There are at least nine artists with the name Paul Kelly:
1) an Austral… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least nine artists with the name Paul Kelly:
1) an Australian singer-songwriter
2) an American film and TV composer
3) an American soul singer & songwriter
4) an Irish folk singer and songwriter
5) a member of British bands Birdie and East Village
6) a member of English rock band Northern Uproar
7) an English multi-instrumentalist for The Islanders
8) an American bass player
9) a member of The Martial Arts, BMX Bandits and How to Swim

1) Paul Kelly is an Australian singer-songwriter, based in Melbourne, and widely considered as an icon of Australian music. He has released music under his own name and as Paul Kelly and the Messengers, Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls, and Paul Kelly and the Stormwater Boys. His output has ranged from bluegrass to studio-oriented dub reggae, but his core output comfortably straddles folk, rock, and even some country. His lyrics, simply and laconically voiced, have managed to speak to Australian experiences and history perhaps more broadly and directly than any other artist.

2) Paul Kelly is an American composer based in New York City. He is the talent that brings music to the world of film, TV, and advertising. He has been sought after by renowned directors, like Oliver Stone, for his blockbuster films, Savages, Any Given Sunday, Comandante and Oscar-Nominated short film Everything In This Country Must. Glowing reviews that Kelly has received, can be seen in the following from Thom Jurek, Soundings in Film, who say, “His moving sound constructions are full of emotions and moods — not all of them pleasant — and his takes on funk, rock, and blues are not journeyman, but those of a musician who takes these art forms seriously and seeks to represent them accurately in his utterances. Kelly may be a sketcher, but his sketches stand on their own outside the realm of the image,” and Frank O. Gutch Jr, Evolution In Film, who give glowing context to the work of Kelly in the following, “Paul Kelly knows what music is. He knows that it can be a setup, a climax, or an anticlimax. He knows the value of music applied to other media. More than that, he knows music. Not at all unlike a classical composer or even the rock band which plays beyond the fringe, he creates music for a reason.”
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3) Paul Kelly (born Paul Laurence Dunbar Kelly in Overtown, Miami, Florida, USA on 19 June 1940) is an American Soul singer, musician and producer. He is best known for the song "Stealing in the Name of the Lord", which was a hit in 1970. And in 1974 another hit with "Hooked, Hogtied & Collared" from the album with the same title. He also wrote "Personally", which has been widely-covered, and was a hit for soul singer Jackie Moore, as well as country singers Karla Bonoff and Ronnie McDowell. Other songs have been covered by gospel artists, including The Mighty Clouds Of Joy and The Staple Singers.

4) Paul Kelly (born 1957 in Dublin) is an Irish folk singer and songwriter. He has played Irish traditional music, bluegrass and country, and is equally at home in a variety of different styles of music.

5) Paul Kelly is a British member of Birdie and East Village

6) Paul Kelly is a member of English rock band Northern Uproar

7) Paul Kelly is an English multi-instrumentalist for The Islanders

8) Paul Kelly is an American bass player

9) a member of The Martial Arts, BMX Bandits and How to Swim

Love Never Runs On Time
Paul Kelly Lyrics

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I pulled out of the suburbs by sunset.
Rain was falling, it looked like it would for a while.
I had a radio, six-pack and some cigarettes.
The radio died after the first hundred miles.

I sang all the way to the border
And guess who starred in every rhyme.
Ah you know and I know that love never runs on time.

I followed that old river 'til the morning.
I stopped, I don't remember the name of the town.
But the colour of the coffee was a warning,
It was the colour of the river but not nearly as brown.

The waitress poured me another,
I guess she was .. feeling kind (alt: the mind reading kind).
You know and I know that love never runs on time.

You're lost in the traffic.
I've been asking around, but you haven't been seen.
I never thought we were perfect.
Oh but darling - what we could have been!

The rain came and went all the next day.
I pulled over sometime for a sleep on the side.
Then I gunned it back out on the highway,
Hit a big pot-hole and the radio came alive.

