Paul Weller lyrics

Remember how started on a summer's night
Too drunk to care about what might
You turned my head to kiss your lips
Time stood still as my heart skipped a beat

And if I could I'd take your hand and lead you off back to the past
I know a trail, a secret mile, an' better to cry than never smile

The moonlight shining through your flowered curtains
I think we knew it was us for certain

In a momentary lapse of my condition
That sent me tumbling down into a deep despair
Lost and dazed so I had no real recollection
Until the rain cleared the air

When you wake to find that everything has left you
And the clothes you wear belong to someone else
See your shadow chasing off towards the shoreline
Drifting into emptiness

There are bullrushes outside my window

Life's complexities trouble your rise
As you attempt to ascend into the high
Is there nowhere else left to run
But to the Kosmos - men gaze - to look for heaven

Flying high - never come down
Flying high - don't know how to come down

Take a ride into the soon
Be the first one on the moon
Take a slide, come back to earth
It's to the Kosmos - men dare - to look for something

I took a trip down Boundary Lane, try an' find myself again
At least a part I left somewhere, buried under a hedgerow near
A lazy bridge on a hot afternoon, water glistens while it plays a tune
Cloudburst on a rainy day, wiping all my sleep away

Uh huh oh yeh! Uh huh oh yeh! Always there to confuse and fool ya!
Uh huh oh yeh! Uh huh oh yeh! Always there to confuse and fool ya!

Come on in, admission's free
I won't refuse those who wanna see

Bring your loved ones, those you hold dear
Bring them all, there's no restrictions here

But don't look for blame as an easy escape
There's nothing on show that isn't your shame
So come on in, it's a small price to pay
And I won't refuse those who've lost their way

Into the mists of time and space
Where we have no say over date and place
Don't get embarrassed if it happens a lot,
That you don't know how you started or where you're gonna stop
And if at times it seems insane - all the tears in searching;
Turning all your joy to pain - in pursuit of learning;
Buy a dream and hideaway - can't escape the sorrow;

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 way's up.

Above the clouds, what's to be found,

Only surface, just skin deep, when words fly like angels around your feet
Need the something, feel real inside, cling together as together we ride

Round and round and up and down, here we go in this moment in time
Round and round and up and down, here we go again ....

Movin' up to collect our prizes, sinkin' fast into life's surprises

I've heard them all talking, I guess you have too
Adding flickers to the flame
How I've treated you, yes I take the blame
But let me say - that they don't know, the fools don't know
They really don't know that I really didn't mean to hurt you
Oh darling, I didn't mean to hurt you
Please believe me when I say that I didn't mean to hurt you girl

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

The sunny sand we ran along, every day 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, oh 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

I'll meet'cha on a bus at dawn, an open top one if it's warm
And if the flowers are in bloom, I'll lose myself to you

I'll be whistling down a street, you'll hear our footsteps start to meet
Then the craziness begins
An' like chalk and cheese, yeh we'll shoot the breeze
Yeh, headed up west in an open top deck
Oh trying to remember just what for

I could be discontent and chase the rainbows end
I might win much more but lose all that is mine
I could be a lot but I know I'm not
I'm content just with the riches that you bring

I might shoot to win and commit the sin
Of wanting more than I've already got
I could runaway but I'd rather stay
In the warmth of your smile lighting up my day
(the one that makes me say, heh)

i know a place not far from here
where fresh cut grass can fill your hair
and if you want i`ll take you there
if you want i`ll take you there

you took the light out of the dark
where only love can heal your heart
and if you want i`ll make it start
if you want i`ll make it start

this place is a
half hour away
is that so far to go so near
and further on, we`ll find the time

whereever you go
whatever you do
it's pure and simple
i'll be there for you

You've been sayin that im drivin you crazy
And i havent been around for you lately
But ive had a few things on my min

When im with you i am filled with emotion
Cant you see, im given you devotion
And a love like this is hard to find.

**BRIDGE**
I know i've been walkin around in a daze (baby,baby)

Have you ever chased the night
That sailed in front of you
On a boat that's bound for hope
But left you in the queue
With your shouting waving
Taunting flaunting friends as crew
Telling you that every lie
You ever heard was true
Have you stood upon that dock
Have you ever had it blue ooh

Have you ever woke to find
The morning didn't come
Undelivered with the papers
Stolen by someone