you can beMr. Jones and me staring at the videowhen I look at the televisionI want to see me staring right back at mewe all want to be big starsbut we don’t know why, and we don’t know howbut when everybody loves meI want to be just about as happy as can beMr. Jones and me, we’re gonna be big stars…”.