You can talk about your neighbor
You can grab him by the collar
You can hurt him only if he hollers
“Let me go, let me go”
But we all know that’s old-fashioned
And it can only lead to pain
Where we might end up on the corner
Taking handouts in the rain
You can kill your foreign brother
You can hurt him until he dies
You can kill him until he never asks you why
You’re on his land, you’re on his land
But we all know that’s all over
And that can only lead to blame
Where we might end up for our country
Taking handouts in the rain
You can trample on your sister
You can hurt her only if she cries
You can hurt her only if she cares
With all her heart, with all her heart
But we all know she’d be a mother
And that could only lead to shame
Where she might end up for her children
Taking handouts in the rain
Teach your children stories
You can fill them full of lies
You can make them all despise
One another, one another
But when they all find out later
And they call us by our rightful names
And send us shamefully to old age
Taking handouts in the rain
Taking handouts in the rain
Taking handouts in the rain
Other lyrics by Paul Weller:
A Glimpse Of You
All down the avenues and Cobbled mews I try to find a way Of getting through As I fall in a way To the edge of the wind Into a symphony, I Lose my way I feel an ocean as …
Burn Out
This inner circle Is bored of you and me There’s no more detailing All that we have seen Thank God that you love her Something good is real Fill those empty houses …
Change What You Can
Blue sky flies above me Morning birds start again They sing so pure and lovely Sing, change what you can If I can rise above it If I can meet this claim I’d break …
Clive’s Song
You run around this whole wide world Can’t get away from the blues Come run all day, run all night You can’t get away from the blues I feel so fine. Feel so …
Daltry Street
(originally by Gramotones) What became of Daltry Street? It disappeared beneath our feet And all the folk I used to meet Are lost will they be found They’ve married …