Paul Weller

[fox69]

"As You Lean Into The Light"

"As You Lean Into The Light"



Gentle rain
Here it comes again
Rattling 'round your window, threatening pain
Coming on like a friend, but you know better than
Yesterday that held you by a different hand
Hail and stone
And all that's gone
When everything that passes, cuts to the bone
Turning like a wheel dragging a heavy stone
A weight that ties you down that you will never own

Strange to see, a paper smile on thee
When once you moved and light the room
For us all to be
Now if I could be the sun I'd shine in your life
If I could be the rain, I'd rain from your eyes
And I'd wash away the emptiness you feel inside

 

[fox69]

"Back In The Fire"

"Back In The Fire"



Dreams Schemes and everythings
Fill the dusty corners of your mind -
As cars, boats and aeroplanes
Just remind you of a better time

As love's hopes and everyone's
Anyone worth a minute of your time -
When unhampered by the agents,
Of the governors of the faceless so opaque,
As bare tree's and winter winds
Just confine you to - a bitter place
A time you can't face-
A peace of your mind

We should be playing in the sunshine
Happy to be part of everything,
Not handled, greedy handlers
Brought down and destroyed
By their own ways-
Liars! Liars! - smoking on pipes.
Dimwit fires
Who Just throw it in their way-
And how's your father today
Was he caught in the rain?
Waiting on a Bed
Putting up with the pain
Your three wishes expire
Now your back in the fire
Lock the genie in the shed
Put a pistol to his head

Not handcuffed to some wanker
Who doesn't know me
(and doesn't see (that) our lives are made-
(on) from all the efforts,
Of the masses,
And all the people who deserve a better - fate

Than a time you can't trace
No peace in your mind
A time you can't place
Now your back in the race-
Your three wishes expired
Now your back in the fire
(your three wishes expired -
Now your back in the fire)

See you just can't play
Now without a say
Always got to be the man
Always got to have the plan-
It doesn't run that way
Into the ether you'll say
(your three wishes expired -
Now your back in the fire)

Your three wishes expired -
Now your back in the fire

 

[fox69]

"Bag Man"

"Bag Man"



You may find me in the street somewhere
I may be floatin' round the bins
I'm looking for something
Something's looking for me
I don't know what it is

True connection to the open sky
That always calls to me
Like I'm waiting for something
That I've seen somewhere
I don't know where that was

Daylight time for bag man
To carry home his heavy load of nothing

Daylight time for bag man
To carry home his heavy load of nothing

Try to catch me in the morning air
Try to see me as I swim
I'd sooner be looking
Than to know everything
In every part of me

Daylight time for bag man
To carry home his heavy load of nothing
To carry home his heavy load of nothing.

 

[fox69]

"Be Happy Children"

"Be Happy Children"


Oh my loved ones
Look long into the night
Your daddy's gone
But only for a while

And in the darkness
Of God's great sky
Know my heart is always with you
And there's really no need to cry

Come on

[Chorus:]
Think upon
Look along
Be happy children
Think upon
Look along
Be happy children

Sleep now, safe and tight
Think with such joy
Of what tomorrow might bring
Be happy children

For my love knows no limit
When it comes to loving you
And my heart is always with you
And I'm always on your side

Sleep now, safe and tight
Think with such joy
Of what tomorrow might bring
Be happy children

[Chorus x2]

 

[fox69]

"Birds"
(originally by Neil Young)

"Birds"
(originally by Neil Young)



Lover, there will be another one
Who'll hover over you beneath the sun
Tomorrow see the things that never come
Today

When you see me
Fly away without you
Shadow on the things you know
Feathers fall around you
And show you the way to go
It's over, it's over.

Nestled in your wings my little one
This special morning brings another sun
Tomorrow see the things that never come
Today

When you see me
Fly away without you
Shadow on the things you know
Feathers fall around you
And show you the way to go
It's over, it's over.

 

[fox69]

"Bitterness Rising"

"Bitterness Rising"



Unfit to live in, just about fit to burst
Like the banks of a swollen river, as bitterness does its worst
Working on your feelings, eating you all up
You have to shed that shit to move on, let love carry you on up

(It's just) bitterness rising, taking you off
Bitterness rising, you gotta shake those feelings off

Unfair to give in and never change its course
If you have the choice before you, you must take it with a force
Or the past will take you, keep you from the truth
As bitterness rises from the ashes of your youth

(It's just) bitterness rising, taking you off
Bitterness rising, you gotta shake those feelings off

Moments in time, finding the space, to be what'cha wanna be
The things you never got, life you never had
The dreams that you once dreamed
Waiting your time, finding the space, to be what'cha wanna be
Well just be!

Or the past will take you, keep you from the truth
As bitterness rises from the ashes of your youth
(It's just) bitterness rising, taking you off
Bitterness rising, you gotta shake those feelings off

 

[fox69]

"Black Is The Colour"

"Black Is The Colour"



Black is the color of my true love's hair
Her lips are like some roses fair
She has the sweetest smile and the gentlest hands
And I love the ground whereon she stands.

I love my love and well she knows
I love the ground whereon she goes
I wish the day it soon would come
When she and I could be as one.

I go to the Clyde, and I mourn and weep
For satisfied I never can be
I'll write her a letter, just a few short lines
And I owe death a thousand times

Black is the color of my true love's hair
Her lips are like red roses fair
She has the sweetest smile
And the gentlest hands
And I love the ground whereon she stands.

 

[fox69]

"Black River"

"Black River"



Black River
Black River
Black River

The story's still unfolding,
And like a river rolling,
It's always moving like a tide.
Seemingly unchanging,
But, of course nothing stays the same.

You'll see...

Black River
Black River
Black River

And if I scratch the surface,
And try to look to learn it,
Oh what fantastic worlds I'll find.
Stay with me forever,
Buried deep inside my mind.

You'll see...

Sha la la, la la

I'm casting out my line
Although its floating back
Who knows what I'll find

We'll see...

It's early in the morning,
I watched a raindrop falling,
So slender, tender, from a leaf.
It stays with me forever,
Buried deep inside of me.

You'll see...

Black River
Black River
Black River

Black River
Black River
Black River

Black River... You drifter.

 

[fox69]

"Black Sheep Boy"
(originally by Okkervil River)

"Black Sheep Boy"
(originally by Okkervil River)



Here I am back home again
And I'm here to rest
All they ask is where I've been
Knowing I've been west -

I'm the family's unknown boy
Golden curls and envy hair
Pretty girls with faces fair
See the shine in the black sheep boy -

If you love me let me live in peace
And please understand
That the black sheep can wear the golden fleece
And hold the winning hand

 

[fox69]

"Blink And You'll Miss It"

"Blink And You'll Miss It"



Can nobody love you
Like I love you, yeah
Can nobody need you
Like I need you, yeah

While you got your head in the clouds
And talking so loud
Can't you see past the stages
It's only when you finally arrive
That you'll recognise
You been going through changes

Oh changes

Can nobody kiss you
Like I miss you, yeah
Can nobody tame you
Ain't no chains to hold you

While you got your head in the clouds
And talking so loud
Can't you read past the pages
It's only when you finally arrive
That you'll recognise
You been going through changes

Oh changes
Ah changes
Oh changes
Ah changes

While you got your head in the clouds
And talking so loud
Can't you see past the stages
It's only when you finally arrive
That you'll recognise
You been going through changes

Oh changes
Ah changes
Oh changes
Oh

Blink! And you just might miss it
Blink! And you just might miss it
Blink! And you just might miss it
Blink! And you just might miss it