Paul Weller - Amongst Butterflies

Video: Paul Weller - Amongst Butterflies - Live - Holland 1995



Paul Weller - Amongst Butterflies (lyrics)

The sunny sand we ran along
Everyday began upon
The summer's kiss of love and adventure

And every dune that we fell into
Left a mark upon us too
Etched forever as a moment we'd remember
And we'd remember

The empty woods where we played
Every hour of every day
The holidays went on forever

And in the woods was a soldier's tomb
The ghost of which looked over you
And God was there amongst the trees
We felt his whisper in the summer's breeze
And every night and every day
I learnt to love it in a special way
As I remember - what it's like to walk amongst butterflies

The Style Council - Interview - TVAM 1983

Video: Paul & Mick with Timmy Mallet on TVAM

Paul Weller - Tin Soldier - THE SMALL FACES

Video: Paul Weller - Tin Soldier


Tin Soldier (lyrics)

I'm a little tin soldier
that wants to jump into your fire
you are a look in your eye
a dream passing by in the sky
I don't understand
all I need is treat me like a man
'cause I ain't no child
take me like I am
I got to know that I belong to you
do anything that you want to do
sing any so song that you want me to sing to you
I don't need no aggravation
I just got to make you
I just got to make you my occupation
I got to know that I belong to you
do anything that you want to do
sing any so song that you want me to sing to you
All I need is your whispered hello
smiles melting the snow
nothing heard
you eyes are deeper than time
say a love that won't rhyme without words
so now I've lost my way
I need help to show me things to say
give me your love before mine fades away
I got to know that I belong to you
do anything that you want to do
sing any so song that you want me to sing to you
oh no no
I just want some reaction
someone to give me satisfaction
all I want to do is stick with you ,'cause I love you

Paul Weller & Steve Cradock - No One In The World - Live

Video: No One In The World


No One In The World (lyrics)

Come down - your tea is on the table
Nothing seems to matter anymore
And if you're good we'll go out on Sunday
Spend the whole day thinking of you
Take you sailing across the water
To a faraway place
Remember when life was lovely
Forever was captured in your smile
When we were young and life was hopeful
No one threatend our existence
We were laughing
They couldn't stop us
No one in the world

Remember when life was lovely
Forever was captured in your smile
When we were young and life was hopeful
No one threatend our existence
We were laughing
They couldn't stop us
No one in the world

Paul Weller plays Whirlpools End on Later

Paul Weller playing Whirlpools End on Later with Jools Holland. Fantastic!!!

Video: Whirlpools End


Whirlpools End (lyrics)

The sun came out & 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 I'm changing again -
Upon a street with no name
It's hard to find me 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 -
And like a film playing in my head
I kept on rolling down green Surrey hills -
In Spring-

Now I don't feel the same way
Feel like I'm changing again
Upon a street with no name
It's hard to find me again -
The sun came out & hung above, over our heads
but far enough to see

Paul Weller - Above The Clouds

Video: Above The Clouds


Above The Clouds (lyrics)

Autumn blew its leaves at me,
Threatening winter as I walked.
Summer always goes so quick, barely stopping like my thoughts.
Which dip and spin and change so fast
I have to wonder - will I last.

Through the windows of the train,
I caught reflections of a paper cup,
Hanging small in a pale blue sky,
Never knowing which ways up.

Above the clouds, whats to be found,
I have to wonder - will I be around.
As my anger shouts - at my own self doubt,
So a madness creeps - into my dreams
When youre scared of living - but afraid to die
I get scared of giving - and I must find the faith to beat it

I must be me thats rushing by,
Time just lingers on the wind.
Bristlin through my open fears,
I wonder what its going to bring.

Above the clouds, whats to be found,
I have to wonder - will I be around.

Run and hide, run and hide
I catch the sail at evenings tide.

