Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer, songwriter and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Joplin number 46 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. [read more] - Trouble In Mind
Trouble in mind, I'm blueBut I won't be blue always,'Cause that sun is gonna shine in my back door someday.Now all you men's the sameBut now I'm old enough to change my name.Lord, that sun's gonna shine in my back...
- See See Rider
And it's hey, hey hey,She was standin' in the kitchen, honey, in her morning gown,Lord, she was standin' in the kitchen, babe, in her morning gown.She was standin' in the kitchen, honey, in her morning gown.But I say...
- San Francisco Bay Blues
Got the blues from my babyLeft me by the San Francisco Bay.This big ocean liner took her so far away.Didn't mean to treat her so badShe was the best girl I ever have had.She said good-bye, and she made me cryI'm gonna...
- Port Arthur High School Reunion
What do you think about your town since you've left and come back ?It's fantastic! I was across the river from the club last night, I never had more fun in my life! Except sometimes in California I have more fun.Do...
- Winin' Boy
I'm the winin' boy, don't you deny my name.I'm the winin' boy, don't you deny my name,Now my name.Well, I'm the winin' boy, don't you deny my name,I pick it up and shake it like sweet Stavin' Chain.Mm, the winin' boy,...
- Careless Love
Oh love, oh love, oh careless love,Oh love, oh love, oh careless love.Oh love, oh love, oh careless love,Now now don't you see what your careless love has done.Well you worried my mother till she diedAnd you caused my...
- Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
Oh, it's daddy, daddy, daddy, it's daddy, daddy, all the time.Lord, that's daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, all the time.If I'm awake or if I'm dreamin' Lord, my daddy daddy's on my mind.Well, I brag 'bout my daddy...
- Black Mountain Blues
Out in Black Mountain a child will smack your face.I'm saying out on Black Mountain a child will smack your face.The babies cryin' for liquor, and all the birds sing bass.Well, those people in Black Mountain are mean...
- Walk Right In
Walk right in and sit right down, daddy, let your mind roll on.You'd better walk right in and stay a little while, daddy, you can't stay too long.Now everybody's talkin' 'bout your new way of walkin',Do you wanna lose...
- Mary Jane
Now when I go to work, I work all day,Always turns out the same.When I bring home my hard-earned payI spend my money all on Mary Jane.Mary Jane, Mary Jane, Lord, my Mary Jane.Oh if a man should look tame now, mean and...
- What Good Can Drinkin' Do
What good can drinkin' do, what good can drinkin' do ?Lord, I drink all night but the next day I still feel blue.There's a glass on the table, they say it's gonna ease all my pain,And there's a glass on the table,...
- Stealin' Stealin'
Well, put your arms around me like the circles in the sunI want you to love me daddy like my easy rider done.If you don't believe that I love you, look what a fool I've been,If you don't think I'm sinking, look what a...
- No Reason For Livin'
I ain't got no reason to livin'I can't find no cause to die.Lord, I ain't got no reason for livin'You give me no cause to die.Lord, I ain't got no reasons for stay hereGive me no cause to tryI got these blues, I gotta...
- Summertime ( In Album Motion Picture )
Summertime,Child, you're living easy.Fish are, fish are jumping outAnd the cotton, Lord, cotton's high, Lord, so high.Your daddy's richAnd your ma, honey I think she's a mighty good-looking babe.I think she's looking...
- Ball And Chain ( In Album Motion Picture )
One, two!Sitting down by my window, baby, ha ha!Whoa, mama, honey, looking on at the rain.You know what I mean when it's all around you ?Oh, sitting down by my window,All 'round looking at the rain,I felt it's got to...
- Mississippi River
Ready ?Well, I'm going down that Mississippi River,Yes, I am, yes I am.Well, I'm going down that Mississippi River,Yes, I am, yes I am.Yes I am, boy, yes I am.Well, I'm goin' on that big Belle Louise,Yes, I am, yes I...
- Move Over ( In Album Motion Picture )
My first guest is one of the most exciting singers there is. Some think the most exciting. We have extra stage hands to hold the roof down when she sings. If you have never seen Janis Joplin, here is your chance. Here...
- Maybe ( In Album Motion Picture )
Thank you. All right, this is a tune called Maybe. Let's go.MaybeIf I could pray and I try, dear,You might come back home, home to me.Honey, maybeOh dear, if I could ever hold your handOh you just might...
- Albert Hall Interview (1969)
This whole thing that's happened to me, you see, this whole success thing, er, it hasn't yet really compromised the position that I took a long time ago in Texas, that was to be true to myself, to be the person that I...
