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Secret Secrets (1985)

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Joan Armatrading

 

Persona grata

 
   

Can you feel

 

How close u are

 

Can you tell

 

That this is real

 

Make up your mind

 

'Cos any way you want it baby

 

Hey

 

You got it

 

Power Over me

 

I'm your whipping boy

 

I can positively say

 

I am in love with you

 

I am in love with you

 

I am in love with you

 

I am in love with you

 

Here you are

 

All I've waited for

 

Bap par dap ....... ah

 

Now I give my heart to you

 

Take it all now

 

Make me feel good

 

It can make you feel good too

 

Hey

 

You got it

 

Don't waste precious time

 

Said anyway you want it baby

 

Hey

 

You got it

 
   

Temptation

 
   

Temptation drags you down

 

Fakes you where

 

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

 

Nowhere to run

 

Nowhere to hide

 

It offers everything

 

That you could possibly need

 

Nowhere to run

 

Nowhere to hide

 

 It all hooks so in riling

 

Till it drags you to your knees

 

Temptation

 
   

Moves

 
   

Here come the glare

 

Here come the glare

 

I cannot see

 

I cannot see

 

When you appear

 

You dazzle

 

Poor me

 

Pity on me

 

Why don't I know

 

How to make

 

These moves

 

I picked your face

 

From a thousand smiles

 

And now the knees

 

They start to shake

 

And all the people

 

Take a look

 

And once again

 

I'm thinking

 

Poor me

 

Pitiful me

 

Why don't I know

 

How to make those moves

 

I picked your face

 

From a thousand smiles

 

And stand there

 

Vacant

 

Rooted to the

 

Stupid floor

 

And too scared to think

 

Get out the door

 

Water

 

Running

 

Down my back

 

Is this what it's like

 

Before the soldiers attack

 

I'm gonna sharpen up my act

 

I'm gonna get ya

 

Poor me

 

Pity on me

 

Why don't I know

 

How to make

 

Those moves

 

I picked your face

 

From a thousand smiles

 

Trying to be

 

The invisible man

 

And so scared

 

In case you don't see

 

Who I am

 

I don't want the label

 

Of an also ran

 

I wanna be the guy

 

With the flowers

 

And champagne

 

Other guys

 

Run around

 

They pick and choose

 

I chose you

 

And I don't want to lose

 

I want you

 

To alleviate my blues

 

Just as long as you talk to me

 

Just as long as you talk to

 

Poor me

 

Pitiful me

 

Why don't I know

 

How to make

 

Those moves

 

I picked your face

 

From a thousand smiles

 

Why don't I know how to

 

Make you mine

 
   

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 ham

 

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

 

Stabilize 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

 
   

Love by you

 
   

Anybody looking on

 

They can see

 

I'm not so good

 

People in the know

 

They can see that I miss you

 

In the night

 

With no-one to hear me

 

I'm afraid and I cry

 

Seasons change

 

But there's nothing changes my mind

 

I've been loving you too long

 

And I can't seem to stop

 

You are my life line

 

You make me happy

 

I said that

 

I had to say it baby

 

Who on earth ever held me like you

 

I'd like to see someone try

 

Love by you

 

And no other loving will do

 

In your time

 

Baby come back to me

 

Don't leave this girl

 

Lost in space

 

You're the one who could

 

Guide me out of this maze

 
   

Thinking man

 

In the new edition

 

I'm gonna rule out friction

 

I'm gonna get someone

 

Who understands

 

I want a heart

 

Less demanding

 

Speak your mind

 

But standing

 

Cuddling close

 

Cuddling close

 

A thinking man's

 

What I want

 

In action

 

And in words

 

A thinking man's

 

What I need

 

And if you can't give respect

 

It's better we don't start

 

I've had enough indifference

 

I I I

 

That's all I heard

 

That's all I heard

 

I want someone

 

Who listens

 

No fighting

 

For position

 

No other self

 

To have to satisfy

 

Oh I wanna be with you

 

I know that you want me too

 

Say it's not just for my body

 

Give me piece of mind

 

Give me piece of mind

 

In the new edition

 

I'm gonna rule out friction

 

Cuddling close

 

Cuddling close

 
   

Friends Not Lovers

 
   

I see you body when I look at you

 

It's breaking me rip

 

'Cos you say we're through

 

It's such a shame

 

If we just had to remain

 

Friends not lovers

 

Two people

 

One state of mind

 

We can't be friends

 

Not lovers

 

No way

 

Baby I'm not lying

 

I want you back

 

I want you back

 

Maybe baby

 

You're not aware

 

Broken hearts

 

Can get repaired

 

It's a losing game

 

If we should have to part as

 

Friends not lovers

 

Two people

 

One state of mind

 

We can't be friends

 

Not lovers

 

No way

 

Baby I'm not lying

 

I want you back

 

I want you back

 

I see your reasons

 

I know your fears

 

People change

 

I stand here

 

To be what you want

 

To be where you are

 

I just wanna say

 

We can't be friends

 

And not lovers

 

Two people

 

One state of mind

 

We can't be friends

 

And not lovers

 

No way baby

 

I'm not lying

 

 

 

One night

 
   

I only see

 

The side of you you want to show

 

How do I know

 

How much to let my feelings go

 

Cos every night

 

I have the same good dream

 

You making love

 

And the face I see

 

Looks like me

 

When you hold me tight

 

It seems so real

 

Oh babe I know

 

I could make you stay

 

If I could have

 

One night

 

And I know I could make you stay

 

Ready for love

 

Don't you think of safety first

 

Be a hero

 

You could take a chance on me

 

Cos every night

 

Here comes my favourite dream

 

You making eyes

 

And that courting stance

 

Is right at me

 

When you hold me tight

 

It's all so real

 

Oh babe

 

I know I could make you stay

 

If I could have

 

One night

 

And I know I could make you stay

 
   

Secret secrets

 
   

I write it down in invisible ink

 

I write it down

 

Everything I want

 

I keep it private

 

Don't let nobody know

 

It's my secret

 

And I won't let go

 

It's my secret

 

And I won't let go

 

Do you want to join my society

 

Well you'll be governed

 

By intelligence

 

You've got to swear

 

Be reticent

 

And answer questions

 

With a number

 

And when you talk

 

No facial expressions

 

Don't emphasize

 

You've got to hold things back

 

And when your friends say

 

Give me names and dates

 

Don't give the answer

 

It's a secret

 

Keep it safe

 

Under lock and key

 

Keep it hid

 

And it's a mystery

 

So tighten up on security

 

Don't run the risk

 

We won't tell nobody

 

Though they'll want to know

 

It's a secret secret

 

And we won't let go

 

It's a secret secret

 

Let's keep this exclusive

 

A sect for two

 

It's a secret secret

 

For me and you

 

It's a secret secret

 

 

 

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 space

 

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

 

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

 

So strange

 

I am not missing you

 
 

© Original Lyrics by Joan Armatrading / Italian Version  by A. Truffi / Commercial use not permitted

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