Joan Armatrading - Single Life lyrics

People say They're jealous of me Asking all the time how I can be so lucky And how they wish they'd never kissed The single life goodbye And why They struggle every day To keep from straying They want my life They call and me a crafty little devil They think I've got it made That my streets are paved and golden And I bath in sun rays every day And everybody tell me Not to be afraid To gather all the harvest That the good Lord made Single life is not what it appears to be Hope it's not how fate has mapped my life for me When you sleep You sleep alone And you can roll right to the centre of the bed And you don't have to have strength For anybody else And you never have to shout To defend yourself You can eat cake and even ice cream And you can stay out really late And you can bring home someone To make you feel special But it's for a few hours Then they go away And everybody tell me Not to be afraid To gather all the harvest That the good Lord made Single life is not what it appears to be Hope it's not how fate has mapped my life for me Single life is not what it appears to be Hope it's not how fate has mapped my life for me When I see two people They look crazy in love A little bit of heaven Shining in their eyes Free and single sounds exciting and it can be With no warning a great adventure calls Hitch a ride Every time I think I've found that someone I awake Single life is not what it appears to be Hope it's not how fate has mapped my life for me Single life is not what it appears to be Hope it's not how fate has mapped my life for me Single life is not what it appears to be Hope it's not how fate has mapped my life for me Don't obsess But I'm looking real hard It's a spice that I'm missing From the ingredients I got freedom And the money that I work for every day Could buy me a colour But it won't buy me a body I can feel the language The language of love That's so universal Everybody gets to speak it When they fall in love That's the end of lonely nights And Single life