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Away From The Numbers Lyrics
Things are getting just too cozy for me
And I see people as they see me
Going to break away and gain control
You free your mind
You free your soul
I was the type who knocked at old men
(history’s easy)
Who together at tables sit and drink beer
(somewhere is really)
Then I saw that I was really the same
So this link’s breaking away from the chain
Away from the numbers
Away from the numbers
Is where I’m going to be
Away from the numbers
Away from the numbers
Is where I am free
I was sick and tired of my little niche
Well going to break away and find where life is
And all those fools I thought were my friends
(coaching is easy)
They now stare at me and don’t see a thing
(reality’s so hard)
Till their life is over and they start to moan
How they never had the chance to make good
Away from the numbers
Away from the numbers
Is where I’m going to be
Away from the numbers
(away from the numbers)
Away from the numbers
Is where I am free
Is where I am free
Is where I’m going to be
Is reality
Reality’s so hard, reality’s so hard...
And I see people as they see me
Going to break away and gain control
You free your mind
You free your soul
I was the type who knocked at old men
(history’s easy)
Who together at tables sit and drink beer
(somewhere is really)
Then I saw that I was really the same
So this link’s breaking away from the chain
Away from the numbers
Away from the numbers
Is where I’m going to be
Away from the numbers
Away from the numbers
Is where I am free
I was sick and tired of my little niche
Well going to break away and find where life is
And all those fools I thought were my friends
(coaching is easy)
They now stare at me and don’t see a thing
(reality’s so hard)
Till their life is over and they start to moan
How they never had the chance to make good
Away from the numbers
Away from the numbers
Is where I’m going to be
Away from the numbers
(away from the numbers)
Away from the numbers
Is where I am free
Is where I am free
Is where I’m going to be
Is reality
Reality’s so hard, reality’s so hard...
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Classic jam. Great chords and bass to go along with it.
Paul Weller hated the popular afternoon tv programme "countdown" especially the "numbers" game, hence Away from the numbers! Simple but effective.Genius!
TO be a bit more serious, it's basically about individuality and 'finding yourself'. Which I think is farily obvious anyway.
TO be a bit more serious, it's basically about individuality and 'finding yourself'. Which I think is farily obvious anyway.
The thing about Countdown can't be true because the programme didn't start until 1982, but the song Away From The Numbers is from the 1977 album In The City.
The thing about Countdown can't be true because the programme didn't start until 1982, but the song Away From The Numbers is from the 1977 album In The City.