Janis Joplin

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KANSAS CITY BLUES

KANSAS CITY BLUES


I been rockin' and reelin', Lord as long as I can be
Lord, 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 used to drink and I'm gonna buy a gallon
I'm gonna find me my man I say, get a pair of overalls
I'm leavin', yeah I'm gonna go to Kansas City, ha ha ha
Goin' to Kansas City, yeah, to make my man my own

I'll walk on Beauty Street with an idea I might stay
If she wants my man I'll just change my ways
Lord I'm leavin', yeah I'm leavin' this mornin'
Goin' to Kansas City to bring Jim Jackson home
Go ahead, take it!

Yeah!

I been rockin' and reelin', lonesome as I can be
Lord the man that I love sure made a fool out of me
Babe I'm leavin', yeah I'm leavin' this mornin'
Goin' to Kansas City tryin' to find a man of my own, yeah

 

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KOZMIC BLUES

KOZMIC BLUES


Time keeps movin? on,
Friends they turn away.
I keep movin? on
But I never found out why
I keep pushing so hard the dream,
I keep tryin? to make it right
Through another lonely day, whoaa.

Dawn has come at last,
Twenty-five years, honey just in one night, oh yeah.
Well, I?m twenty-five years older now
So I know we can?t be right
And I?m no better, baby,
And I can?t help you no more
Than I did when just a girl.

Aww, but it don?t make no difference, baby, no, no,
And I know that I could always try.
It don?t make no difference, baby, yeah,
I better hold it now,
I better need it, yeah,
I better use it till the day I die, whoa.

Don?t expect any answers, dear,
For I know that they don?t come with age, no, no.
Well, ain?t never gonna love you any better, babe.
And I?m never gonna love you right,
So you?d better take it now, right now.

Oh! But it don?t make no difference, babe, hey,
And I know that I could always try.
There?s a fire inside everyone of us,
You?d better need it now,
I got to hold it, yeah,
I better use it till the day I die.

Don?t make no difference, babe, no, no, no,
And it never ever will, hey,
I wanna talk about a little bit of loving, yeah,
I got to hold it, baby,
I?m gonna need it now,
I?m gonna use it, say, aaaah,

Don?t make no difference, babe, yeah,
Ah honey, I?d hate to be the one.
I said you?re gonna live your life
And you?re gonna love your life
Or babe, someday you?re gonna have to cry.
Yes indeed, yes indeed, yes indeed,
Ah, baby, yes indeed.

I said you, you?re always gonna hurt me,
I said you?re always gonna let me down,
I said everywhere, every day, every day
And every way, every way.
Ah honey won?t you hold on to what?s gonna move.
I said it?s gonna disappear when you turn your back.
I said you know it ain?t gonna be there
When you wanna reach out and grab on.

Whoa babe,
Whoa babe,
Whoa babe,
Oh but keep truckin? on.
Whoa yeah,
Whoa yeah,
Whoa yeah,
Whoa,
Whoa,
Whoa,
Whoa,
Whoa ...

 

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LEAVING ON A JETPLANE

LEAVING ON A JETPLANE


All my bags are packed
I'm ready to go
I'm standing here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breaking, it's early morn'
the taxi 's waiting, he's blowing his horn,
Already I'm so lonesome I could die
chorus:
So kiss me and smile for me
tell me that you'll wait for me
hold me like you'll never let me go
I'm leaving on a jetplane,
don't know when I'll be back again,
oh babe I hate to go
I hate to go...
There 're so many times I've let you down
so many times I've played around
but now you know that they don't mean a thing
Every place I go, I'll think of you
Every song I sing, I'll sing for you
When I come back I'll wear your weddingring
chorus:
So kiss me and smile for me
tell me that you'll wait for me
hold me like you'll never let me goI'm leaving on a jetplane
don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go
I hate to go...
Now the time has come to leave you
one more time, let me kiss you
close your eyes and I'll be on my wayDream about the days to come
when I won't have to leave alone,
about the times when I don't have to say...
chorus:
So kiss me and smile for me
tell me that you'll wait for me
hold me like you'll never let me go
I'm leaving on a jetplane,
don't know when I'll be back again,
oh babe I hate to go

 

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LIGHT IS FASTER THAN SOUND

LIGHT IS FASTER THAN SOUND


Light is faster than sound
My head to the ground
Mind going round
Faster than sound.

