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Album Review

Release date: 16 April 2010

Paul Weller - Wake Up The Nation

Album Review: Paul Weller - 'Wake Up The Nation' (Island)

Our Godlike Genius 2010 casts away the laurels in favour of fresh, fiery songcraft on this riotous, inventive rebirth

Take a moment to compare Paul Weller to his 1977 classmates, and you’ll find that nowadays everyone’s either dead, virtually senile or beyond caring. Sting ? Plays the lute. Geldof ? No chance. Mick Jones ? Content with backing up Damon Albarn . Even Lydon ’s decided to revive his role as the fairy godmother of panto punk for the 1,056th time. True, there are some ( MacGowan ,...

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The Jam star also released a limited edition 7" for the event

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Paul Weller - Wake Up The Nation Lyrics

Paul Weller - Moonshine Lyrics

Dine-Weller

A bag of nerves
I seem to suppress

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Paul Weller - Wake Up the Nation Lyrics

Fish from the paper, fresh from the sea
The cracks in the pavement, the city in siege
I don't know where to replace it or who to believe
Can't find on the pavement or lay on his knees

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Paul Weller - No Tears to Cry Lyrics

If you don't want to see me fall
Turn your face to the wall
There's no face left to hide
There's no tears to cry

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Paul Weller - Fast Car/ Slow Traffic Lyrics

Slow traffic, slow traffic
Slow traffic, slow traffic
Slow traffic, slow traffic
Slow traffic, slow traffic

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Paul Weller - Andromeda Lyrics

Tiny, tiny shades of light
Came dancing gently through my window
As I waved goodbye
To my other life

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Paul Weller - In Amsterdam Lyrics

Meet me in Amsterdam
Outside the hotel 'Americans'

Don't be late

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Paul Weller - She Speaks Lyrics

Ebb and flow, weak and strong
Ebb and flow, weak and strong
Ebb and flow, weak and strong
Ebb and flow, weak and strong

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Paul Weller - Find the Torch, Burn the Plans Lyrics

Dream the dream if you can't
Find your way though the sand

Sing it like you already own it

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Paul Weller - Aim High Lyrics

Aim high, hum along, lady
Too shy, bite my tongue and maybe
Unfair if you ever leave me
Need you like water needs a flower

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Paul Weller - Trees Lyrics

Well, once I was a lover
With beautiful long brown hair
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

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Paul Weller - Grasp & Still Connect Lyrics

I'm around, did you just not want me?
Hope the time will never come
I'm not out to steal your money
Wanna spend my time with you

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Paul Weller - 7 & 3 Is The Striker's Name Lyrics

Little prick, you're crossing every line
The winds of change and the sands of time
7 & 3 is the striker's name
Washing his hands as he walks away

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Paul Weller - Up the Dosage Lyrics

Dine-Weller

There's twelve steps to Eddie Cochran baby
Two flowers growing through

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Paul Weller - Pieces of a Dream Lyrics

Like pieces of a dream
All shattered on a screen
Reflected in the shade
(Reflected in the shade)

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Paul Weller - Two Fat Ladies Lyrics

Dine-Weller

Two fat ladies at my door'
Over the hills and far much more

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