Paul Weller’s greatest ever lyrics

20 May 2026, 11:25 | Updated: 20 May 2026, 11:28

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?

By Radio X

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1. “Some people might get some pleasure out of hate / Me, I've enough already on my plate”

   Going Underground, 1980

   

   The Jam - Going Underground

2. “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!

3. "Better stop dreaming of the quiet life/'Cause it's the one we'll never know"

   Town Called Malice, 1982

   

   The Jam - Town Called Malice

4. “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)

5. “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)

6. “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

7. “Two lovers kissing amongst the scream of midnight / Two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude”

   That's Entertainment, 1980

   

   The Jam - That's Entertainment

8. “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

9. “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

10. “High tide, mid afternoon / People fly by, in the traffic’s boom”

    Wild Wood, 1993

    

    Paul Weller - Wild Wood

11. “I’d send you a flower - a sunflower bright / 'Cause you cloud my days messing up my nights”

    Sunflower, 1993

    

    Paul Weller - Sunflower

12. “Numbed by the effect, aware of the muse / Too in touch with myself, I light the fuse”

    The Changingman, 1995

    

    Paul Weller - The Changingman

13. “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