It's funny how time seems to soften the blow And only with time do I see at all That the promises made were the start of the fall The biggest mistake was to pro...

Handed down from fathers to sons Was the hatred of weakness and the love of guns A talk of peace but not in our time To save our souls and stop the crime Onward...

I bought the paper yesterday and I saw the obituary And I read of how you died in pain - Well I just couldn't understand it If I could of changed that, then lor...

For liberty there is a cost - it's broken skulls and leather cosh, From the boys in uniform - now you know whose side their on - With backing - with blessing, F...

Hush little baby don't you cry Momma's gonna buy you a nursery rhyme And if that don't send you to sleep Momma's gonna have to find the key All of our worries a...

Hush little baby don't you cry Momma's gonna buy you a nursery rhyme And if that don't send you to sleep Momma's gonna have to find the key All of our worries a...

Hush little baby don't you cry Momma's gonna buy you a nursery rhyme And if that don't send you to sleep Momma's gonna have to find the key All of our worries a...

Hush little baby don't you cry Momma's gonna buy you a nursery rhyme And if that don't send you to sleep Momma's gonna have to find the key All of our worries a...

The wind blows whispers down the street, Having free reign with the town so bleak - Like everything else it's - all gone away The Town Hall clock gives forth it...

ALL YEAR ROUND - Paul Weller Our eyes meet across the floor We don't have to say much more Lets take a chance on it Say you'll be mine till spring We kiss in ...

If I could I'd give you the world Wrap it all around you I won't be satisfied with just a piece of your heart Angel, you're my Angel Dreams are Dreams and some...

I, just like a fool let you go Not knowing what I had lost As only a fool would know Still counting, but not the cost And so not having much left to show I trie...

I, just like a fool let you go Not knowing what I had lost As only a fool would know Still counting, but not the cost And so not having much left to show I trie...

Hold on is what they say To get any back to you will have to pay Don't shout or get upset It's the same message from the holy Tory government Don't rock the sin...

Who takes the heart from a stag Who gets a hard-on with blood on their hands Who strips the wonder of life When they don't have the right But they say it's fair...

As the rain comes down, upon this sad sweet earth I lie awake at nights and - think about me All those usual things like what a fool I've been I curse the awful...

I know you have time But believe me it will fly by - And if it don't treat you right I want you to know that you can call me Into each life, some rain must fall...

Can you still love me? Take it - I look into your eyes and suddenly I see The changing colours of a world of mystery I stare so deep until I finally come 'roun...

Changes of clothes and summer showers Like changing the guard it only lasts for hours, Wondering what and where did it go Crying over nothing worth crying for O...

May I walk you home tonight On this fine and lovely night tonight - We'll walk past the luscious houses, Through rolling lawns and lovely flowers - Our nice new...

Confessions 1, 2 & 3 - Count me off but don't count me down, Down to what you wanted of me Now I know - I could not be, Confessions of the fool of dreams As I o...

Cheap and tacky bullshit land told when to sit don't know where you stand too busy recreating the past to live in the future Poor relations to Uncle Sam - bears...

The cost of loving's on the line again Honey, that just won't do As we turn another blind eye Oh, they steal it from you But the feelings coming back Guess it ...

Catch me I'm falling so fast and I can't seem to find All the reasons I had when the purpose was mine Now I stumble so fast rolling into the night Kiss me quick...

Everybody's on the run When times get too rough and things get you down When life gets too tough just take a look around The money gets tight and there's no on...

FAIRY TAILS - Paul Weller The giant towers over all But from close distance he don't seem that big at all In fact he's no more than you or I Though we give him...

The giant towers over all But from close distance he don't seem that big at all In fact he's no more than you or I Though we give him far more power than his si...

The teardrops in my eyes are now just words upon some paper Imitating poetry that comes to my time later Oh, Francoise Could it be the time changing Oh, Francoi...

I close my eyes - I reach out my hand And there you are - beautiful in scabs Caressing my scalp - under the mounts of the gun towers I shout your name - I kick ...

Have you ever chased the night that sailed in front of you On a boat that's bound for hope - but left you in the queue With your shouting, waving, taunting, fla...

Have you ever chased the night that sailed in front of you On a boat that's bound for hope - But left you in the queue With your shouting, waving, taunting, fla...

When I find you waiting hours; oh, You're there to save my life for our obvious goal We've got a headstart for happiness For our part, guess we must be blessed ...

Heaven's above what have we done Oh, we've killed off the thing we had so little of True, love has no truth without a price But the cost of loving has been blow...

HEAVENS ABOVE - Paul Weller Heavens above what have we done Oh, we've killed off the thing we had so little of True, love has no truth without a price But the ...

