Černá anglická zpěvačka, navíc kytaristka a pianistka, původem z Malých Antil (nar. 1950). Od svých 8 let žila v Birminghamu. V roce 1969 měla malou roli v londýnské inscenaci muzikálu Hair. V roce 1972 začíná skládat společně s Pam Nestor....

Píseň: How Cruel

Interpret:
Joan Armatrading
Album:
How Cruel (EP)
Some people want to see my blood gush out
And others want to watch while I cry
I heard somebody say once I was way too black
And someone answers she's not black enough for me


I bite my tongue and it bites me back
I bought a house and the neighbours moved
I had a dog but it was stolen


Some people say that it's coming
And I'll get it
It must be something I have no control of
They'll put the skin of the fruit on the ground
And I'll slip and fall


Oh how cruel to make a girl cry
Oh how cruel to make a girl cry
Oh how cruel to make a girl cry


I have no hope in hell and I want to get to heaven
Too many lies or not enough sinnin'


Some people say that it's coming
And I'll get it
It must be something I have no control of
They'll put the skin of the fruit on the ground
And I'll slip and fall


Oh how cruel to make a girl cry
Oh how cruel to make a girl cry
Oh how cruel to make a girl cry