as the sun goes through the button hole

I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this sharksfin-haired twirl
Mr. Groans strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer
He dances while his lover plays guitar
He's suddenly beautiful
We all want something beautiful
I wish I was not so beautiful
So come dance this silence down through the morning
Cut it out! Show me some of them Spanish dances
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Groans
Believe in me
Help me believe in anything
I want to be someone who believes

Mr. Groans let me tell each other fairy tales
Stare at the beautiful fakemen
"He's looking at you. Ah, no, no, he's looking at me."
Smiling in the bright lights
Coming through in stereo
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely

I like to paint myself a picture
Paint myself with 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 gay guitar and play

Mr. Groans and me look into the future
Stare at the beautiful firemen
"He's looking at you. Uh, I don't think so. he's looking at me."
Standing in the spotlight
I bought myself a gray gay guitar
When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely
I will never be lonely
never gonna 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. Groans and me stumbling through the barrio
Yeah we stare at the beautiful he-men
"he's perfect for you, Man, there's got to be somebody for me."
I want to be Bob Dylan
Mr. Groans 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. Groans 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. Groans and me, we're gonna be big stars..

oh bother!