Someone's In The Background - Joan Armatrading

Someone’s in the background

While we’re on the phone

Giving you the answers

Where do they get

All this information

And how

Put’em on the phone right now

I want to pick their brains tonight

They can tell me where I’m going wrong

They can tell me how to make love

Put’em on the phone right now

I want to talk to the stealer

They can tell me how they hurt inside

Because they know how much I’m hurting

They can say that when a good love dies

I’ll find some comfort in my memories

Someone made you question

The love we had

The love we had

Should have lasted a thousand years

You’ve been persuaded that was way too long

Put’em on the phone right now

I want to talk to the person

Who taught you how to spread your wings

Communication breakdown

I thought you cared

I thought you cared

When did we get to this position

And how

Tell me on the phone right now

You’re going to sleep on your own tonight

I can find you out in a lie

You can’t disguise the passion

I’m coming round there now

I want to see this angel

Once you’re caught

Then there’s no turning back

Like a rat you won’t escape the trap

Tell me on the phone right now

You’re going to sleep on your own tonight

I can find you out in a lie

You can’t disguise the passion

And you can say that now our love has died

I’ll find some comfort in my memories