Paul Weller’s best lyrics
6 September 2023, 14:00
From The Jam to The Style Council to solo, Paul Weller has written some amazing songs and iconic lyrics o go with them. Is your favourite on here?
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“Some people might get some pleasure out of hate / Me, I've enough already on my plate”
Going Underground, 1980
The Jam - Going Underground
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“Are you gonna try to make this work / Or spend your days down in the dirt”
Walls Come Tumbling Down, 1985
The Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down!
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“Stop apologising for the things you've never done / 'Cos time is short and life is cruel”
Town Called Malice, 1982
The Jam - Town Called Malice
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“For the bitterest pill is hard to swallow / The love I gave hangs in sad coloured, mocking shadows”
The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow), 1982
The Jam - The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
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“My hard earned dough goes in bills and the larder / And that Prince Philip tells us we gotta work harder!”
Just Who Is The 5 O'clock Hero? 1982
The Jam - Just Who Is The 5 o'Clock Hero (HD)
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“It's not important for you to know my name nor I to know yours / If we communicate for two minutes only it will be enough”
Start! 1980
The Jam - Start
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“Two lovers kissing amongst the scream of midnight / Two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude”
That's Entertainment, 1980
The Jam - That's Entertainment
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“Sup up your beer and collect your fags - there's a row going on down near Slough”
The Eton Rifles, 1979
The Jam - The Eton Rifles
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“They smelt of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings”
Down In The Tube Station At Midnight, 1978
The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
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“High tide, mid afternoon / People fly by, in the traffic’s boom”
Wild Wood, 1993
Paul Weller - Wild Wood
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“I’d send you a flower - a sunflower bright / 'Cause you cloud my days messing up my nights”
Sunflower, 1993
Paul Weller - Sunflower
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“Numbed by the effect, aware of the muse / Too in touch with myself, I light the fuse”
The Changingman, 1995
Paul Weller - The Changingman
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“I don't need a ship to sail in stormy weather / I don't need you to ruffle the feathers of my Peacock Suit”
Peacock Suit, 1996
Paul Weller - Peacock Suit
