The Style Council
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The Style Council
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The Style Council
The Style Council
The Style Council
The Style Council
The Style Council
The Style Council
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This is about the girl on the cover of Beat Surrender, Gill Price, who also happened to be Paul Weller’s first serious long-term girlfriend. It was written and recorded shortly after he and Dee C got married and almost immediately had a kid. It’s that kind of retrospective.
Of all the things that money can buy
Freedoms never cheap
But all the things she needed in life - she had no need to keep
Of all the things she asked of me
None were ever fun
And I'm no good at acting while - the cameras on the run
Don't you know - she threw it all away
I wonder how she feels today
She threw it all away
I wonder if she's there to stay
I tried, a bit, to change into - something that I'm not
But trying to mould with dynamite is like giving lions spots
Guess you knew - she threw it all away
Don't shed a tear there's no need to cry
She threw it all away
I played both parts in the fool and I
Yes, I know you're hurting inside
But I can't stop those tears in your eyes, falling from your face
Everytime you fall apart
I knew at the start - when it happened again
It was the start of the end for us
With all the things that money can buy
You'll never be alone
But thankfully you remembered the words
To I "Can't Buy Me Love"
Guess you knew - she threw it all away
Don't shed a tear there's no need to cry
She threw it all away
I played both parts in the fool and I
She threw it all away
I wonder how she feels today
She threw it all away
I wonder if she's there to stay
How She Threw It All Away was written by Paul Weller.
How She Threw It All Away was produced by Mick Talbot & Paul Weller.
The Style Council released How She Threw It All Away on Mon Jun 20 1988.