- Dick Cavett TV Interview (1970)
Janis it's a shame you couldn't do an up tune for us but I liked that one.Later in the show.Yeah, maybe later we'll be talking too. You're really shot after, after a number, let alone a whole evening I would...
- I'll Drown In My Own Tears
He brings a tear into my eyesWhen I begin, Lord, to realize.If you don't think that, honey, you'll be lonesome,You know I'll drown, drown, oh Lord, in my own tears.I know it's true into his mindA little rain is bound...
- Kansas City Blues
I been rockin' and reelin', Lord as long as I can beLord, the man that I love tryin' to make a fool out of me.Babe, I'm leavin', yeah I'm a-leavin' this mornin'Goin' to Kansas City to bring Jim Jackson home.Now well I...
- Silver Threads And Golden Needles
Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mineAnd I'll never drown my sorrow in the warm glow of your wine.You can't buy my love with money, for I never was that kind,Silver threads and golden...
- River Jordan
I'm goin' down to the river JordanI'm goin' down to the river JordanI'm goin' down to the river JordanI'm goin' down to the river JordanOne of these days.I'm gonna sit at the welcome tableI'm gonna sit at the welcome...
- Light Is Faster Than Sound ( In Album Magic Of Love )
Light is faster than soundMy head to the groundMind going roundFaster than sound.Oh yeah.What goes up must go downWorld goes aroundSun shines aroundFaster than sound.Hey, yeah!Suddenly I see your face Faster than...
- Ball And Chain
Sitting down by my window,Whoa, whoa, looking at the rain.Whoa, down by my window, baby,And all around me,I said suddenly I felt the rain.Somethin' grabbed a hold of me, darling,Honey, it felt to me, honey like, yeah,...
- Women Is Losers ( In Album Magic Of Love)
Oh ...Now women is losersNow women is losers,Women is losers, oh,And then women is losers.Well, I know you must-a heard it all,I said nowMen always seem to end up on top anyway.Oh...Well you know, if they told you...
- Down On Me ( In Album Magic Of Love )
Yes.Well, down on me, Lord, down on me.I said it looks like everybody in this whole round world,Yeah hey yeah all right, is down on me yeah.Yeah yeah yeah yeah.One of these mornings be proud and fair,Put on my wings...
- Bye, Bye Baby ( In Album Magic Of Love )
Bye, bye-bye, baby, bye-bye.I may be seeing you aroundWhen I change my living standard and I move uptown,Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye.So long, my honey, so long.I guess I'm gonna make it somehow.But you may not be with me,...
- All Is Loneliness ( In Album Magic Of Love )
All is lonelinessLoneliness before meLoneliness before for me.Loneliness.All is lonelinessLoneliness before for meLoneliness before for me.All is lonelinessLoneliness before for meLoneliness before for me.All is...
- Call On Me (In Album Magic Of Love )
Well, baby, when times are bad,Now call on me, darling, and I'll come to you.When you're in trouble and feel so sad,Now call on me, darling, come on call on me, and I'll help you.Yeah!A man and a woman have each...
- Bye, Bye Baby ( In Album Live At Winterland '68 )
Bye, bye-bye, baby, bye-bye.I maybe seeing you aroundWhen I change my living standard and move uptown,Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye.Whoa so, so long, my honey, so long.I guess I'm gonna make it OK,I'll see you in a funny...
- Summertime ( In Album Live At Winterland '68 )
Summertime, time, time,Child, the living's easy.Fish are jumping outAnd the cotton, Lord,Cotton's high, Lord, so high.Your daddy's richAnd your ma is so good-looking, babe.She's looking good now,Hush, baby, baby,...
- Catch Me Daddy ( In Album Live At Winterland '68 )
Hon, I'm so alone.Hey daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, now now now.Now, now, now!!!Now, now, now!!!Alright!!!Alright!!!Alright!!!Alright!!!Yeah!!! Ha ha ha ha ha, yeah!Hon, when I'm sittin' round late in the evenin',...
- Easy Rider ( In Album Live At Winterland '68 )
Hey mama, mama, come a look at sister,She's a-standing on the corner trying to take some LSD.Easy rider don't you deny my name,Oh no, oh no!Well, here comes a man with a banana in his hand,He's tellin' everybody...
- Down On Me ( In Album Live At Winterland '68 -- 1 )
Well, down on me, now down on me, yeah!I said it looks like everybody in this whole round world, whoa yeah,They're down on me, well.Well alright, I said one of these mornings be proud and fairPut on my wings then I'll...
