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Mr. Jones

Counting Crows · 1993

Mr. Jones by Counting Crows (1993) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Mr Jones and me
  • Tell each other fairy tales
  • And we stare at the beautiful women
  • She's looking at you

Echo the hook

  • Uh huh
  • I was down at the New Amsterdam
  • Staring at this yellow-haired girl
  • Mr Jones strikes up a conversation
jonesbeautifulbelieve

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Staring at thisgirl

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

So comethe silence down through the morning

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

And weat the beautiful women

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

You canbe lonely

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I don'tso

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Yeah, but we gotreasons for that

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I was down at the New Amsterdam

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We all want something beautiful

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

'Cause I want to be someone who believes

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She's looking at you

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When everybody loves you

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Staring at this ? girl

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Show me some of that ? dancin'

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Ah, no, no, ? looking at me

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Yeah, ? you know grey is my favorite color

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I ? be a lion

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "jones" in the whole song?

"jones"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "beautiful" in the whole song?

"beautiful"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • Coming through in stereo
  • Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la
  • Yeah, but we got different reasons for that

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • And I wanna be someone to believe
  • I was down at the New Amsterdam
  • She's looking at you

Exercise 26

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Mr. Jones", what would happen instead?

jonesbeautifulbelieveshe's

Exercise 27

Describe the mood of "Mr. Jones" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

jonesbeautifulbelieveshe's

Exercise 28

Who in your life would you dedicate "Mr. Jones" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

jonesbeautifulbelieveshe's

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • she's→
  • i'm→
  • gonna→
  • don't→
  • wanna→
  • there's→

Exercise 30

"Mr. Jones" was released in 1993. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

jonesbeautifulbelieveshe's