Depois de ter terminado com o The Jam, um dos maiores sucessos da música inglesa, Paul Weller resolve mudar o rumo de sua carreira artística, isso por volta de 1982. Weller resolve trabalhar com sons mais ligados ao soul, ao jazz, e à música negra americana, coisas que ele achava que não cabiam em uma perfomance de uma banda punk. Por isso, em 1983, junto com o tecladista Mick Talbot, também saído de outra banda mod, a The Merton Parkas, cria o Style Council.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
AC#m The Pub talk, the scandals F#mBmBm7DG Like vandals they try to tear you down. AC#m The whispers turn rumours F#mBmBm7DG There's no truth but that don't stop those cats.
AC#m They need that little bit extra F#mBmBm7DG They don't mind if it's only conjecture.
DE They tried to tell me I wasn't I full time DE I tried to think of an alibi Bm7D I felt so awful I spat in their faces E And ran for my life
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AC#m They need that little bit extra F#mBmBm7DG They don't mind if it's only conjecture.
DE They tried to tell me theirs was the right way DE I tried shout that that was a lie Bm7D I felt so sick I spat on their life styles E With a run away pride!
AC#m Untouched by human hands F#mBmBm7DG 'Cause only God knows I don't call that a man AC#m Who spends his waking days F#mBmBm7DG Telling others what to think and what to say
DE They tried to tell me I wasn't normal DE I tried to say there's no such thing Bm7D I felt so awful I spat in their faces E With a run away pride!