- Flower In The Sun ( In Album Live At Winterland '68 )
Now please don't you think baby that I'm on the road to crime, yeah.You loved me, too,So how come you just sit there and laughAnd laugh and laugh and laugh ?Things just happen this wayNot for very longNo no no no no...
- Ball And Chain ( In Album Live At Winterland '68 )
Yeah! Alright!Sittin' down by my window,Honey, lookin' out at the rain.Lord, Lord, Lord, sittin' down by my window,Baby, lookin' out at the rain.Somethin' came along, grabbed a hold of me,And it felt just like a ball...
- Farewell Song ( In Album Live At Winterland '68 )
Oh, the last time that I saw youYou know you didn't say a word.And I knew, honey as I looked into your eyesThat my feelings, Lord, they'd never been heard.Well, I'm talkin' to you about love,Did you hear me ? I said...
- I Need A Man To Love ( In Album Live At Winterland '68 )
Whoa, I need a man to love me.Oh, don't you understand me, baby ?Why, I need a man to love.I want me someone to hold me when I, I call out for aid.Someone to be around me so I won't be afraid.Because it can't be...
- Down On Me ( In Album Live At Winterland '68 )
Well, down on me, Lord, down on me, yeah,I said it looks like everybody in this whole round world,Whoa baby, they're down on me, yeah, ha ha.Now now, one of these mornings be proud and fairPut on my wings then I'll...
- Light Is Faster Than Sound ( In Album Live At Winterland '68 )
Sound ...Light is faster than soundMy head to the groundMind going roundFaster than sound.What goes up must come downWorld goes aroundSun shines at groundFaster than sound.Yeah yeah, faster than sound, yeahFaster than...
- Combination Of The Two ( In Album Live At Winterland '68 )
Ooh!Yeah yeah!Alright, yeah yeah!Now alright!Everybody's dying,They're all trying to feel it, I know they are.Everybody's dancing, they're singing romanceAnd they want to feel more, it's sure 'nuff.Oh yeah, yeah...
- Magic Of Love ( In Album Live At Winterland '68 )
Ooh! Hey, hey, now!Ooh! Alright, alright!You went away, had your chance to say,"I love you and I need you baby"Yeah, but even ifHoney, I told you that nowYou wouldn't believe me anyway, no, no, no.Maybe you will...
- Piece Of My Heart ( In Album Live At Winterland '68 )
Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on!Didn't I make you feel like you were the only man ¡ª yeah!Didn't I give you nearly everything that a woman possibly can ?Honey, you know I did!And each time I tell myself that...
- Whisperman
People come around the window,People come around the doorPeople come around and ask meIf I can say some more'Cause I'm a whisperman, yes I am!I can read somebody's back hand, and I can read your mindWhat you need is...
- Down On Me (in Album Cheaper Thrills )
Well, down on me, oh, down on me,I said it looks like everybody in this whole round worldThey're down on me.One of these mornings proud and fairGet on my wings, I'm gonna fly the air.I said it looks like everybody in...
- Hey Baby
Hey baby, babyHey, hey, hey hey, hey hey child.Child, child, oh.Hey, hey, baby,Hey, hey, hey, hey hey, child.Say come on baby and tell me one more timeAlright, honey, come on baby and tell about it one more timeI said...
- Oh My Soul
This is an ol' Little Richard tune called "Oh, My Soul".Oh, my soul!Oh, my soul!Baby baby baby, give me all the love you've gotDon't you know you've got the best love in the houseI said love, I said love,Oh, my...
- Coo-Coo ( In Album Cheaper Thrills )
Oh, the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird, and she warbles when she fliesBut she never hollers cuckoo till the fourth day of July.I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler and I lay my money downBut I never start gamblin' when the...
- Harry ( In Album Cheaper Thrills )
Now for the last song we'll do a thing called "Harry".Are you ready ?Do do do do do...Thank you very much.
- Gutra's Garden
GutraNow now now now now now now now now now now now...GutraNow now now now now now now now now now now now...Oh Gutra, baby this is the endOh Gutra, baby this is the endWell I'm through with that girl, 'cause she...
- I Know You Rider
I know you riderYou're gonna miss me when I'm gone.I know you riderYou're gonna miss me when I'm gone.You're gonna miss your lovin' baby runnin',I said runnin' in your arms.Don't the moon look lonesomeWhen it's...
- C'mon Baby Let The Good Times Roll
LP Made to Last MTL 1001 r. 04 1984 C'mon baby, let the good times rollC'mon baby, let me thrill your soulC'mon baby you're the best there is,Roll all night long.C'mon baby, let's close the door,C'mon baby, let's ride...
