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: Talking To The Wall

Interpret:
Joan Armatrading
Album:
Secret Secrets
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