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Paul Weller – I Started a Joke (2025) | Track profile | Dork

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Paul Weller
Find El Dorado
I Started a Joke

TRACK

I Started a Joke

Release date: 24th July 2025

From Find El Dorado

Track 9

4:17

Alternative Music

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About This Track

"I Started a Joke" is a track by Paul Weller, from the album Find El Dorado, released 24th July 2025. The track is 4:17 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about Paul Weller.

About the Artist

Paul Weller

Paul Weller

Lyrics

I Started a Joke

I started a joke
Which started the whole world crying
Oh, but I didn't see
That the joke was on me

I started to cry
Which started the whole world laughing
Oh, if I'd only seen
That the joke was on me

I looked at the sky
Running my hands over my eyes
And I fell out of bed
Hurting my head and things that I said

'Til I finally died
Which started the whole world living
Oh, if I'd only seen
That the joke was on me

I looked at the skies
Running my hands over my eyes
And I fell out of bed
Hurting my head from things that I said

'Til I finally died
Which started the whole world living
Oh, if I'd only seen
That the joke was on me
That the joke was on me, oh

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Track details

From Find El Dorado

4:172025

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Album

Track number

9

Release year

2025

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2Small Town Talk
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3El Dorado
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5One Last Cold Kiss

6When you are a King

8Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire

9I Started a Joke

4:17

10Never the Same

12Nobody’s Fool

14Daltry Street

15Clive’s Song

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb
Writer: Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb & Maurice Gibb
Producer: Steve Cradock
Acoustic Guitar: Steve Brookes, Steve Cradock
Background Vocals: Sally Cradock
Lead Vocals: Paul Weller
Piano: Steve Cradock
Strings: Orchestrate