Man of Great Promise

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The Style Council

The Style Council were an English band, formed in 1983 by the ex-The Jam singer and guitarist Paul Weller, with keyboardist Mick Talbot. The permanent line-up grew to include drummer Steve White and Weller's then-wife, vocalist Dee C. Lee. Other artists such as Tracie Young and Tracey Thorn (Everything but the Girl) also collaborated with the group. As with Weller's previous band, most of this London based outfit's hits were in their homeland, although the band did score six top 40 hits in Australia, and seven top 40 hits in New Zealand. more »

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1999

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I bought the paper yesterday and I saw the obituary 
And I read of how you died in pain - 
Well I just couldn't understand it 
If I could of changed that, then Lord knows I'd do it now 
But there is no going back - 
And what's done is done forever 

But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt - 
Of every small town institution and every big town flirt 

And I think of what you might have been, 
a man of such great promise 
Oh but, you seem to forget the dream - 
And the more you saw you hated 
But let's not talk of blame, for what is only natural 
Like a moth going to a flame - 
You had a dangerous passion 

But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt - 
Of every small town institution and every big town flirt 

All the things that you might have been - but who am I to say? 
Still I wonder - 
If it's in the cold earth you prefer to lay - 
If it's in the cold earth - you prefer to stay

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