Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Pretty Green, artist - The Jam. Date of issue: 31.12.2009
Song language: English
Pretty Green |
| I’ve got a pocket full of pretty green — |
| I’m gonna put it in the fruit machine — |
| I’m gonna put it in the juke box — |
| It’s gonna play all the records in the hit parade — |
| This is the pretty green — this is society — |
| You can’t do nothing — unless it’s in the pocket — oh no — |
| I’ve got a pocket full of pretty green — |
| I’m gonna give it to the man behind the counter — |
| He’s gonna give me food and water — |
| I’m gonna eat that and look for more — |
| And they didn’t teach me that in school — |
| It’s something that I learnt on my own — |
| That power is measured by the pound or the fist — |
| It’s as clear as this oh — |
| I’ve got a pocket full of Pretty Green! |
| MONDAY (Paul Weller) |
| Rainclouds came and stole my thunder — |
| Left me barren like a desert |
| But a sunshine girl like you |
| It’s worth going through — |
| I will never be embarrassed about love again. |
| Tortured winds that blew me over — |
| When I start to think that I’m something special |
| They tell me that I’m not — |
| And they’re right and I’m glad and I’m not — |
| I will never be embarrassed about that again. |
| Oh baby I’m dreaming of Monday, |
| Oh baby will I see you again, |
| Oh baby I’m dreaming of Monday. |
| MAN IN THE CORNER SHOP (Paul Weller) |
| Puts up the closed sign does the man in the corner shop |
| Serves his last and says goodbye to him |
| He knows it is a hard life |
| But its nice to be your own boss really |
| Walks off home does the last customer |
| He is jealous of the man in the corner shop |
| He is sick of working at the factory |
| Says it must be nice to be your own boss (really) |
| Sells cigars to the boss from the factory |
| He is jealous is the man in the corner shop |
| He is sick of struggling so hard |
| He says — it must be nice to own a factory |
| Go to church do the people from the area |
| All shapes and classes sit and pray together |
| For here they are all one |
| For God created all men equal. |
| SET THE HOUSE ABLAZE (Paul Weller) |
| I was in the Pub last night |
| When a mutual friend of ours said |
| He’d seen you in the uniform. |
| Yeah the leather belt looks manly |
| The black boots butch |
| But oh what a bastard to get off. |
| Promises, promises |
| They offer real solutions |
| But hatred has never won for long. |
| And something you said set the house ablaze |
| You was so open minded |
| But by someone blinded |
| And now your sign says closed. |
| Promises, promises |
| They offer real solutions |
| But hatred has never won for long. |
| I think we’ve lost our perception — |
| I think we’ve lost sight of the goals we should be working for |
| I think we’ve lost our reason |
| We stumble blindly and that vision must be restored! |
| I wish that there was something |
| I could do about it I wish that there was some way |
| I could try to fight it Scream and shout it — |
| It is called indoctrination |
| And it happens on all levels |
| But it has nothing to do with equality |
| It has nothing to do with democracy |
| And though it professes to It has nothing to do with humanity |
| It is cold hard and mechanical |