The pub talk, the scandals, Like vandals they try to tear you down The whispers, turn rumours, There's no truth but that don't stop those cats They need the lit...

The pub talk, the scandals, like vandals they try to tear you down The whispers, turn rumours, there's no truth but that don't stop those cats They need the lit...

Good morning day, how do you do I wonder - what will you do for me? I should be on my way, I should be earning pay, I should be all the things that I'm not - An...

HOMEBREAKERS - Paul Weller/Mick Talbot Good morning day, how do you do I wonder - what will you do for me? I should be on my way, I should be earning pay, I sh...

Of all the things that money can buy Freedoms never cheap But all the things she needed in life - she had no need to keep Of all the things she asked of me None...

I've counted all the pores of my skin I've listed all the places I've been I'm trying not to keep it out of my mind I'm trying to remember my lines I'm trying t...

Tired of dust and dirt to clean This place once loved, now makes me sick I've got to get away I've passed the places of my youth Torn out pages from a well-read...

There's better ways of making cash Than waiting in parks and selling your wares But I'm on the move and about to stay Always old in a very young way I'm a fool...

Guilty of the old excuse Of losing myself to you But I'm only human I think in time things can only get more confused If I make the same mistake Of thinking it'...

If you believe you have an equal share In the whole wide world and all it bears An' that your share is no less or more than Your fellow sisters and brother man ...

INTERNATIONALISTS - Paul Weller/Mick Talbot If you believe you have an equal share In the whole wide world and all it bears An' that your share is no less or m...

I remember all the early days Trying to think of the right things to say I didn't want you to think I was like the rest Who think they own you just because you'...

I remember all the early days Trying to think of the right things to say I didnt want you to think I was like the rest Who think they own you just because youve...

IT DIDN'T MATTER - Paul Weller/Mick Talbot I remember all the early days Trying to think of the right things to say I didn't want you to think I was like the r...

I stood as tall as a mountain I never really thought about the drop I trod over rocks to get there Just so I could stand on top Clumsy and blind I stumbled As I...

I'll keep on diving til I reach the ends, Dredging up the past to drive me round the bendz, What is it in me that I can't forget I keep finding so much that I n...

There's better ways of making cash Than waiting in parks and selling your arse But I'm on the move and about to stay, Always old in a very young way I'm a fool ...

JUST CAME TO PIECES IN MY HAND - Paul Weller I stood as tall as a mountain, I never really thought about the drop; I trod over rocks to get there, so that I co...

Dads gone down the dog track, Engels' laying cables Brothers with his student friends plotting in the stables They're preparing for power and how to win I'm cov...

I play out my role, why I've even been out walking, they tell me that it helps, but i know when i'm beaten All those lonely films, and all those lonely parties...

I play out my role Why I've even been out walking They tell me that it helps But I know when I'm beaten All those lonely films And all those lonely parties But ...

Oh I think it's too late baby Oh I think it's too late again Trying to look back over my shoulder I could see my past oh so clear And I remember how, how I used...

Luck fell in the right place for me The day you happend to come by - You caught me feeling all was useless And left me feeling ten feet high Now nothing again w...

LUCK - Paul Weller/Mick Talbot Luck fell in the right place for me The day you happend to come by - You caught me feeling all was useless And left me feeling t...

I bought the paper yesterday and I saw the obituary And I read of how you died in pain - Well I just couldn't understand it If I could of changed that, then Lor...

It's no good praying to the powers that be 'Cause they won't shake the roots of the money tree No good praying to the pristine alters Waiting for the blessing w...

It's no good praying to the powers that be 'Cause they won't shake the roots of the money tree No good praying to the pristine alters Waiting for the blessing w...

Hush now child, and don?t you cry Your folks might understand you, by and by Just move on up Towards your destination You may find, from time to time, complicat...

Daylight turns to moonlight- and I'm at my best Praising the way it all works- gazing upon the rest The cool before the warm The calm after the storm I wish to ...

Daylight turns to moonlight- and I'm at my best Praising the way it all works- gazing upon the rest The cool before the warm The calm after the storm I wish to ...

Down and down I went - in a spiral wheel Til I coudn't touch and I couldn't feel Then you came along and pulled me up Showed me all the things that I'd forgot D...

Oh night after night - I still miss you baby Night after night - I still want your love Since you?ve been gone my whole life has changed Without your love mine?...

Back in the party chambers Laughter, records loud I guess my guests are alright They won't miss me for awhile 'Cause I need to be alone Let me sink in sadness '...

