Lyric sheets Paul Weller has released a new album
THE WOE KING OF WOKING
The barnet always faultless
The sidemen on the case
His stroppy fifth-form visage
Screwed into a grimace
With fireglow Rickenbacker
And easy-payment suit
In early days were gawky
With boxer's voice to boot
Like Henry Cooper singing
A serenade to Brut
He later found refinement
Became a francophile
Through Kinks and Curtis Mayfield
Took counselling in Style
In Euro chic and suntan
He still refused to smile
Through Winwood out to Wild Wood
Then back to Stanley Road
As handsome as a racehorse
Po-faced as a commode
The ravages of stardom
Unwritten on his face
He's not the smile council
Mind you he's no disgrace
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