Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Joan Armatrading
Canonical path: /joan-armatrading/words
Related lyric paths: 6
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Words
Read Words lyrics by Joan Armatrading on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Words
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It's down to words I use
It's up to what I say
If you'll stay
Run my fingers down the page
Lost for words
What to say
I should be saying something
But what should I say
Should be feeling something
What will I feel
If you say
It's over
Please don't say
It's over
I want you to
Stay
The emotion's in my heart
Can't even write it down
Where do I start
Find the trigger for you smile
I'm desperate to get it back
I'm desperate
I'm desperate
Got to get back that feeling
Got to get back that spark
Got to get back that feeling
Got to get back that spark
Stay
Stay
Oh won't you stay
I should be saying something
But what should I say
Should be feeling something
What will I feel
If you say
It's over
Please don't say
It's over
I want you to
Stay
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Joan Armatrading performs "Words", and this lyric page sits inside the Joan Armatrading catalog on LyroVerse.
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