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah Brothers, sisters, one day we'll all be free From fighting; violence; people crying in the street When the angels from above Fall down...

If we don't move - the moves our last We deprive ourselves of our only chance Now once and for all, the right must go Now all for one - register to vote It's a ...

RIGHT TO GO - Paul Weller/Mick Talbot/Dynamic Three If we don't move - the moves our last We deprive ourselves of our only chance Now once and for all, the rig...

I was half in mind - I was half in need, And as the rain came down - I dropped to my knees and prayed I said "oh Heavenly thing - please cleanse my soul, I've s...

Feel is a word I can't explain At least not in words that are plain Make it easy to express But I'll try to do my best To hit you where it counts I just want to...

Getcha mining soul deep - with a lesson in history There's people fighting for their communities Don't say this struggle - does not involve you If you're from t...

Your hair hangs in golden steps You're a bonafide in every respect You are walking through streets that mean nothing to you You believe you're above it and I do...

I was hoping to be found alive in a pool of lies and An ocean of tears I was looking for a ship ahoy I was waiting, bottom line, for a miracle All I hope is tha...

I was hoping to be found alive in a pool of lies and An ocean of tears I was looking for a ship ahoy I was waiting, bottom line, for a miracle All I hope is tha...

I will learn, I will grow And for my pain, my strength shall show For as surely as spring will come Bringing freshness to order?s dance Until the ices melt away...

Can it be a part of me has changed alot That you have come into my life and brought so much With your sweet loving ways I don't want to change Sweet loving ways...

The cost of loving's on the line again Honey, that just won't do As we turn another blind eye Oh, they steal it from you But the feelings coming back Guess it a...

True I was a gardener, once upon a time When the world ws young and all the earth was mine Mine to tend to, to plough and to sow Before mankind came and rendere...

No peace for the wicked - only war on the poor They're batting on pickets - trying to even the score It's all inclusive - the dirt comes free And you can be all...

No peace for the wicked - only war on the poor They're batting on pickets - trying to even the score It's all inclusive - the dirt comes free And you can be all...

THE LODGER'S (or SHE WAS ONLY A SHOPKEEPER'S DAUGHTER) - Paul Weller/Mick Talbot No peace for the wicked - only war on the poor They're batting on pickets - tr...

Empty hours Spent combing the street In daytime showers They've become my beat; As I walk from cafe to bar I wish I knew where you are; Because you've clouded m...

What you asked for is what I gave No questions stopped at and nothing saved From my scarcity of presence to my rarely seen bed I took you in hoping that you'd b...

Get 'em laughing - keep 'em there, You hold your own and they'll hold their's, Hold their glasses - can't hold their beer Tell 'em the one about the fucking que...

THE STAND UP COMIC'S INSTRUCTIONS - Paul Weller Get 'em laughing - keep 'em there, You hold your own and they'll hold their's Hold their glasses - can't hold t...

It's either - Something in their eyes or something in the drink But whatever it is they both stop and think There's no going back and nothing above It's lust or...

The harbour lights that shine before me The jewels that gleam from a beckoning sea The rising shrieks that come from below me The rushing winds of age and time ...

The lords and ladies pass a ruling That sons and girls go hand in land From good stock and the best breeding Paid for by the servile class Who have been told al...

I don't mind what people say, They always think the worst anyway And if I'm wrong I'll pay the price It's a cost that I don't count as sacrifice I'm gonna love ...

Cut the cake and drop the fine I've seen good friends go down the line This part of town where the sun don't shine Always on the connection This wind blows cold...

I feel like walking, because my poor hearts breaking You told me once I know, but loves a thing that can go Vanish in the night, it's gone by morning's light It...

WALKING THE NIGHT - Paul Weller/Mick Talbot I feel like walking, because my poor hearts breaking You told me once I know, but loves a thing that can go Vanish ...

You don't have to take this crap You don't have to sit back and relax You can actually try changing it I know we've always been taught to rely Upon those in aut...

There's a girl in my office She keeps on stopping Right in front of my eyes Though I try and try I can't hide anymore Letting my feelings speak for me But when...

I know you have time But believe me it will fly by - And if it don't treat you right I want you to know that you can call me Into each life, some rain must fall...

Who will buy this wonderful morning Such a sky you never did see Who will tie it up with a ribbon And put it in a box for me So I could see it at my leisure Whe...

I don't know why, I went missing It could have been the call of night It could have been a change of mind I don't know why, I went missing And though lost I fou...

WITH EVERYTHING TO LOSE - Paul Weller/Steve White >From the playground to the wasteground Hope ends at 17 - Sweeping floors and filling shelves Forced into gov...