| Song | A Man of Great Promise |
| Artist | The Style Council |
| Album | The Sound Of The Style Council |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| 作曲 : Paul Weller | |
| 作词 : Weller | |
| 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 the cold earth you prefer to lay - | |
| If it's the cold earth - you prefer to stay |
| zuo qu : Paul Weller | |
| zuo ci : Weller | |
| 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 the cold earth you prefer to lay | |
| If it' s the cold earth you prefer to stay |
| zuò qǔ : Paul Weller | |
| zuò cí : Weller | |
| 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 the cold earth you prefer to lay | |
| If it' s the cold earth you prefer to stay |