- Women Is Losers ( In Album Cheaper Thrills )
Women is losersWomen is losersWomen is losersWomen is losers.Well, I know you must have heard it all,Lord, ev'rywhereMen always seem to end up on top.I said, if they told you that they want youSay they come around and...
- Blow My Mind
You got the mind like a child, girl,You got to fight like a woman.Well, I think you're so wild, girl,Like the sun in the morning.I'm gonna turn you onTo where you belongPull you tightI'm gonna show you right.You blow...
- Moanin' At Midnight
Moanin' at midnightMoanin' at midnight, yeah,Moanin' at midnight, babyMoanin' at midnight, babyMoanin' at midnight, baby, yeah.Moanin' at midnight,Moanin' at midnight, baby,Moanin' at midnight,Moanin' at midnight,...
- Ball And Chain ( In Album Cheaper Thrills )
Sittin' down by my window,Just lookin' out at the rain, at the rainI said I'm sittin' down by my window,Just lookin' out at the rain.You know somethin' came along, grabbed a hold of me,Felt just like a ball and...
- Summertime
Summertime, time, time,Child, the living's easy.Fish are jumping outAnd the cotton, Lord,Cotton's high, Lord so high.Your daddy's richAnd your ma is so good-looking, baby.She's a-looking good now,Hush, baby, baby,...
- Work Me, Lord
Work me Lord, work me Lord.Please don't you leave me,I feel so useless down hereWith no one to loveThough I've looked everywhereAnd I can't find me anybody to love,To feel my care.So ah work me Lord, whoa use me...
- Maybe
Euro CBS CDCBS 32063 MaybeOh if I could pray and I try, dear,You might come back home, home to me.MaybeWhoa, if I could ever hold your little handOh you might understand.Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, yeah.Maybe, maybe,...
- One Good Man
Honey, I love to go to partiesAnd I like to have a good time,But if it gets too pale after a whileHoney and I start looking to findOne good man.Hmm, don't you know I've been searching,Oh yes I have!One good man,Oh...
- Kozmic Blues (in Album I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! )
Time keeps movin' on,Friends they turn away.I keep movin' onBut I never found out whyI keep pushing so hard the dream,I keep tryin' to make it rightThrough another lonely day, whoaa.Dawn has come at last,Twenty-five...
- Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) ( In Album I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! )
Try, try, try just a little bit harderSo I can love, love, love him, I tell myselfWell, I'm gonna try yeah, just a little bit harderSo I won't lose, lose, lose him to nobody else.Hey! Well, I don't care how long it's...
- To Love Somebody
There's a light, certain kinda light,Never ever, never shone on me, no, no.Honey, I want, I want my whole lifeTo be lived with you, babe,That's what I want oh, was to beLiving and loving you.There's a way, oh...
- Piece Of My Heart (in Album I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! )
Just let ourselves get together right now.Ball and Chain!!!Yeah, I heard that, man. How are you, how, I mean, er, how are you out there ? Are you are you OK ? You know that you stand stoned and you got enough water...
- As Good As You've Been To This World
Live your loving life,Live it all the best you canAnd if you pay no attention darlingTo what you might ever hear from your man,I think you're just like a servantAnd try to keep it all to yourself.Don't you know it...
- Kozmic Blues Radio Commercial
Sometimes you have to wait for itSometimes you have to beg for itSometimes you can't get it no matter what you do or sayBut Janis Joplin gives it to youAnd that's all.Janis Joplin has a new Columbia album I Got Dem...
- Little Girl Blue
Sit there, hmm, count your fingers.What else, what else is there to do ?Oh and I know how you feel,I know you feel that you're through.Oh wah wah ah sit there, hmm, count,Ah, count your little fingers,My unhappy oh...
- Dear Landlord
Dear LandlordPlease don't put a price on my soul.My burden is heavy, dear,And my dreams are beyond my control,Oh yes, they are.But when that steam-boat whistle blows,Oh, honey I'm gonna give you everything I ever had...
- Half Moon
Half moon, night time sky,Seven stars, Heaven's eyes.Seven songs on seven seasJust to bring all your sweet love home to me.Hey, fill me like the mountains, yeah, yeah, yeah,Fill me like the sea, Lord,Not coming past,...
- Flower In The Sun
Oh please don't you think baby that I am wrong to cry, yeah.You loved me, too,So how come you just sit there and laughAnd laugh and laugh and laugh ?Things just can't be this wayAnd not for very longNo no no no no no...
