Paul Weller

fox69 · 08.10.2015

"She Speaks"

"She Speaks"

Down watery steps
To the oceans roar
Team of wild horses
Play to thunderous applause

Ebb and flow, weak and strong
Ebb and flow, weak and strong

What is my meaning?
I try to fathom out
But it's a murky world down there
So I turn around and just swim instead

Ebb and flow, weak and strong
Ebb and flow, weak and strong
Ebb and flow, weak and strong
Ebb and flow, weak and strong

fox69 · 08.10.2015

"Standing Out In The Universe"

"Standing Out In The Universe"

Standing out in the universe
On every life in store
Hope is where you lift your head
Written in the dawn

Sending out like an SOS
And most of us agree
Now's the time to change your mind
Now's the time to change your mind for free

Standing out in the universe
For every new star born
God speed the light you make
And shine on us all

Sending out to the universe
That hope is on it's way
Now's the time to open eyes
And realise that we've all parts to play

Now the world's at a place
People torn and disgraced
There's no time - there's no time - like today
- to feel the wings of change

Now the worlds at a stage
Born of war raised in rage
So little time - little time
Like today
To feel the wings of change -

Standing out in the universe
For every new star born
God speed the light you make
And shine on us all

Sending out like an SOS
Let everyone agree
Now's the time to change your mind
Now's the time to change your mind for free

Standing out in the universe
Standing out in the universe
Standing out in the universe

fox69 · 08.10.2015

"Stanley Road"

"Stanley Road"

A hazy mist hung down the street
The length of it's mile
As far as my eye could see
The sky so wide, the houses tall
Or so they seemed to be
So they seemed to me so small

And it gleamed in the distance
And it shone like the sun
Like silver and gold - it went on and on [2x]

The summer nights that seemed so long
Always call me back to return
As I rewrite this song
The ghosts of night, the dreams of day
Make me swirl and fall and hold me in their sway
And it's still in the distance
And it shines like the sun
Like silver and gold - it goes on and on

The rolling stock rocked me to sleep
Amber lights flashing 'cross the street
And on the corner...a dream to meet going on and on

On & on, on & on...

fox69 · 08.10.2015

"Study In Blue"

"Study In Blue"

Blow the winds
That breathe through
Windows
Sending curtains too

Afternoon shade
Peerless sunlight
In your eyes
Of blue

Tell you that
I love you baby
Never more it's true

Everything
I've ever felt
Is deep inside of you

Stronger all the time
In all our branches
20/20 sight
It's taking chances
Stronger, stronger - why?
And you and I fly
Visionaries fight
For what they know
To be true

There's a white cat
In the garden
Tulips now in bloom
Lazy on
This afternoon love
Making love
With you

Birds are singing
Bees be buzzing
The grass is
Talking too

Everything
I've ever wanted
Is inside of you

Stronger all the time
In all our branches
20/20 sight
It's taking chances
Stronger, stronger - why?
And you and I fly
Visionaries fight
For what they know
To be true

fox69 · 08.10.2015

"Sunflower"

"Sunflower"

I don't care how long this lasts
We have no future, we have no past
I write this now while I'm in control
I'll choose the words and how the melody goes

Along winding streets we walked hand in hand
And how I long for that sharp wind
To take my breath away again
I'd run my fingers through your hair
Hair like a wheatfield I'd run through
That I'd run through...

And I miss you so - I miss you so
Now you're gone, I feel so alone
I miss you so

I'd send you a flower - a Sunflower bright
'Cause you cloud my days messing up my nights
And all the way up to the top of your head
Sun-showered kisses I felt we had

And I miss you so - Oh baby I miss you so
Now your gone, I feel so low - oh I miss you so, I do

But I miss you so - Oh darling I miss you so
Now your gone, I feel so low - oh I said I miss you so, I do

All I gotta do is think of you - and I miss you so
Baby I'm... I'm afraid to say why - I miss you so
Baby I'm... I'm afraid to say why - Oh I miss you so

fox69 · 08.10.2015

"Sweet Pea, My Sweet Pea"

"Sweet Pea, My Sweet Pea"

Sweet pea, my sweet pea
You're the one to get my heart a-jumpin'
Light of love all around your
Being to see

The future - it's looking at you
It only exists because you're alive
So close your eyes and smile
Your smiles of sweet dreams

And fill them with love again
Sweet pea
Fill them with joy again

Each pace I take and you know why
I write for you and I to try
To take the things that lie around
And turn them into dreams so swift-so proud
It's on a time again
And it's mine again

Sweet thing, loving you is easy
Goodbye sadness when I'm around you
Giving me something I can feel
Down to in bones

Ah, sometimes - maybe just sometimes
Look back on these times and smile
And have the grace to know
What you have seen

And fill you with love again
Sweet pea
(You) fill me with hope again!
My Sweet Pea

Recollected thoughts and songs
Emblems of forgotten words
Remnants of a time so clear
That still rings fresh and true
When the wind is here
It's on a time again
And it's mine again!

