'Love and affection' - Joan Armatrading

On the 9th of December 1950, Born on this day, Joan Armatrading, singer, songwriter http://www.thisdayinmusic.com
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"Love and Affection" is a song by Joan Armatrading. Her fourth single, and her third for A&M Records, it was her first chart success. It reached number 10 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1976. One of her best known recordings, it has been described as a "deceptively feisty ballad... an instant classic."^[1] It also appeared on her eponymous third album and has twice been used as the title track of compilation albums, for 1999's Love and Affection: The Best of Joan Armatrading and 2003's Love and Affection: Classics 1975-1983.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Affection
'I am not in love

But I'm open to persuasion
East or West
Where's the best
For romancing

With a friend
I can smile
But with a lover
I could hold my head back
I could really laugh
Really laugh'