I never heard a love song yet
That I could call yours and mine.
Cause you know and I know that love never runs on time.

I never heard a love song yet

That I could call yours and mine.
Cause you know and I know that love never runs on time

Overall Meaning

The song Love Never Runs On Time by Paul Kelly is a story of a man who leaves the suburbs and embarks on a road trip to get over a lost love. The man is travelling to the border, which could be the border of the city or country, to escape his past and move on with his life, but as he drives, he realizes that he can't escape the memories and the pain. The first stanza describes his journey with a six-pack and cigarettes in hand, but as he moves on, the radio dies, and he realizes that absence of music mirrors the absence of love in his life. In the second stanza, he stops at a café in a small town and laments about the memories of his love.

Throughout the song, the significance of time is portrayed as an essential element in the man's journey to move on. Though he is on a road trip to escape his past, he can't seem to get over the lost love. The radio coming back to life after hitting a pot-hole is symbolic of how he is jolted back to his reality and tries to find a love song that he can call his own. The song culminates in the realization that love never runs on time and is a journey in itself, like the singer's road trip.

Overall, the song carries the message that time heals all wounds, and one can only hope for the best, even in times of heartbreak.

Line by Line Meaning

I pulled out of the suburbs by sunset.
I left the city outskirts at the end of daylight

Rain was falling, it looked like it would for a while.
It was raining and looked like it would keep raining for a long time

I had a radio, six-pack and some cigarettes.
I had a radio, some beer, and smokes with me

The radio died after the first hundred miles.
My radio stopped working after one hundred miles

I sang all the way to the border
I sang all the way to the border

And guess who starred in every rhyme.
Someone very special starred in every one of my songs

Ah you know and I know that love never runs on time.
As you and I know, love never adheres to any fixed schedule

I followed that old river 'til the morning.
I followed the river until the morning

I stopped, I don't remember the name of the town.
I stopped but don't recollect the name of that place

But the colour of the coffee was a warning,
The coffee color was a hint

It was the colour of the river but not nearly as brown.
It was brown, similar to the river's color yet different

The waitress poured me another,
The waitress gave me another cup of coffee

I guess she was .. feeling kind (alt: the mind reading kind).
Perhaps she was being kind (or maybe even knew how I felt)

You know and I know that love never runs on time.
You and I both acknowledge that love doesn't have a fixed agenda

You're lost in the traffic.
You're stuck in traffic.

I've been asking around, but you haven't been seen.
I've been asking around, but no one has seen you

I never thought we were perfect.
I never believed that we were perfect

Oh but darling - what we could have been!
Oh, darling! Just imagine what we could've achieved together!

The rain came and went all the next day.
It rained on and off through the following day

I pulled over sometime for a sleep on the side.
I pulled over and took a nap on the side of the road

Then I gunned it back out on the highway,
Then I drove back onto the highway quicker

Hit a big pot-hole and the radio came alive.
Hit a large pothole, and the radio started playing again

I never heard a love song yet
I have never heard a love song

That I could call yours and mine.
That I could relate to and associate with you

Cause you know and I know that love never runs on time.
Because you and I both recognize that love doesn't follow a set pattern

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I pulled out of the suburbs by sunset
Rain was falling, it looked like it would for a while
I had a radio, a six-pack and some cigarettes
The radio died after the first hundred miles
I sang all the way to the border and guess who starred in every rhyme
Ah you know and I know that love never runs on time

I followed that old river 'til the morning
I stopped, I don't remember the name of the town
But the colour of the coffee was a warning
It was the colour of the river but not nearly as brown
The waitress poured me another, I guess she was feeling kind
You know and I know that love never runs on time

You're lost in the traffic
I've been asking around, but you haven't been seen
I never thought we were perfect
Oh but darling-what we could have been!

The rain came and went all the next day
I pulled over sometime for a sleep on the side
Then I gunned her back out on the highway
Hit a big pot-hole and the radio came alive
I never heard a love song yet that I could call yours and mine
'Cause you know and I know that love never runs on time