- Ego Rock
Let's go, let's go let's go let's go. Peter you start it. Richard, you start it. Somebody start it.I just had to get out on the Texas plane,Lord, well it was bringing me down.Yeah, I had to get out of Texas,...
- Get It While You Can
In this world, if you read the papers, darling,You know everybody's fighting with each other.You got no one you can count on, dear,Not even your own brother.So if someone comes along,He gonna give you love and...
- Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)
Try, try, try just a little bit harderSo I can love, love, love him, I tell myself'Cause I'm gonna try, oh yeah, just a little bit harderSo I won't lose, lose, lose him to nobody else, yeah.Hey, I don't care how long...
- Road Block
Hey! All right, all right, all right, all right!Oh, ain't no problemCarry no heavy loadWhy can't I love you, baby ?You try to block my road.I wish ya wouldn't do it.Oh, better off to hand youEverything I own, ha ha ha...
- All Is Loneliness (in Album Joplin In Concert )
All is lonelinessLoneliness here for meLoneliness here for me.All is lonelinessLoneliness here for meLoneliness here for me.All is lonelinessLoneliness here for meLoneliness here for me.All is lonelinessLoneliness...
- Down On Me ( In Album Joplin In Concert )
I don't want to hear a wrong chord all night long.Yes.Well, down on me, Lord, down on me.I said it looks like everybody in this whole round world,Yeah hey yeah all right, is down on me yeah.Yeah yeah yeah yeah.One of...
- Move Over
You say that it's over baby, Lord,You say that it's over dear,But still you hang around me, come on,Won't you move over.You know that I need a man, honey,You know that I need a man,But when I ask you to you just...
- Bye, Bye Baby ( In Album Joplin In Concert )
Bye, bye-bye, baby, bye-bye.I may be seeing you aroundWhen I change my living standard and move uptown,Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye.Well so, so long, my honey, so long.I guess I'm gonna make it OK.I'll see you in the funny...
- Piece Of My Heart
Didn't I make you feel like you were the only man, yeah,An' didn't I give you nearly everything that a woman possibly can ?Honey, you know I did!And each time I tell myself that I, well I've just had enough,But I'm...
- Kozmic Blues
Time keeps moving on,Friends they turn away, Lordy Lord.Well, I keep moving onBut I never found out whyI keep pushing so hard a dream,I keep trying to make it rightThrough another lonely day.Whoa ¡ª don't discover...
- Ball And Chain (in Album Joplin In Concert )
S-sitting down by my window,Oh, looking at the rain.S-sitting down by my window now now,All around I felt it,All I could see was the rain.Something grabbed a hold of me, honey,Felt to me honey like, Lord, a ball and...
- Catch Me Daddy ( In Album Cheap Thrills )
And now, starting our second night at the Grande Ballroom, from San Francisco, Big Brother and the Holding Company!Thank you.Honey, I'm so alone.Oh daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy.Alright now!!!Alright...
- Combination Of The Two ( In Album Cheap Thrills )
Ooh!Yeah yeah!Alright, baby!Everybody's got it,They're all trying to feel it.Everybody's dancing and singing romanceAnd they want to feel more, baby.Baby, I've got to feel you moreHey come on, feeling good, baby,...
- Turtle Blues
Ah, I'm a mean, mean woman,I don't mean no one man, no good, no.I'm a mean, mean woman,I don't mean no one man, no good.I just treats 'em like I wants to,I never treats 'em, honey like I should.Oh, Lord, I once had a...
- Road Block ( In Album Cheap Thrills )
Yeah!, all right!Oh, ain't no problemCarry no heavy loadLord, no!Why can't I love you, baby ?You try to block my road.You try to block my road. Hey!Oh, better off to hand youEverything I own, ha ha ha ha!Strange to...
- Magic Of Love ( In Album Cheap Thrills )
Ooh! Hey, hey, now!Alright,You went away, had your chance to say"I love you and I need you baby"Yeah, but even ifHoney, I told you daddy nowYou wouldn't believe me anyway, no, no, no.Maybe you will now,I've changed a...
- Oh, Sweet Mary
Yeah!Oh, sweet Mary, child of confusion, she runs the hills to cryPast the willows or an illusion, Lord, tell me the reason why.Tell me why, why is it all so hard ?Breathing in the air Breathe in the airAnyone to...
- I Need A Man To Love
Whoa, I need a man to love me.Don't you understand me, baby ?Why, I need a man to love.I gotta find him, I gotta have him like the air I breathe.One lovin' man to understand can't be too much to need.You know itCan't...
