TOWN CALLED MALICE (Paul Weller)



Better stop dreaming of the quiet life -

cos it's one you'll never know

And quit running for that runaway bus -

cos their rosey days are few

And - stop apologizing 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

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

That 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 kid's 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.



TRANS-GLOBAL EXPRESS (Paul Weller)



Ordinary people don't get time to think

not that it's their fault

cos you have to hustle and bustle about your work

just to make sure the food gets bought

governments threaten you with recession

then they threaten you with war

how the other side wants to take away

all the things you ain't got no more

keep us divided with their greed and hate

keep you struggling to put the food on your plate.



Imagine if tomorrow the workers went on strike

not just British Leyland but the whole world

who would earn their profits?

who would make their bombs?

you'd see the hands of oppression fumble

and their systems crash to the ground

and you men in uniform will have to learn the lesson too

not to turn against your own kind

whenever governments tell you to.



Get the trans-global express moving

and see our marvellous leaders quiver

they know that if it happens

their lazy days are over

the day the working people join together

we'll all rest much more easy

the responsibility you must bear

when it's your own future in your hands

maybe a hard one to face up to

but at least you will own yourself