Paul Weller

[fox69]

"Whirlpools' End"

"Whirlpools' End"



The sun came out and hung above
Over our heads but far enough to see

A bomb exploding in another town
Children choking on a poison cloud
While on the streets, where lovers once walked
Side by side in idle talk
Bullets fall like unholy rain
People change as the panic sets in
A frightened baby by her dead mother's side
In a brutal world where there's nowhere to run, hide or cry

Now nothing feels the same way
Feel like it's changing again
Upon a street with no name
It's hard to find it again

I ran as fast as my feet could fly
Down country lanes where I took my time
Time like a hound snapping at my heels
I got past thinking so that I could feel
Feels like a film playing in my head
And I kept rolling down green Surrey hills
In Spring

Now I don't feel the same way
I feel I'm changing again
Upon a street with no name
It's hard to find me again

The sun came out and hung above, over our heads
But far enough to see

 

[fox69]

"White Sky"

"White Sky"


There's a sheet upon the sky
Kinda mixes my soul
On the king's highway
I didn't know where to go

If you're ever feeling lost
Never thought I was
Can the king fall again?
I sure would love him to sing

[Chorus:]
Under a white sky
White sky
White sky
White sky, coming down on me

Was it something in the [?]
I tried to loosen my name
When I came to watch the sky
I tried to walk across the road

If you're ever feeling lost
Never thought I was
Can the king fall again?
I sure would love him to sing

[Chorus:]
Under a white sky
White sky
White sky
White sky, coming down on me

Coming down on me
Coming down on me
Coming down on me
Coming down on me

Coming down on me
Coming down on me
Coming down on me
(Coming down on me)
Coming down on me

Under a white sky
(Coming down on me)
White sky
(Coming down on me)
White sky
(Coming down on me)
White sky, coming down on me

Under a white sky
White sky
White sky
White sky, coming down on me

 

[fox69]

"Who Brings Joy"

"Who Brings Joy"



You who brings joy
Into the world
Makes me swirl
Of such love
And all you ask
In return
Is to be loved
And love you I must
Compelled by god
Or some invisible force

I just want so much
To be here for you
You my darling who
Brings so much joy

Every laugh has an echo
Every movement a feat
I humble in your complexion
So perfect so complete
You who brings joy
Into the world

In your eyes lie a heaven
In your voice sweet caress
It is you who takes over
Whose gentle arms I rest
You who brings joy
Into the world
Makes me swirl of such love

 

[fox69]

"Why Walk When You Can Run"

"Why Walk When You Can Run"



My Son rose to the shore
To the world that lies before
He can't hear my sound
He's much too in tune with the ground

He sees only the tide, and the surf and the sea
He's oblivious to me calling

In years to come
I will still call him Son
But he'll have no time to wait
We must see beyond his fate

He said "only the Sun and the Wind may get free"
His only defence will always be...
Why walk, when you can run?

Run like the wind, run like the wind
Run like the wind, run like the wind
Run like the wind, run like the wind
Run like the wind my Son

Run like the wind, run like the wind
Run like the wind, run like the wind
Run like the wind, run like the wind
Run like the wind my Son

Through sheets of time
On the wings of a bird
He'll come to the edge
To look life in the eyes

He'll see only the keys
To the world and his dreams

His strongest defence will always be...
Why walk, when you can run?
Why walk, when you can run?

Run like the wind, run like the wind
Run like the wind, run like the wind
Run like the wind, run like the wind
Run like the wind my Son

Run like the wind, run like the wind
No turning back, no giving in
Run like the wind, run like the wind
Run like the wind my Son

 

[fox69]

"Wild Wood"

"Wild Wood"



High tide, mid afternoon
People fly by, in the traffics boom
Knowing, just where you are blowing
Getting to where you should be going

Don't let them get you down
Making you feel guilty about
Golden rain, will bring you riches
All the good things you deserve and now

Climbing, forever trying
Find your way out of the wild, wild wood
Now there's no justice
Only yourself that you can trust in

And I said high tide, mid afternoon
People fly by, in the traffics boom
Knowing, just where you are blowing
Getting to where you should be going

Day by day your world fades away
Waiting to feel all the dreams that say
Golden rain will bring you riches
All the good things you deserve now

And I say, climbing, forever trying
Find you way out of the wild, wild wood
Said you are gonna find you way out of the wild, wild wood
Wild wild wood.