- Piece Of My Heart ( In Album Cheap Thrills )
Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on!Didn't I make you feel like you were the only man ¡ª yeah!An' didn't I give you nearly everything that a woman possibly can ?Honey, you know I did!And each time I tell myself...
- Summertime ( In Album Cheap Thrills )
Summertime, time, time,Child, the living's easy.Fish are jumping outAnd the cotton, Lord,Cotton's high, Lord, so high.Your daddy's richAnd your ma is so good-looking, baby.She's looking good now,Hush, baby, baby,...
- Ball And Chain ( In Album Cheap Thrills )
Yeah! Alright!Sittin' down by my window,Honey, lookin' out at the rain.Lord, Lord, Lord, sittin' down by my window,Baby, lookin' out at the rain.Somethin' came along, grabbed a hold of me,And it felt just like a ball...
- Flower In The Sun ( In Album Cheap Thrills )
Oh please don't you think baby that I have been wrong to cry, yeah.You loved me, too,So how come you just sit there and laughAnd laugh and laugh and laugh ?Things just can't be this wayNot for very longNo no no no no...
- (Oh Lord Won't You Buy Me) Mercedes Benz
What I'd say?(-----)No it's this songAre you ready?It's the tape moving?I can do this on one takeNo can on mewell, (-----)I can...IÂ’d like to do a song of great social and political import.It goes like this:Oh Lord,...
- Tell Mama (Calgary 04 07 1970)
Alright!!!Alright!!!I'm ready, man!Whoaa yeah!!!You thought you had found yourself a good girl,One who would love you and give you the world.Then you find, babe, that you've been misused,Come to me, honey, I'll do...
- Me & Bobby McGee
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waiting for a trainAnd I's feeling nearly as faded as my jeans.Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained,It rode us all the way to New Orleans.I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty...
- Mercedes Benz
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,So Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?Oh Lord, won't you buy me a...
- Get It While You Can ( In Album Pearl )
In this world, if you read the papers, Lord,You know everybody's fighting on with each other.You got no one you can count on, baby,Not even your own brother.So if someone comes along,He's gonna give you some love and...
- A Woman Left Lonely
A woman left lonely will soon grow tired of waiting,She'll do crazy things, yeah, on lonely occasions.A simple conversation for the new men now and againMakes a touchy situation when a good face come into your...
- My Baby ( In Album Pearl )
And when I work hard all day longI tell you what, it don't bother me nohow,'Cause how could anything ever go wrongWhen I got my baby, Lord, yes,When I got my baby, oh Lord!And when they tell me love is painI said it...
- My Baby ( Different Version Quadraphonic CQ 30322)
And when I work hard all day longI tell you what, it don't bother me nohow,'Cause how could anything ever go wrongWhen I got my baby, Lord, yes,When I got my baby, oh Lord!And when they tell me love is painI said it...
- Buried Alive In The Blues
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- Move Over ( In Album Pearl )
You say that it's over baby, Lord,You say that it's over now,But still you hang around me, come on,Won't you move over.You know that I need a man, honey Lord,You know that I need a man,But when I ask you to you just...
- Trust Me ( In Album Pearl )
Trust in me, baby, give me time, gimme time, um gimme time.I heard somebody say, oh, "The older the grape,Sweeter the wine, sweeter the wine."Oh, my love is like a seed, baby, just needs time to grow,It's growing...
- Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)(Toronto 28 06 1970)
Try, try, try just a little bit harderSo I can love, love, love him, I tell myself'Cause I'm gonna try, oh yeah, just a little bit harderSo I won't lose, lose, lose him to nobody else, yeah.Hey, I don't care how long...
- Little Girl Blue (Calgary 04 07 1970)
Sit there, hmm, count your fingers.What else, what else can you do ?Oh and I know how you feel,I know you feel that you're through.But go on sit right back down, go on and count,Count your fingers,My unhappy, my...
- Cry Baby ( In Album Pearl )
Cry baby, cry baby, cry baby,Honey, welcome back home.I know she told you,Honey I know she told you that she loved youMuch more than I did,But all I know is that she left you,And you swear that you just don't know...
- Cry Baby (Toronto 28 06 1970)
Cry baby, cry baby, cry baby,Honey, welcome back home.I know she told you,Honey I know she told you that she loved youMuch more than I did,But all I know is that she left you,And you swear that you just don't know...
- Half Moon ( In Album Pearl )
Half moon, night time sky,Seven stars, heaven's eyes.Seven songs on seven seasJust to bring all your sweet love home to me.Hey, you fill me like the mountains,Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,You fill me like the sea, Lord,Not...
