Joseph Allen may refer to:
Joseph Michael "Joe" Allen (born 14 March 1990) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for Liverpool and the Wales national team as a midfielder.
He began his career at Swansea City, making his debut in January 2007 at the age of 16. Allen totalled 150 games across all competitions in six years at the Liberty Stadium, also having a loan at Wrexham. During his time at Swansea, they won two promotions, going from League One to the Premier League. In 2012, he joined Liverpool for £15 million, signed by his former Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers.
A full international for Wales since 2009, Allen has earned over 20 caps for his nation. He represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics.
Born in Carmarthen, Allen was raised in the Pembrokeshire town of Narberth, and is a former student of Ysgol y Preseli. He is a fluent Welsh speaker. Allen started his career playing in local team Tenby.
Allen was part of the Swansea City youth set-up from the age of nine. As a first-year scholar in the youth team in the 2006–07 season, he featured as an unused first-team substitute in a 0–3 away win over then Premier League side Sheffield United in the third round of the FA Cup. Two weeks later, when Allen was just 16, Swansea manager Kenny Jackett gave him his debut in the FAW Premier Cup away tie to local Welsh Premier League side Port Talbot Town. He played the first half of the match, as Swansea lost 2–1 after extra time. Allen made his league debut for Swansea as a 75th-minute substitute for Andy Robinson in a 6–3 home defeat to Blackpool on 7 May, the final day of the League One season, as Swansea missed out on a play-off position under new manager and former team captain Roberto Martínez.
Joe Allen (born July 19, 1960) is an American author, journalist, historian, and activist. His latest book is People Wasn't Made to Burn: A True Story of Race, Murder, and Justice in Chicago (ISBN 1608461262) published by Haymarket Books in 2011.
Allen was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts, the son of Beverly Ann Vigneaux and William Henry Allen. He has three sisters. He graduated from Stoughton High School in 1978. He entered the University of Massachusetts Boston in the fall of 1978 and took classes through 1983 but did not graduate. Allen is a regular contributor to the International Socialist Review. He currently lives in Pilsen, Chicago.
[Words and Music by: Julianne Tarroja]
[VERSE 1]
I've been in and out of the light
Struggling from the fight
Vaguely tracing your footsteps
On the sand
[VERSE 2]
Blinded by the things
I thought that life could bring
Lost in expectations
Unfulfilled
[REFRAIN]
I know that life is a choice we make
Right or wrong
Give or take
It's only either way
But to choose the Lord is all that
Matters to me
And oh, He promises serenity
For those who
[CHORUS]
Choose to love
Choose to live
Choose to forgive
Wipe away my eyes
So I can see the way
You paved for me
Breathe choose to sing
And all of the beauty that You bring
But most of all
I choose to believe
[VERSE 3]
I've been searching in
All the wrong places
When all of the answers
Were right in front of me
[VERSE 4]
I needed my tears to see You clearly
I needed my pain to feel You near me
Rescue me