Jam, The - Pretty Green Lyrics






I've got a pocket full of pretty green -
I'm gonna put it in the fruit machine -
I'm gonna put it in the juke box -
It's gonna play all the records in the hit parade -
This is the pretty green - this is society
You can't do nothing - unless it's in the pocket
- oh no -

I've got a pocket full of pretty green
I'm gonna give it to the man behind the counter
He's gonna give me food and water -
I'm gonna eat that and look for more -

And they didn't teach me that in school -
It's something that I learnt on my own -
That power is measured by the pound or the fist -
It's as clear as this oh -

I've got a pocket full of Pretty Green!





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    Muppets!! Pretty greens are pound notes!! Liven up

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    Jeeze, the Jam really are fucking dull as dishwater aren't they? Wow, deep insightful lyrics there Paul you fucking hack.

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    They should rename this song "JD Sport"

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    Great pictures with that graphic all over them. A copyright thing?

  5. m.... s....

    Americans called them greenbacks

  6. G.... C....

    mark ronson has just killed this

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    Foxtons bass line and backing harmony. So underrated. He made the jam sound

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    i'm sorry but Mark Ronson nailed this song

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    A CLASSIC FROM 1980.

  10. M.... M....

    The jam Paul Weller, Bruce foxton, rik buckler all grew up in maybury Woking surrey, great song

  11. j.... m....

    I've have had the vinyl since the year dot. I went into a charity shop the other day a bought it on CD. I mentioned to the clerk that I hadn't listneded to it in about 40 years and the look was 'what you talkin' about?'

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    7 twats

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    cunt!!!!!!!!!

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    @Mark Boxall 13

  13. F.... B....

    HHMM Sad irony before this timeless lyrically perfect tune MCfuckingd advert

  14. H.... B....

    yes ..the clothing range is named after this piece of genius!Sounds brilliant as ever..💙💚

  15. B.... B....

    Just Fuckin brilliant

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    And brilliant isn't the word for it.

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    +Jack Spraker It sure isn't. This song bites.

  16. D.... E....

    They didn't teach me that in school. Great line, great song. Sums up the whole Ursury banking system.

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    late.. but this was the album when I got the Jam

  18. J.... L....

    Man that chorus is just about unbeatable

  19. i.... ....

    very good tbh one of the best jam songs.

  20. C.... T....

    Haven't heard this oasis song before

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    +Pete TheJunkie always get one that doesn't get it lol

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    The fucking div hehehe

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    That's because you wear it

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    oasis sucks balls hard compared to the JAM,,they want it so bad, bbut cant come near

  21. J.... A....

    Classic stuff!

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    pearl jam.

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    'Pearl Jam' suck. 

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    @DoctorBohr thanks for the advice doc!

  23. m.... ....

    Pretty great!

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    Fuckin bootiful bernard!

  25. a.... ....

    This is great! Too many people forget how big a contribution Bruce made to the SOUND of the Jam. If not for his great bass playing and tone, they would not have sounded so good.

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    selma i dont speak spanish,but i love the jam, i'm from chicago

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    They were certainly a great band, perhaps the best to come from the "proper" punk band generation. I would have to say that The Police certainly sold more and were more popular worldwide, and they came from a seed of the punk generation. They developed more quickly into a pop group, which is where Paul Weller took The Jam as they progressed. Love this era of The Jam.

  28. s.... p....

    esas letras arriba de todas las fotos quedan como el locu

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    I can't say strongly enough how good a band The Jam were. In my opinion they were the most influencial UK band, certainly of their era, and maybe since the Beatles.

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    indeed and they actually sang about something as well.

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    peter bowden
    Couldn't have put it any better myself.

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    don't forget the clash