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
Well, once I lived the life of a millionaireSpending my money, no, I didn't careTakin' my friend John out for a mighty good timeBuyin' high-priced liquor, champagne and wine.Then I began to fall so low,Didn't have a...
- Vamp On Time
I don't understand how come you're gone, man. I don't understand why half the world is still crying, man, when the other half of the world is still crying too, man, I can't get it together. I mean, if you got a cat...
- St. James Infirmary
I went down to old Joe's bar roomOn the corner by the square.Well, the drinks were bein' served as usual,And this motley crowd was there.Well, on my left stood Joe McKennedyAnd his eyes were bloodshot red.When he told...
- Train Rap With Bonnie Bramlett
Women to be in-a the music business give up more than you'd ever know. She's got kids she gave up. Any woman gives up home life, an old man, probably, because you're so crazy on planes and runnin' and you never find...
- Women Is Losers
Women is losersWomen is losersWomen is losers, oh,Say honey women is losers.Well, I know you must have heard it all,And everywhereMen always seem to end up on top.Oh, if they told you they want youThey'll come around...
- Bye, Bye Baby
Bye, bye-bye, baby, bye-bye.I may be seeing you aroundWhen I change my living standard and I move uptown,Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye.So long, my honey, so long.Too bad you had to drift away'Cause I could use some...
- Intruder
You come around hereTrying to make your demand.You've got a need, darling,I've seen it grow and expand.Yeah, you want to reveal my lifeWith your own two hands.Well, tell me nowWhat are you trying to do ?Those holes in...
- Blindman
Well, the blind man, he stood on the way and criedBlind man, he stood on the way and criedBlind man stood on the way and cried,Crying, "Oh, show me the way, show me the way,Show me the way, the way to go home."My...
- The Last Time
Make it the last time, make it the last timeMake it the last time, oh darling please.But I don't understand why you always pick the timeWhen I've just talked to you with your love on my mind.To see a distant light, to...
- Light Is Faster Than Sound
Light is faster than soundMy head to the groundMind going roundFaster than sound.What goes up must go downWorld goes aroundSun shines aroundFaster than sound.Suddenly I see your faceFaster than soundThrough the...
- Call On Me
Well, baby, when times are bad,Now call on me, darling, and I'll come to you.When you're in trouble and feel so sad,Well, call on me, darling, I said call on me, and I'll help you.Yeah!A man and a woman have each...
- Coo-Coo
Oh, the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird, and she warbles when she fliesBut she never hollers cuckoo till the fourth day of July.Said Jack o'Diamonds, well Jack o'Diamonds, well I know you of old,Honey you robbed me of my...
- All Is Loneliness
All is loneliness before meLoneliness before me.Loneliness.All is lonelinessLoneliness before meLoneliness before meLoneliness before meLoneliness before meLoneliness before me.All is lonelinessLoneliness before...
- Caterpillar
I'm a caterpillarI'm a caterpillarCrawling for your loveCrawling for your loveCrawling for your love,For your love.I'm a butterflyI'm a butterflyFlying for your loveFlying for your loveFlying for your love,For your...
- Down On Me
Down on me, down on me,Looks like everybody in this whole round worldThey're down on me.Love in this world is so hard to findWhen you've got yours and I got mine.That's why it looks like everybody in this whole round...
- Easy Rider
Hey mama, mama, come a look at sister,She's a-standing on the levee trying to do that twist,But easy rider don't you deny my name,Oh no, oh no.Well, I got a girl with a diamond ring,I'll tell you, boys, she knows how...
- Harry
Harry!Harry ?Harry, please come home.Alright!
- Misery 'n
I've been misery 'n,Ever since my daddy gone, yeah.I've been, honey, I've been misery 'n, yes I have, now.Ever since my, since my daddy gone, gone, gone.But I believe that it won't,Baby, it won't be too long,If I just...
- Magic Of Love
Alright!Ooh! Hey, hey, now!Alright,You went away, had your chance to say,"I love you and I need you baby"Yeah, but even ifHoney, I told you daddy nowYou wouldn't believe me anyway, no, no, no.Maybe you will now,I've...
- Tell Mama
Janis Joplin!!Three, four.Yeah!!!Yeah!!!Whoaa ... yeah!!!You thought you had found yourself a good girl,One who would love you and give you the world.Then you find, babe, that you've been misused,Come to me, honey,...