 

[fox69]

"Wings Of Speed"

"Wings Of Speed"



Fly on wings of speed
That will bring you home to me
I'll never be free - from the darkness I se
As I wait for your smile

Though my hands are tied,
My feet are bound by fate
With clay at the base - as I sit and wait
What visions I see

In dreams, she floats on a stream,
With Jesus at the helm, the water reeds that beg,
Her boat along the way - as she comes to me

Now as the light is falling
One candle left to light the way,
Sailing home to the morning
She comes to me calling,

To brighten up my darkest day,
& the world fades away...
With her smile

Fly on wings of speed
That will bring you home to me
I'll never be free - from the darkness I se
As I wait for your smile

 

[fox69]

"Wishing On A Star"
(originally by Rose Royce)

"Wishing On A Star"
(originally by Rose Royce)



I'm wishing on a star
To follow where you are
I'm wishing on a dream
To follow where you be

And I'm wishing on all the rainbows that I see
Wishing on all the people, uh, we've been
And I'm wishing on tomorrow, when it'll come
And I'm wishing on all the lovin' we've ever done

I'm wishing on a star
To follow where you are
I never thought I'd see
A time when you would be

So far away from home
So far away from me

Just think of all the moments that we'd spent
I just can't let you go, from me you were meant
I didn't me to hurt you and I know
That in the game of love you reap what you sow

I feel it's time for us to make up, baby
I feel it's time for us to get back together
And make the best of things, oh, baby
When we're together, oh, whether or never

I feel it's time for us to make up, baby
I feel it's time for us to get back together
And make the best of things, oh, baby
When we're together, yeahhhh... whether or never

And I'm wishing on a star...
[Guitar]

And I wish on all the rainbows that I see
Wishing on all the people,uh, we've ever been
And I'm wishing on tomorrow, when it'll come
And I'm wishing on all the lovin' we've ever done

And I'm wishing on a star
To follow where you are (oh rich out)
(I'm) wishing on a dream
To follow where you be

I'm wishing on a star...
[Guitar]

 

[fox69]

"With Time & Temperance"

"With Time & Temperance"



As worlds end with new ones to open
As you change your aim
And lives thrown up into the open
Get on a different plane

Words meant but were left unspoken
Take on a different name
And hearts mend that once were so broken
As time heals the pain

'til you can find it in your heart
To forgive if not to forget such a part
Of life that you lost

As worlds end with new ones to open
As you change your aim
And lives thrown up into the open

Get on a different plane

Words meant but were left unspoken
Take on a different name
And hearts mend that once were so broken
As time heals the pain

Never stopping like rain dropping
To find a place on earth

You'll find you'll wake up fresh instead
You'll find me less inside your head
With words left unsaid

As you lose your mind, something else in time
And faces strange - rearrange

 

[fox69]

"Woodcutter's Son"

"Woodcutter's Son"




Sugartown has turned so sour
Its people angry in their sleep
There's more small-town paranoia
Sweeping down its evil sheets

You better give me the chance
I'll cut you down with a glance
Yeh, with my small axe - so help me
And tho' I'm only one
And tho' weak I'm strong
And if it comes to the crunch
Then I'm the woodcutter's son

And I'm cutting down the wood for the good of everyone!

You can tell it's witching hour
You can feel the spirits rise
When the room goes very quiet
And there's hatred in your eyes

You better give me the chance
I'll cut you down with a glance
Yeh, with my small axe - so help me
And tho' I'm only one
And tho' weak I'm strong
And if it comes to the crunch
Then I'm the woodcutter's son

And I'm cutting down the wood for the good of everyone!

There's a silence when I enter
And a murmur when I leave
I can see their jealous faces
I can feel the ice they breathe

You better give me the chance
I'll cut you down with a glance
Yeh, with my small axe - so help me
And tho' I'm only one
And tho' weak I'm strong
And if it comes to the crunch
Then I'm the woodcutter's son

 

[fox69]

"You Do Something To Me"

"You Do Something To Me"



You do something to me
Something deep inside
I'm hanging on the wire
For love I'll never find
You do something wonderful
Chase it all away
Mixing my emotions
Throws me back again

Hanging on the wire, yeah
I'm waiting for my change
I'm dancing through the fire
Just to catch a flame
Feel real again

Hanging on the wire, yeah
Said I'm waiting for the change
Oh I'm dancing through the fire
Just to catch a flame
Feel real again

You do something to me
Somewhere deep inside
Hoping to get close to you
A peace I cannot find

Dancing through the fire, yeah
Just to catch a flame
Just to get close to
Just close enough
To tell you that...

You do something to me
Something deep inside