Joan Armatrading

[fox69]

"Steppin' Out"

"Steppin' Out"



I'm gonna step out of emotion
Break events that bring me down
I'm so uncertain
But it's my fault
For letting you distract me
There's trouble now
I'm on the edge
Steppin' out
Steppin' out
Step out of emotion
Steppin' out of love

I don't want no contradiction
Your navigation's gone haywire
Your little arrow
Oh it's missed my heart by miles
You better hide
Your self-satisfied smile
Cos I'm steppin' out
Steppin' out
Right out of devotion
Steppin' out of love

Steppin' out
Steppin' out
Steppin' out
Right out of commotion
Steppin' into life

I'm gonna give myself promotion
Award myself a great big star
I'm not so certain
That I won't make that star a crown
Because I'm free
I'm alone with me
Steppin' out
Steppin' out
Right out of commotion
I'm steppin' into life

I'm gonna give myself promotion
Award myself a great big star
I'm not so certain
That I won't make that star a crown
Oh I'm free
I'm alone with me
Steppin' out
Steppin' out
Right out of commotion
I'm steppin' into life

Steppin' out
Steppin' out
Steppin' out...

 

[fox69]

"Straight Talk"

"Straight Talk"



Every time I try to tell you
Just what's on my mind
You try
And calm me down
But this thing's got to come out
In the open some time
Yeah

You've been seeing
Somebody else
Behind my back
It don't seem fair
I'm the one who ends up
Looking like trash
Straight talk

I'm seriously thinking
That your brain is in revers
Don't try and change my track
I'm gonna spell out something
remember where you heard it first
Yeah

You had my respect
I believed I had your
Respect back
But that's all changed
Now I find you really silly
Straight talking

Oooo you get these weird ideas
Oooo let's get your image clear
You're not bad
But you're no
No Romeo
You know that
No Romeo
You know that
You know that
You know that

Every time I try to tell you
Every time I try to tell you
Got to come out in the open sometime
Oooo you get these weird ideas
Oooo let's get your image clear
You're not bad
But you're no
No Romeo
You know that
No Romeo
You know that
You know that
You know that

Every time I try to tell you
Every time I try to tell you
Got to come out in the open sometime
You've been seeing
Somebody else behind my back
And it don't seem fair
I'm the one who ends up
Looking like trash
Had my respect
I believed I had your
Respect back
But that's all changed
I just find you really silly
Straight talk

 

[fox69]

"Strange"

"Strange"



Strange
How everything feels so strange
Since you walked out on me

I should be feeling blue
I should be feeling sad
But strange
So strange
I'm not crying over you

Strange
How this place
Once too small
No room to breathe
Now overpowers me

Now I'm free to choose
I only see the walls
Closing in on me
It's so strange
So strange
I am not missing you

When I was a girl
I dreamed about you
And for a while
You made my life a dream
But now it's all over
And it all seems so

Strange
How the real stories end
No happy ever after
No beginning again

Strange
So strange
It's so strange
I am not missing you

Strange
So Strange
I am not missing you

 

[fox69]

"Stronger Love"

"Stronger Love"



You won't let me
Meet all your friends
You say
It's for the best
But my instincts
I always follow
I believe
You're jealous
You use words
Like a weapon
You want to
Cut me down
Cut me down
Your affection
Leaves an emptiness
I need stronger love
Stronger love

I want
Stronger love
Don't want a union
Made of jealousy
Don't want
Clinging love
Just want somebody who will
Take care of me

You get possessive
And I get jumpy
I want it simple
I don't want no complication
You get possessive
And I get scared
I want

Stronger love
Don't want a union
Made of jealousy
Don't want
Clinging love
Just want somebody who will
Take care of me

You won't let me
Be by myself
You're scared
I won't think of you
But you're wrong
I think of you
All the while
Your charm is my prison
You smooth talk me
Into staying
But I don't want
This clinging love
I need a stronger love
Different love

I want
Stronger love
Don't want a union
Made of jealousy
Don't want
Clinging love
Just want somebody
Just want somebody

You don't have to
Fight me
To keep me here
By your side
Just be kind
I'll stay with you
All the while

I want
Stronger love
Don't want a union
Made of jealousy
Don't want
Clinging love
Just want somebody who will
Take care of me
Take care of me
Stronger love
Don't want a union
Made of jealousy

Don't want clinging love
Just want somebody
Who will take care of me
Take care of me
Take care of me
I want stronger love

 

[fox69]

"Taking My Baby Up Town"

"Taking My Baby Up Town"



I was walking down the street
Looking like a million dollars
With a pretty person on my arm
When someone started shouting
They were hooting and a hollering
They were saying I should
Never have been born

I said baby you hear that
You're listening to the voices of fools
I said baby let me tell you
What they're trying to do
They're trying to make our love
A thing of the past
But I said a-ha

