![]() Joan Armatrading (1976) [ larger cover art ] |
I am not in love
But I'm open to persuasion
East or West
Where's the best
For romancing
With a friend
I can smile
But with a lover
I could hold my head back
I could really laugh
Really laugh
Thank you
You took me dancing
'Cross the floor
Cheek to cheek
But with a lover
I could really move
Really move
I could really dance
Really dance
Really dance
Really dance
I could really move
Really move
Really move
Really move
Now if I can feel the sun
In my eyes
And the rain on my face
Why can't I
Feel love
I can really love
Really love
Really love
Really love
Really love
Love love love love
Love love love love
Now I got all
The friends that I want
I may need more
But I shall just stick to those
That I have got
With friends I still feel
So insecure
Little darling I believe you could
Help me a lot
Just take my hand
And lead me where you will
No conversation
No wave goodnight
Just make love
With affection
Sing me another love song
But this time
With a little dedication
Sing it, sing it
You know that's what I like
Once more with feeling
Give me love
Give me love
Give me love
Love
But I'm open to persuasion
East or West
Where's the best
For romancing
With a friend
I can smile
But with a lover
I could hold my head back
I could really laugh
Really laugh
Thank you
You took me dancing
'Cross the floor
Cheek to cheek
But with a lover
I could really move
Really move
I could really dance
Really dance
Really dance
Really dance
I could really move
Really move
Really move
Really move
Now if I can feel the sun
In my eyes
And the rain on my face
Why can't I
Feel love
I can really love
Really love
Really love
Really love
Really love
Love love love love
Love love love love
Now I got all
The friends that I want
I may need more
But I shall just stick to those
That I have got
With friends I still feel
So insecure
Little darling I believe you could
Help me a lot
Just take my hand
And lead me where you will
No conversation
No wave goodnight
Just make love
With affection
Sing me another love song
But this time
With a little dedication
Sing it, sing it
You know that's what I like
Once more with feeling
Give me love
Give me love
Give me love
Love
| boober (KC,Mo) | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 09:17 This album is one of 200-300 I lost in a flood. I haven't heard anything from this album in over 30 years. Thanks Bill |
| dsd (PDX) | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 09:15 vandarbar wrote: It just doesn't get too much better than this! woo hoo!! Absolutely, positively, gosh darn right.......................I never get tired of this jewel. |
| vandarbar (Toronto - "the good" ( well pretty damned good anyway!)) | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 09:12 It just doesn't get too much better than this! woo hoo!! |
| Easyrider (Catania,Sicily,Italy) | Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 05:13 Outstanding track! |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Dec 05, 2012 - 20:29 TuneAgeWhereWoof wrote: Ouch. Bit of a rough transition from Just Like Heaven... What,,,,no vampire? ![]() |
| TuneAgeWhereWoof | Posted: Dec 05, 2012 - 20:27 Ouch. Bit of a rough transition from Just Like Heaven... |
| Giselle62 (many bear, big rock, estuary California) | Posted: Dec 05, 2012 - 20:27 really nice to hear this right now. |
| oldsaxon (Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 14:02 Unique music from an amazing artist...can't get better, really... |
| dannyboy57 (Somerville, MA) | Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 13:55 YAY! |
| pacificbeth (one foot between two states in spite of healing) | Posted: Mar 28, 2012 - 08:03 Moving—soulful. . .one my all time favorites. |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Mar 28, 2012 - 07:57 oldviolin wrote: Joan Armatrading is a gift from God. Fiddle speak truth. |
| meinthecorner (Past the gravy, far beyond the golden fries) | Posted: Feb 25, 2012 - 15:45 yanet wrote: really laugh really sing really love !!! "Sing it, sing it. You know that's what I like...woohoo!!!" |
| Peteco (Jersey Shore) | Posted: Feb 25, 2012 - 15:42 Deja Vu....like an old friend coming to visit and you just fall into each others arms. ;-) |
| yanet (San Diego, CA) | Posted: Feb 25, 2012 - 15:40 really laugh really sing really love !!! |
| jim1964 (british columbia, but use to ride the IRT to work) | Posted: Nov 22, 2011 - 11:25 window wrote: Had the pleasure of seeing Joan last year, and this song was a highlight. Magical! I did as well, the gal can sing. |
| window (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Nov 22, 2011 - 11:24 Had the pleasure of seeing Joan last year, and this song was a highlight. Magical! |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Nov 22, 2011 - 11:22 Does anyone out there have Two Nice Girls' cover of 'Sweet Jane/Love and Affection'? If so would you upload it? Of course it's not Joan, but it's an outstanding homage to her (and Lou). |
