Joan Armatrading Album

I just wanna see you at night
Don't come round my house in the day
I love it when we start up a fight
And I love it when the fight ends your way

I love it when you call me names

I can't wait to see you again
I know you're gonna slap my face
you beat me up then beat me again
and over and over and over and over
And over and over

I love it when you call me names

Big woman
And a short short man
And he loves it
When she beats his brains out
He's pecked to death
But he loves the pain
And he loves it
When she calls him names

She's wearing heavy leather with lace
He dresses up in cowboy taste
They punish then they think up a crime
It's their way of loving not mine

I love it when you call me names

I've been a coward
And I've run away
But I'll be a hero today
It's caution to the wind
This time I will be satisfied
I'll keep on going
And forget my pride
Forget my foolish pride

It's important
Take it seriously
Don't turn away
No don't turn
I'm showing all my hand
Say yes
And we can hug and kiss
Say no
But it won't stay like this
Forget your foolish pride

Say yes
And we can hug and kiss
Say no
But it won't stay like this
Forget your foolish pride

I've been a fool
I can see it now
But I'll be a wise man today
No grass under my feet
This time we're gonna get it right
A stupid quarrel
Won't upset our lives
Forget this foolish pride

I'm right on target
My aim is straight
So you're in love
I say what of it
Things can change
There's always changes
And I wanna try
Some rearranging

Drop the pilot
Try my balloon
Drop the monkey
Smell my perfume
Drop the mahout
I'm the easy rider
Don't use your army
To fight a losing battle

Animal, mineral, physical, spiritual
I'm the one you need
I'm the one you need

You're kissing cousins
There's no smoke
No flame
If you lose that pilot
I can fly your plane
If you want solid ground
Come on and try me
Or I can take you so high
That you're never gonna wanna
Come down

Drop the pilot
Try my balloon
Drop the monkey
Smell my perfume
Drop the mahout
I'm the easy rider
Don't use your army
To fight a losing battle

Animal, mineral, physical, spiritual
I'm the one you need
I'm the one you need
I said
Animal, mineral, physical, spiritual
I'm the one you need
I'm the one you need
I'm the one you need

I want the key to your heart

You tell me that you need
My loving
But when you gonna
Give me the key
To the basement
Every other lover
You had before
Got a key to the door

You say you're gonna
See me on Sunday
But when you gonna
Give me the key to your heart
All of my friends
Have walked down eh aisle
Now we're miles apart

They say that love is often blind
And I'm blind, I'm blind
I know I'm blind
They say that love will fool us all
And I'm fooled, I'm fooled
I know I'm fooled

I want the key to your heart

You tease me cos you know I need you
But how much waiting
Can one girl do
For one boy
To look at you now
Why am I waiting at all

I've done it myself
I've done things
I never thought I would do
We all make mistakes
And I'm no exception
Sometimes
I think I've told it all
So plainly
But there's no one there
To hear the words I say
Sometimes
It all sounds so crazy
Your version of the story
That I know
Oh when your memory
Fails you

Everybody
Gotta know this feeling
Everybody gotta know
Everybody gotta know this feeling
Inside

I've been there myself
I have been some place
I never would go to
just not my style
but persuasion made me
Open my mind
Sometimes
I think I know it all so clearly
But then someone comes
And shows another way
Sometimes
I think that I am going crazy
My character changes
For one day
Oh when your habits fail you

Everybody
Gotta know this feeling
Everybody gotta know
Everybody gotta know this feeling
Inside

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

Do boys dream about
Living in a constant ecstasy
Do boys dream about
The same kind of things
That young girls dream

What do the boys dream
What do the boys all dream of

Do boys dream about
Life in space and hallucination
Do boys dream about
The killing of a friend
The investigation

What do the boys dream
What do the boys all dream of

Do boys dream about
The great escape of the mythical monsters
Do boys dream about
The big romance
With the girl of their dreams

What do the boys dream
What do the boys all dream of

Do the boys dream about
the wonders of the world and all in colour
Do boys dream about
The big romance
With the girl of their dreams

What do the boys dream
What do the boys all dream of

The sun is out
And we're in the park
We'll be making love
Til it gets too dark
We've played the games
That we wanna play
It's a different sport
That is on it's way

It's the game of love
It's the game of love

We ran around
In our shorty shorts
Yeah we kicked the ball
And we rode the horse
We ate the food
And we drank the wine
Now we've done all that
You know I think it's time

For a game of love
It's the game of love

The game of love
Everybody plays
The game of love
Everybody scores
the game of love
Some they like it rough
The game of love
Some they ain't so tough

It's a game
It's a game

Everybody wants to be my friend
Everybody wants to take me home
All these people want the number
Of my phone
Do you know why
They want me

I'm the dealer
And they want me for all
All I can give

I deal in danger
When I do the buying
You pay the price
And I'll do the crime

I'm the dealer

No credit
Just paper or gold
You pay your bills
And I'll fill the holes

I'm the dealer
And they want me for all
All I can give

I deal in women
Medicine and art
If you need help
I can fix it

You swear too much
You drink too many
You smoke like a burning
Haystack honey

You got bad habits
Bad habits

You chase all the women
Coloured and white
You steal from your mother
Do you think that that's right

You got bad habits
Bad habits

You walk on the grass
The sign he say don't
You say you'll do things
That you know you won't
You own a car
For which you didn't pay
But you earned my love
It's here to stay

Oh oh oh oh
Every lie a masterpiece
You're gifted
But I'm young
So I can take it

All the policemen know you
Your face
Name
Where you were last night
And at what time you came

It's those bad habits
Bad habits

My baby says to me
Come over here
And talk with me

I go and I sit down
We talk about the
Joy we've found

I love my baby
I love my baby so much
I love my baby
I love my baby so much
So much
So much love

Love to hear you
Call my name out loud
Love to hear you say
I make you proud

But will it end now
We can't say
Will we be happy
All the way

I love my baby
I love my baby so much
I love my baby
I love my baby so much
So much
So much love
I love my baby
I love my baby so much
I love my baby
I love my baby so much
So much
So much
So much
So much love...