There very next day
It was early in the morning
The sun was shining on my back
I was feeling pretty rested
The air smelt good
And I forgot about
The thing in the park

When they walked up
then they passed me
You know I didn't want to turn my head
But they started up again
And those silly voices rang
And the clanging was
Too much for my brain
But I said a-ha
What we've got is the best

It was Friday I had money
I was feeling kind of special
I was taking my baby up town
The moon was high
The stars were bright
And there were lots of people in the street

I held your hand
And you kissed me
And then all the people started to stare
We started a commotion
Someone making comments
Morals, the state of affairs
And I said
What we got is the best

 

[fox69]

"Talking To The Wall"

"Talking To The Wall"



There's a very old expression
Called talking to the wall
And it means
You get no answers
Just stone silence

But walls have ears
And you can hear me
When I call

I can feel it
Feel it in my bones
You really mean it
It is not a hoax

Sham bam
Thank you ma'am
Not for you
You're bona fide... ah

You don't come on
In a trojan horse
No hidden wires
To make me fall

What I see
Is what I get
Straight and true
My solid wall

You keep my chin up
Stabilise my highs and lows
You're extra special
Nothing superficial

You see right through me
Rust
Cracks
Warts and all
Nothing changes
I'm the last word
In what you want

You're as solid
As a wall
and I can
Lean against you

I can tell you
All my troubles
And I know
You'll hear me

Walls have ears
You can hear me
When I call
Talking to the wall

 

[fox69]

"Tall In The Saddle"

"Tall In The Saddle"



Say what you will
You can't take the stars at night
Take your love
But that doesn't stop my life
You've been fooling around
I looked to you for love
Thought you walked on holy ground
But oh, you're mean

I thought that here
Was a guy, brave and strong
A brother to his brothers
Brave ans strong
Was preaching what to practice
But that don't mean a thing
You're mean

Tall in the saddle
One of these days you're gonna have to dismount
You don't leave me downhearted
But I'm sorry that you had to go
'Cos we had fun, fun, fun, fun
Fun, fun, fun
We had fun while it lasted
We had fun while it lasted

You were God's gift to girls
You persuaded
Then you beat up on their hearts
You made it, you made it
You made it, you made it
Oh you're just mean

Tall in the saddle
One of these days you're gonna have to dismount
You don't leave me downhearted
But I'm sorry that you had to go
'Cos we had fun, fun, fun, fun
Fun, fun, fun
We had fun while it lasted
We had fun while it lasted

 

[fox69]

"Tell Tale"

"Tell Tale"



And when I see you in the morning
Looking like you never done
Anything wrong in your life
But I saw you when you saw me
Creeping round dead of night
Waiting for the light

I saw ya kissing all the boys
And I saw ya kissing all the girls
But you got obsessed
With the boys
You got obsessed
With the boys

So when you're telling
All your lies about me
Think awhile before your story ends
'Cos I've seen you in he parks and alleys
Now I got things
That I can tell your friends

 

[fox69]

"Temptation"

"Temptation"



Temptation drags you down
Take you were you wanna be
But deep inside you know
The reason for the fear

The fear of letting go
The fear of being so
Possessed
All the time

Being hypnotised
By those evil evil eyes
Lead me not into

Temptation
Temptation
Temptation

Paralyse the thoughts
Beat them to the ground
Offer up a sacrifice
Don't feed the fear

The fear of letting go
The fear of being so
Possessed
All the time

Being hypnotised
By those evil evil eyes
Lead me not into

Temptation
Temptation
Temptation

Nowhere to run
Nowhere to hide
It offers everything
That you could possibly need

Nowhere to run
Nowhere to hide

It all looks so inviting
Till it drags you to you knees

Temptation
Temptation
Temptation

 

[fox69]

"Tender Trap"

"Tender Trap"



You come home after work
And the first thing that you do
Take me into your arms
And you find out how I've been
If the phone rings
Nobody answers
This is time is ours alone
We're lying peaceful in the tender trap
La la
We're lying peaceful in the tender trap
La la

I can't begin to prove how much I want you
You've got to know
That you make me feel much stronger
Than anyone has the right to
We're lying peaceful in the tender trap
La la
We're lying peaceful in the tender trap
La la

When you walk through the door from a hard day's work
And someone's there to make you forget the nine to five
When they throw their arms around you make you feel you're alive
What other heaven is there when that sweet voice says
If the phone rings nobody answers
That's when you know working all the hours that God sends pays the rent
But it don't cover all your needs you need a whole lot of love
La la
And when that love is real and makes you feel complete
Whooo
The world is right
La la

I can't begin to prove how much I want you
You've got to know
That you make me feel much stronger
Than anyone has the right to
We're lying peaceful in the tender trap
La la
We're lying peaceful in the tender trap
La la
We're lying peaceful in the tender trap
La la