| iTuner | Posted: Nov 22, 2011 - 11:22 NuggetNectar wrote: Boring cliche lyrics. They aren't cliche, the artists after Joan are cliche. |
| fgirl | Posted: Nov 22, 2011 - 11:19 really, love, love..........this song |
| epstein (charlotte, nc) | Posted: Oct 21, 2011 - 20:56 Just posted to my Facebook page: "Sounds from my childhood...my parents played such great music. Listening to Joan Armatrading - Love and Affection" |
| NuggetNectar | Posted: Oct 21, 2011 - 20:54 Boring cliche lyrics. |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet) | Posted: Oct 05, 2011 - 18:59 Do I love Joan Armatrading? Do I love this album? Resounding YES! |
| Stingray (JULIAN'S NWO) | Posted: Sep 04, 2011 - 08:36 Would Joan have been a beauty - she'd been a superstar! She is a GORGEOUS ARTIST, SINGER and COMPOSER. |
| plaice3 | Posted: Aug 19, 2011 - 20:20 What a beautiful song ... ![]() |
| Bat (Austin) | Posted: Jul 19, 2011 - 11:56 I just checked her web site to see if she is touring. It shows dates for her tour starting September 21, 2012. 14 months from now! Now that's a booking agent who doesn't like to let things go 'til the last minute. And no US dates shown. |
| horseplayer (Lincroft, NJ) | Posted: Jul 19, 2011 - 11:36 Once more with feeling
Love - a - woo - hoo Yeyeah |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Jul 19, 2011 - 11:28 My first intro to Joan by an old girlfriend way back when. Great tune |
| hobiejoe (Still in the tunnel, looking for the light.) | Posted: Jul 03, 2011 - 13:38 As good as it ever was. I saw her in concert in Exeter as a birthday treat many, many years ago....happy days. |
| salzburg4321 (Salzburg, Austria) | Posted: Jul 03, 2011 - 13:34 MAGNIFICENT |
| aelfheld | Posted: Jun 17, 2011 - 19:13 Perfect accompaniment to a nostalgic mood. |
| coding_to_music (Beantown) | Posted: Jun 01, 2011 - 22:17 Rooney wrote: Oh God, just gorgeous. Yeppers |
| mattcol99 (Bath, England, beneath Solsbury Hill) | Posted: May 17, 2011 - 04:30 Saw her a few years ago at Glastonbury - was the highlight for me. She plays a mean electric guitar - no backing session guitarist for her! Rabid_Engineer wrote: Wikipedia seems to disagree with this assessment. |
| Rabid_Engineer (Europa!) | Posted: May 17, 2011 - 04:29 elgreenie1 wrote: Where??? I thought she was dead??? Wikipedia seems to disagree with this assessment. |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: May 01, 2011 - 08:47 ...this sounds like it could have been recorded just last year - remarkable!.. |
| oldviolin (Esse Quam Videri) | Posted: May 01, 2011 - 08:47 Joan Armatrading is a gift from God. |
| elgreenie1 (SE of US of A) | Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 17:07 cohifi wrote: I forgot to mention I had the pleasure of seeing Joan A in concert this year. Blissfull Where??? I thought she was dead??? |
| Rooney (Near Paradise) | Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 14:52 Oh God, just gorgeous. |
| meadowwoods (Dane County, WI) | Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 14:51 What a classic!! Wonderful memories, too :) |
| dingleberry | Posted: Mar 30, 2011 - 17:30 Mirland -> Tåbelige Dansker |
| mirland (Denmark) | Posted: Mar 15, 2011 - 03:45 GuiltyFeat wrote: This is godlike. If there's a god he'd put a stop to this. |
| GuiltyFeat (Ra'anana) | Posted: Feb 27, 2011 - 05:54 This is godlike. |
| jim1964 (british columbia, but use to ride the IRT to work) | Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 19:08 bmeador wrote: Are those the Budweiser frogs chiming in there? no, they're not listed on the album. |
| bmeador (24fps) | Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 19:05 Are those the Budweiser frogs chiming in there? |
| juanos (Somewhere between the US and Guatemala) | Posted: Jan 26, 2011 - 23:36 |
| alux (atop the pyramid) | Posted: Jan 26, 2011 - 23:35 thewiseking wrote: that whiny Kenny G style cliched sax is just awful It was 1976. What do you expect? Sheesh. |
| ubuntourist (Washington, DC) | Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 12:43 JoBo wrote: Our son was conceived to this song; would love to hear more Joan on RP Ah, so you're hoping to try for another child, then. |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 12:41 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote: i've always liked joans music. i first heard her on kroq-fm out of l.a. her song "drop the pilot" was a semi hit then. that one whould be great too hear again. I wrote this back in 2002. I still the same thing today. Except I know how to spell better and to capitalize. |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 22:41 I forgot to mention I had the pleasure of seeing Joan A in concert this year. Blissfull |
| victoryluna (stuck in Zincinnati) | Posted: Oct 24, 2010 - 06:16 pure bliss a-hoo-hoo |
| forge (Boynton Beach, FL) | Posted: Oct 24, 2010 - 06:15 Armatrading om nom nom. More please!!! |