What goes up must go down
World goes around
Sun shines around
Faster than sound.

Suddenly I see your face
Faster than sound
Through the emptiness of space.
Faster than sound
You?re turning my mind all around
Faster than sound
?Cause life is faster than sound.
Faster than sound
Faster than sound

Light is faster than sound
My head to the ground
Mind going round
Faster than sound.

What goes up must go down
World goes around
Sun shines around
Faster than sound.

Whoa, suddenly I see your face
Faster than sound
Through the emptiness of space.
Faster than sound
You?re turning my mind all around,
Faster than sound
?Cause life is faster than sound.
Faster than sound
Faster than sound

 

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LITTLE GIRL BLUE

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 little girl, little girl blue, yeah.

Oh sit there, oh count those raindrops
Oh, feel ?em falling down, oh honey all around you.
Honey don?t you know it?s time,
I feel it?s time,
Somebody told you ?cause you got to know
That all you ever gonna have to count on
Or gonna wanna lean on
It?s gonna feel just like those raindrops do
When they?re falling down, honey, all around you.
Oh, I know you?re unhappy.

Oh sit there, ah go on, go on
And count your fingers.
I don?t know what else, what else
Honey have you got to do.
And I know how you feel,
And I know you ain?t got no reason to go on
And I know you feel that you must be through.
Oh honey, go on and sit right back down,
I want you to count, oh count your fingers,
Ah my unhappy, my unlucky
And my little, oh, girl blue.
I know you?re unhappy,
Ooh ah, honey I know,
Baby I know just how you feel.

 

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MAGIC OF LOVE

MAGIC OF LOVE


Ooh! Hey, hey, now!

Alright,
You went away, had your chance to say
"I love you and I need you baby"
Yeah, but even if
Honey, I told you daddy now
You wouldn't believe me anyway, no, no, no.
Maybe you will now,
I've changed a lot somehow,
Let me do what I say.

Come back and believe my love,
Please! Now, come back and believe my love,
Come back, and believe the magic of love.

Oh, I want the light without the darkness
I want the sky without the sun, yeah!
When do the stars and the moon reach out ?
When they see me alone without my loved one, yeah!

Oh, now baby, don't you hear me,
Won't-t-t-t-t-t-t you hear me I gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta tell you,
Oh baby, baby, baby, baby, baby,
Honey, I just gotta tell you now,
Honey, I wanna tell you that I want you to dig it!

Now if you believe in magic,
Don't be afraid, afraid to use it, baby,
No, no, no, no, no, no, come on home
Dressed in the mystic silk
Or wearing rich rags and waste
Darling, please!

Come on back to me
I know we can be
Part of a magic race.

Come back, and believe my love
Come back, please believe my love
Come back and believe the magic of love.

Hey! Now come back, babe, and believe my love
Come back, please believe my love
Come back and believe the magic of love.

 

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MAYBE

MAYBE


Maybe
Oh if I could pray and I try, dear,
You might come back home, home to me.

Maybe
Whoa, if I could ever hold your little hand
Oh you might understand.
Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, yeah.

Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe dear
I guess I might have done something wrong,
Honey I?d be glad to admit it.
Oh, come on home to me!
Honey maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe yeah.

Well I know that it just doesn?t ever seem to matter, baby,
Oh honey, when I go out or what I?m trying to do,
Can?t you see I?m still left here
And I?m holding on in needing you.

Please, please, please, please,
Oh won?t you reconsider babe.
Now come on, I said come back,
Won?t you come back to me!

