Armatrading has mixed eclectic musical styles over decades of recording and performing. She has had several British hit singles, the biggest of which were "Love & Affection", "Me Myself I", and "Drop the Pilot". Her music is generally pop, with forays into rock, folk, jazz, and even reggae. Her popularity is primarily as an album artist.
She gained a new audience following her writing and performing "The Flight of the Wild Geese", which was used during the opening and end titles for the 1978 film The Wild Geese.
Armatrading first performed in a concert at Birmingham University for her brother at the age of about 16 (circa 1966). She only knew her own songs, but her brother asked her to perform something that would be familiar to the audience; she chose "The Sound of Silence".[9] She then performed her own songs around the local area with a friend from school, and played bass and rhythm guitar at local clubs.
True Love
Joan Armatrading Lyrics
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And I've heard it in your voice
The way you speak my name
Tells me there's no doubt
That the dream that I held on for
Will be everlasting
You know poverty
In black and white
It looks like art
Just as long as we're together
I couldn't care less
We've got
Harmony and understanding
It's love for the first time
Like the morning sun that's breaking
Giving out that special light
True love
True love
We've got true love
True love
We've laid the right foundations
And we've built our love on trust
No one can tear the walls down
That surrounds us
We've got
Harmony and understanding
It's love for the first time
Like the morning sun that's breaking
Giving out that special light
True love
True love
We've got true love
True love
Now I'm certain of the future
We've got
Harmony and understanding
It's love for the first time
Like the morning sun that's breaking
Giving out that special light
True love
True love
We've got true love
True love
You can't buy a faithful heart
Or true love
The lyrics of Joan Armatrading's song "True Love" describe two people deeply in love and committed to each other. The singer describes seeing their love in the eyes of her partner and hearing it in their voice. She's certain that their love is everlasting and that they've built it on trust, laying strong foundations that no one can tear down. The song characterizes true love as something that cannot be bought, emphasizing the value of a faithful heart.
The lyrics also reference romanticized views of poverty, suggesting that even in difficult circumstances, their love shines through and makes everything worthwhile. The singer says that as long as they're together, she couldn't care less about material possessions. Their love is described as giving out a special light, like the morning sun breaking through the darkness. The song's repeated refrain of "true love" emphasizes its central theme of the enduring strength of honest and committed romantic relationships.
Line by Line Meaning
I've seen it in your eyes
I've noticed the love in your eyes
And I've heard it in your voice
I've heard love in your voice
The way you speak my name
The way you say my name evidences your love
Tells me there's no doubt
It gives me certainty there's no doubt of your love
That the dream that I held on for
I held on to dream that true love would come
Will be everlasting
And that love will be forever
You know poverty
The situation of being poor
Can be romantic
Can be beautiful and romantic
In black and white
In a picture or photo that has no color
It looks like art
It appears like a work of art
Just as long as we're together
As long as we are spending time together
I couldn't care less
I don't care about anything else
We've got
We have obtained
Harmony and understanding
Agreement and understanding between us
It's love for the first time
This love we have is for the first time in our lives
Like the morning sun that's breaking
Like the sun that rises in the morning
Giving out that special light
Emitting a unique and special light
True love
Genuine, sincere love
True love
Genuine, sincere love
We've got true love
We have genuine, sincere love
True love
Genuine, sincere love
We've laid the right foundations
We have established the correct basis
And we've built our love on trust
And we have constructed our love on trust
No one can tear the walls down
Nothing can destroy what we have built
That surrounds us
That encloses us
Now I'm certain of the future
Now I'm confident of what is coming
You can't buy a faithful heart
A loyal heart cannot be purchased
Or true love
Neither can genuine, sincere love
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JOAN ANITA BARBARA ARMATRADING
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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I've seen it in your eyes
And I've heard it in your voice
The way you speak my name
Tells me there's no doubt
That the dream that I held on for
Will be everlasting
You know poverty
Can be romantic
In black and white
It looks like art
Just as long as we're together
I couldn't care less
We've got
Harmony and understanding
It's love for the first time
Like the morning sun that's breaking
Giving out that special light
True love
True love
We've got true love
True love
We've laid the right foundations
And we've built our love on trust
No one can tear the walls down
That surrounds us
We've got
Harmony and understanding
It's love for the first time
Like the morning sun that's breaking
Giving out that special light
True love
True love
We've got true love
True love
Now I'm certain of the future
We've got
Harmony and understanding
It's love for the first time
Like the morning sun that's breaking
Giving out that special light
True love
True love
We've got true love
True love
You can't buy a faithful heart
Or true love
@bnyembe6438
My brother and i we play this kind of music every Friday with red Light in our deining room. South Africa JHB❤❤❤❤❤
@samuelsinakhomo4964
Poverty can be romantic,,,harmony and understanding,,,this is a big song forever.love it indeed.
@ThandazaMK
Where my South Africans at? Ahhhh God bless our parents for playing these tunes!
@floydmnisi2938
Just signed the register 🙋♂️
@gladysbala7378
Right here
@nomathemba8688
Right here
@anthonyhall8425
Loved listening to Joan together with my friends from East London SA It was 1988, we played her tape over and over. Drop The Pilot was my favorite then, although now I love all her music.
@serogolemogole2685
@@anthonyhall8425 wish I grew up in the 80's, the sheer quality of that era's music is simply unmatched by anything that came after..
@ofeditsekgoadi2082
"Now I'm certain of the future, now that I'm in yours" shuuuuu😍
2021 we still here
@khumontloana980
When childhood use to be so innocent and adults were the warmest people to be around!