22nd February 2001, 9.12pm
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THE STORY OF SOMEONE S SHOE by THE STYLE COUNCIL
Words and Music by Paul Weller
From the LP Confessions Of A Pop Group (Polydor, 1988)
Chords used:
(Capo on first fret)
: xx0230 /: x1432x : 022002 : 022030 : 353353
: x20222 : 3x0002 : xx0202 : x20033 : xx0232
: 3x0002 : xx0222 : x24432 /: x04222
: 5x5433 F#m7dim5: 2x221x : x04432 : xx4332
: x02220 : 2x2222 : x02222 /: x1232x
It s either something in their eyes,
Or something in the drink
But whatever it is they both stop and think
There s no going back and nothing above
/
It s lust and loneliness but never love.
She takes a breath as he takes his keys
F#m7dim5
First name terms is the extent of it
There s no getting out as they re going in
/
But by tomorrow they both will begin
To regret and renege on a bond they have struck
/
A small price to pay and casual luck
Some lose nothing, some lose a lot
But whatever we have is all we have got.
He takes her hand and leads to the room
In half light and silence for their clothes to remove
There s doubt in her mind but hope in her heart
/
That this last one of many may be the start.
So they wriggle and writhe for an hour or two
F#m7dim5
But time has no place when two are consumed.
They moan and they gasp but they don t really speak
/
As no conversation could fit this scene.
F#m7dim5
(vocal scat)
/
And tomorrow as always, always comes
As she slips away, He still dumb
He felt the urge just as she felt the need
/
Now the need to get out, still carrying his seed,
Which trickles down her leg and onto her shoe
F#m7dim5
Onto the pavement and then out of view
Into the gutter and down into a drain
/
Joining a river and there to remain
There s no going back and there s nothing above
/
It s lust or loneliness that drives us alone
/
It s lust and loneliness, but it s seldom love.