Maybe dear, oh maybe, maybe, maybe,
Let me help you show me how.
Honey, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe,
Maybe, maybe, maybe, yeah,
Maybe, maybe, maybe, yeah.
Ooh!

 

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ME & BOBBY MCGEE

ME & BOBBY MCGEE


Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waiting for a train
And 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 red bandanna,
I was playing soft while Bobby sang the blues.
Windshield wipers slapping time, I was holding Bobby?s hand in mine,
We sang every song that driver knew.

Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose,
Nothing don?t mean nothing honey if it ain?t free, now now.
And feeling good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues,
You know feeling good was good enough for me,
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.

>From the Kentucky coal mines to the California sun,
Hey, Bobby shared the secrets of my soul.
Through all kinds of weather, through everything that we done,
Hey Bobby baby kept me from the cold.

One day up near Salinas, Lord, I let him slip away,
He?s looking for that home and I hope he finds it,
But I?d trade all of my tomorrows for one single yesterday
To be holding Bobby?s body next to mine.

Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose,
Nothing, that?s all that Bobby left me, yeah,
But feeling good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues,
Hey, feeling good was good enough for me, hmm hmm,
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.

La la la, la la la la, la la la, la la la la
La la la la la Bobby McGee.
La la la la la, la la la la la
La la la la la, Bobby McGee, la.

La La la, la la la la la la,
La La la la la la la la la, hey now Bobby now Bobby McGee yeah.
Na na na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na na na
Hey now Bobby now, Bobby McGee, yeah.

Lord, I?m calling my lover, calling my man,
I said I?m calling my lover just the best I can,
C?mon, where is Bobby now, where is Bobby McGee, yeah,
Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lord
Hey, hey, hey, Bobby McGee, Lord!

Yeah! Whew!

Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lord
Hey, hey, hey, Bobby McGee.

 

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MISERY 'N

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 could hang on,
Yeah, until my, till my misery
Will all be gone.

Whoa, I said my rooms, you know,
They're so empty, empty, empty, empty, empty.
Filled up with sadness, sometimes, yeah.
My rooms are so empty, empty, empty, empty.
Child, filled up with sadness, honey, sometimes, sometimes.

Oh well it just, it just moves in,
Like the fog rolls in.
And I find I, well I can't see you, baby,
For my tears.

But I've tried.
Don't you know I've tried.
Cried, cried, cried, cried, cried.
Baby now, I've been missin' you.
Oh, I've been missin' you, babe!

Yeah, and it all seems to bother me
Much more that it seems it should be.
So, baby, now, now,
Baby, now, now,
Baby, tell me why,
Does it have to be
Oh, so wrong for me ?

I never thought I could ever want anybody,
No, no, no, never did, I never did.
Why am I feelin' so strange ???
Whoaaaaa, I never, never, never needed nobody, no, no,
But maybe you could help me ?
Why am I feelin' so strange ?

Yeah, an' I've got me a great,
An' I've got a great big bed
With two pillows for my head.
Hey, but lately I been sleepin', sleepin' alone.

But I've tried,
Don't you know I've tried.
Cried, cried,
You know how I've cried.
An', an' baby, I've been missin' you.

Tried,
Don't you know I've tried.
Cried,
Cried, cried, cried, cried,
Baby now, I've been missin' you.

Tried,
Don't you know I've tried.
Cried, cried,
You know how I've cried.
An', an' baby, I've been missin' you,
Yeah ...

 

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MISSISSIPPI RIVER

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 am
Well, I'm going on that big Belle Louise, yes, I am, yes I am
Yes I am, boy, yes I am

Oh man, where are you gonna catch your river, catch me tryin', you catch me tryin'
Oh man, where are you gonna catch your river, you catch me tryin', you catch me tryin'
You catch me tryin', boys, you catch me tryin'

Man, will your daughter take on me?
Well, I don't know, I don't know
Oh man, will your daughter take on me?
I don't know, I don't know
I don't know, boy, I don't know

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