- Catch Me Daddy
Oh, I'm so alone.Hey daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, now.No, no, no!!!No, no, no!!!Alright!!!Alright!!!Oh, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord!!!Hon, when I'm sittin' round late in the evenin', child,Wonderin'...
- Amazing Grace
Amazing graceHow sweet the soundThat saved a wretch like me.I once was lostBut now I'm foundWas blind but now I see.
- Raise Your Hand
Alright, this is a tune called Raise Your Hand. Let's go, come on!One, two ¡ª one, two, three!If there's somethin' you need,Hon, that you've never, ever, ever had.I know you've never had it.Oh, honey, don't you just...
- One Night Stand
When I'm on the road playin' in a town without a name,And I'm feelin' low an' everybody looks the same.Well, you catch my eye, and then you come on strong an' try to make your play.Just because we loved tonight,...
- Hi Heel Sneakers
Put on your hi heel sneakers,Honey put your wig-hat on your head,Honey on your head.Put on your hi heel sneakers,Honey put your wig-hat on your head,Alright.You better pass some boxing glovesIn case this foreman wanna...
- Farewell Song
Oh, the last time that I saw youYou know you didn't say a word.And I knew, honey as I looked into your eyesMy feelings, Lord, they'd never been heard.Well, I'm talkin' to you about love,Did you hear me ? I said...
- Interview After London Royal Albert Hall Concert
God, is that exciting, man! Nobody, nobody ever, anybody ever thought it would be that good! I didn't. Nobody else did. Nobody ever thought it would be I mean that good, that was, that was more good than any other...
- It's A Deal
Wooh!!She's my baby, I'll tell youJust exactly what I used to doI will leave just to leave you aloneBaby, baby, when I go home.Well love you baby I don't think I willSay the words but the bells go stillIt's true,...
- Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley called a nanny goatTo make his pretty baby a Sunday coatBo Diddley called a bear catTo make his pretty baby a Sunday hatHey, Bo Diddley,Hey, Bo Diddley, yeah!Hey, Bo Diddley, baby,Hey, Bo Diddley.Two, two,...
- Raise Your Hand ( In Boxs Of Pearls )
Great, great broad, miss Janis Joplin, please!If there's something you need,Hon that you've never, ever, ever had.And I know you've never had it.Oh, honey, don't you just sit there crying,Don't just sit there feeling...
- Maybe ( In Box Of Pearls )
Alright, alright! This is an old rock & roll tune, it was done by the Chantells in the 50s, a song called MaybeMaybeOh if I could pray and I try, dear,You might come back home, home to me.Honey, maybeWhoa, if I could...
- Crazy Once You Know How
Oh well it's much too early, not right now,How can I love you when I, I don't know how,I don't know how, I don't know how ?How can I trust my eyes, do they really seeWhat is the truth ? It's hard for me,Hard for me,...
- Combination Of The Two
Thank you. The name of this song is The Combination of the TwoYeah, here we go! Alright!Alright! Alright!Whew! Whew!Oh, oh ¡ª yeah!Oh, oh ¡ª yeah!Oh, oh ¡ª yeah!Everybody's dyin', everybody's tryin'To feel more...
- Down On Me ( In Album Monterey International Pop Festival )
Well, down on me, Lord, down on me,Oh, I said it looks like everybody in this whole round world, yeah!Alright now!They're down on me.Now, one of these mornings, proud and fair,Put on my wings, babe, I'll try the...
- Harry ( In Album Monterey International Pop Festival )
harry !!!
- Road Block ( In Album Monterey International Pop Festival )
Next song we're gonna do is a song called Road Block.Oh, ain't no problemCarry no heavy loadWhy can't I love ya baby ?You're trying to block my road.Now ain't that right!Trying to block my road.Open arms to hand...
- Ball And Chain ( In Album Monterey International Pop Festival )
We got one more song, uh, it's called Love Is Like a Ball and ChainSittin' down by my window,Just lookin' on at the rain.Mm, sittin' down by my window,Just lookin' on at the rain.Somethin' came along, honey, grabbed a...
- Mercedes-Benz
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz?My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends.Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz?Oh Lord, won't you buy me a...
- Me And Bobby Mcgee
ME & BOBBY MCGEEJanis Joplin- words and music by Kris Kristofferson- first popularized by Roger Miller in 1969 (#12 Country hit)- lyrics as recorded by Janis Joplin on the 1971 album "Pearl" (Columbia...
- Son Of A Preacher Man
Billy-Ray was a Preacher's son,And when his daddy would visit he'd come along,When they gathered round and started talking,That's when Billy would take me walking,Through the back yard we'd go walking,Then he'd look...
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