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Track: When Your Garden's Overgrown
Artist: Paul Weller
Album: More Modern Classics

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Name: Paul Weller
Spotify Genres: britpop
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British rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Born: 25 May 1958 in Sheerwater (Near Woking), Surrey, England, UK. English singer, songwriter, and previous leader of two bands: [a=The Jam] and [a=The Style Council]. In England, he is recognised as something of a national institution yet, because much of his songwriting is rooted in English culture, he has remained essentially a national rather than an international star. He was a central figure in the Mod revival. As the leader of [a=The Jam] he fronted the most popular British band of the punk era, influencing legions of English rockers that ranged from his mod-revival contemporaries to [a=Smiths] in the 1980s and [a=Oasis (2)] in the 1990s. During the final days of The Jam he developed a fascination with [l=Motown] and soul music, which led him to form the sophisti-pop group [a=The Style Council] in 1983. As The Style Council’s career progressed, Weller’s interest in soul moved towards an infatuation with jazz-pop and house music, which led to the gradual erosion of his audience and the eventual split of The Style Council in 1990. Weller launched his solo career in 1992 and by the mid 1990s, he had released three successful albums which were both critically acclaimed and massively popular in England. Then contemporary bands like [a=Ocean Colour Scene] were citing him as an influence. Just as importantly, many observers, while occasionally criticizing the trad-rock nature of his music, acknowledged that Weller was one of the few rock veterans that had managed to stay vital within the second decade of his career. Son of [a=John Weller (2)]. He married [a=Dee C. Lee] in 1987; divorced in 1998. Father of [a=Leah Weller] and [a10310152] (with Dee C. Lee). He became involved with [a=Samantha Stocks] until 2008. He married [a=Hannah Andrews] in September 2010.

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Release: Paul Weller - When Your Garden's Overgrown
Year: 2012
Genres: Rock, Pop
Styles: Pop Rock

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LYRICS

Bobby's off on holiday
Away across the sea
Setting up his easel
A new scene to see
Says that he's had enough
Of standing in the rain
Now he's looking for the good life
With European pain
Did you know
Your garden's overgrown
And what is shown?
Meeting all these pretty girls
Singing golden hair
He's in touch with the painter's mind
And Syd's unflinching stare
Drinking wine in the Moulin Rouge
Sipping kaffee in Berlin
Might take in the colored lights
In the city they call sin

He could see
The writing on the wall
Ten feet tall
But oh there are times
He wished the world
Would fade just into sight
And oh, the feelings that changed
Were thicker than the brush
Strokes of fame
Now he rides the dirt roads
Of old southern Spain
And when senoritas sing
He can hear them say
Did you know
Your garden's overgrown
And what is shown?
He could see
The writing on the wall
Ten feet tall