Paul Weller at The Brits 2006

Video: Medley with: Come On/Let's Go, The Changingman and Town Called Malice


Come On/Let's Go (lyrics)

You have never been there
Till you’ve heard the fat girl sing
Then nothing else matters
Everything just pales with in

Hanging round the corners
Shouting at the top of your voice
Sing you little fuckers
Sing like you got no choice

I believe it’s true
We are everywhere
And I feel the wind
And it feels so high

There really is no purpose
Definitely is no need
To go running round the houses
Like a racehorse on speed

I believe again
We are everything
And I feel the wind
And it gets so high

Come on
Baby let’s go
Oo come on
Baby let’s go

You say where to
I say I don’t know
I just need to run
And you need it too
And I catch your eye
And I feel the wind
And it feels so high

We’re planting up the acorns
Wondering to where they’ll lead
We’re planting up the acorns
Wondering to where they’ll seed

Come on
Baby let’s go
Yeah come on
Baby let’s go

You say where to
I say I don’t know

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The Changingman (lyrics)

Is happiness real?
Or am I so jaded
I can't see or feel - like a man been tainted
Numbed by the effect - aware of the muse
Too in touch with myself - I light the fuse

I'm the changingman - built on shifting sands
I'm the changingman - waiting for the bang-
As I light a bitter fuse

Time is on loan - only ours to borrow
What I can't be today - I can be tomorrow

And the more I see - the more I know
The more I know - the less I understand.

I'm the changingman - built on shifting sands
I'm the changingman - waiting for the bang-
To light a bitter fuse

It's a bigger part -
When our instincts act
A shot in the dark -
A movement in black

And the more I see - the more I know
The more I know - the less I understand.

I'm the changingman - built on shifting sands
(I don't have a plan)
I'm the changingman - waiting for the bang-
To light a bitter fuse

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Town Called Malice (lyrics)

Better stop dreaming of the quiet life -
cos it's the one we'll never know
And quit running for that runaway bus -
cos those rosey days are few
And - stop apologising for the things you've never done,
Cos time is short and life is cruel -
but it's up to us to change
This town called malice.
Rows and rows of disused milk floats
stand dying in the dairy yard
And a hundred lonely housewives clutch empty milk
bottles to their hearts
Hanging out their old love letters on the line to dry
It's enough to make you stop believing when tears come
fast and furious
In a town called malice.

Struggle after struggle - year after year
The atmosphere's a fine blend of ice -
I'm almost stone cold dead
In a town called malice.

A whole street's belief in Sunday's roast beef
gets dashed against the Co-op
To either cut down on beer or the kids new gear
It's a big decision in a town called malice.

The ghost of a steam train - echoes down my track
It's at the moment bound for nowhere -
just going round and round
Playground kids and creaking swings -
lost laughter in the breeze
I could go on for hours and I probably will -
but I'd sooner put some joy back
In this town called malice.

Ocean Colour Scene - The Poacher (Paul Weller & Noel Gallagher)

Video: The Poacher


The Poacher - Ronnie Lane (lyrics)

Was fresh and bright and early
I went towards the river
But nothing still has altered just the seasons ring a change
There stood this old timer
For all the world's first poacher
His mind upon his tackle
And these words upon his mind:

Bring me fish with eyes of jewels
And mirrors on their bodies
Bring them strong and bring them bigger
Than a newborn child

Well I've no use for riches
And I've no use for power
And I've no use for a broken heart
I'll let this world go by

There stood this old timer
For all the world's first poacher
His mind upon his tackle
And these words upon his mind:

Bring me fish with eyes of jewels
And mirrors on their bodies
Bring them strong and bring them bigger
Than a newborn child

Paul Weller - Arrival Time

Video: Arrival Time (Recorded at the city square Milano in 1992)

Paul Weller - Interview - The Jam

Paul Weller Interview Sweden 1981.



Swedish TV presenter: In Sweden, 'The Jam' means jelly... but that isn't what you mean, is it?
Paul Weller: No.
Swedish TV presenter: So what do you mean?
Paul Weller: It doesn't matter. Ask me a serious question.

Paul Weller & The Charlatans - A Town Called Malice

Soundcheck at the 'Versus Cancer' Gig MEN Manchester 30th March 2007.

Paul Weller - Art

Painted by R. A Sidwell

Music: You Do Something To Me

Aaronu - Creative workshop
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ralph.sidwell/pages/home.html