Sweet pea, my sweet pea
Heaven knows I got a thing about you
You're the girl to get my heart
Start jumpin' again

Ah, sometimes - baby just sometimes
Look back on these times and smile
And have the grace to know
What you have seen

How it should be - my sweet pea
Only God knows what I feel about you
You're the girl to get my heart
Start pumpin' around

The Future? - its looking at you
It only exists because you're alive
So close your eyes and smile
Your smiles of sweet dreams...

Fill them with love again
Sweet pea
Fill them with joy again
Yes, sweet thing
Fill them with love again
My sweet pea

fox69 · 08.10.2015

"That Dangerous Age"

"That Dangerous Age"

(Shoop... Shoop)
And when he wakes up in the morning
It takes him time to adjust
So sick and tired of the money
(Shoop, he's at that dangerous age)
And all the life that is lost
(Shoop, he's at that dangerous age)

If he could only get it back
How high the world would start to stack
And every chance he gets to fly
He goes far - in his car

He likes three sugars in his coffee
(Shoop, he's at that dangerous age)
He wants that chick in the office
(Shoop, he's at that dangerous age)
He's took to staying up late
(Shoop, he's at that dangerous age)
He's on a much higher rate
(Shoop, he's at that dangerous age)

And in those seconds of a frame
He stops to see and takes the blame
And any chance he gets to run
He goes far - in his car - travelling far

She wears her skirt so much higher
She has the air of a high flyer
(Shoop, she's at that dangerous age)
She gets out on the shooting range
(Shoop, she's at that dangerous age)
And all her friends think she's changed
(Shoop, she's at that dangerous age)
She's at that dangerous age
(Shoop, they're at that dangerous age)
She's at that dangerous age
(Shoop, they're at that dangerous age)

(Shoop, she's at that dangerous age)
(Shoop, she's at that dangerous age)

And when he wakes up in the morning
It takes him time to adjust
So sick and tired of the money
And all the life that is lost

fox69 · 08.10.2015

"That's Entertainment"

"That's Entertainment"

A police car and a screamin' siren
Pneumatic drill and ripped-up concrete
A baby wailing, a stray dog howling
The screech of brakes and lamplight blinking

That's entertainment
That's entertainment

A smash of glass and the rumble of boots
An electric train and a ripped-up phone booth
Paint-splattered walls and the cry of a tomcat
Lights going out and a kick in the balls

I say that's entertainment
That's entertainment
La la la la la, ah
La la la la la, ah

Days of speed and slow-time Mondays
Pissing down with rain on a boring Wednesday
Watching the news and not eating your tea
A freezing cold flat with damp on the walls

I say that's entertainment
That's entertainment
La la la la la
La la la la la

Waking up at 6 A.M. on a cool warm morning
Opening the windows and breathing in petrol
An amateur band rehearsing in a nearby yard
Watching the telly and thinking 'bout your holidays

That's entertainment
That's entertainment
La la la la la, ah
La la la la la, ah
La la la la la, ah
La la la la la

Waking up from bad dreams and smoking cigarettes
Cuddling a warm girl and smelling stale perfume
A hot summer's day and sticky black tarmac
Feeding ducks in the park and wishing you were far away

That's entertainment
That's entertainment

Two lovers kissing masks a scream of midnight
Two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude
Getting a cab and travelling on buses
Reading the grafitti about slashed-seat affairs

I say that's entertainment
That's entertainment
La la la la la, ah
La la la la la, ah
La la la la la, ah
La la la la la
La la la la la, ah
La la la la la, ah
La la la la la, ah
La la la la la
La la la la la, ah
La la la la la, ah
La la la la la, ah

fox69 · 08.10.2015

"The Attic"

"The Attic"

Taken by the sun's glare
I could no longer see
It clear

All day long I'm lonely
Waiting by the phone dear
To call - Baby come home

Round and round and round I go
Lounging round this town y'know

Hanging by this wall on show
But what it shows - I just don't know

Round and round and round I go
Lounging round this town y'know

Hanging by this wall on show
But what it shows - I just don't know

I fall into the ashes
And crash back through the attic
At home - baby come home

Waiting for you only
Waiting for you only

fox69 · 08.10.2015

"The Bottle"
(originally by Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson)

"The Bottle"
(originally by Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson)

See that white boy over there, running scared,
His old man's in a bottle.
Said he gonna quit his 9 to 5,
Now he's drinking full time in a bottle.

See that black boy over there, running scared
His old man got a problem, (and it's a bad one)
Pawned off damn near everything,
His old woman's wedding ring for a bottle.

And don't you think it's a crime
When time, after time, after time, living in the bottle.

See that sister, sure looked fine
'til she started sipping wine from the bottle.
She told me her old man committed a crime
And now he's doing time,
So now she's living in the bottle.

She's out there on the avenue, all by herself
Sure needs help from the bottle.
Preacherman tried to help her out,
She cussed him out and hit him in the head with a bottle.

And don't you think it's a crime
When time, after time, after time, living in the bottle.

See that gent in the wrinkled suit
He done damn near blown his cool to the bottle
He was a doctor helping young girls along
If they wasn't too far gone to have problems.

But defenders of the dollar bill
Said "What you doing, Doc? it ain't legal,"
And now he's in the bottle.
Now we watch him everyday trying to
Chase all the pigeons away from the bottle.

And don't you think it's a crime
When time, after time, after time, living in the bottle.