Down on me, down on me, Looks like everybody in this whole round world They’re down on me.
Love in this world is so hard to find When you’ve got yours and I got mine. That’s why it looks like everybody in this whole round world They’re down on me.
Saying they’re down on me, down on me. Looks like everybody in this whole round world Down on me.
When you see a hand that’s held out toward you, Give it some love, some day it may be you. That’s why it looks like everybody in this whole round world They’re down on me, yeah.
Lord, they’re down on me, down on me, oh! Looks like everybody in this whole round world Is down on me.
Believe in your brother, have faith in man, Help each other, honey, if you can Because it looks like everybody in this whole round world Is down on me.
I’m saying down on me, oh, down on me, oh! It looks like everybody in this whole round world Down on me!!
Oh, the cuckoo, she’s a pretty bird, and she warbles when she flies But she never hollers cuckoo till the fourth day of July.
Said Jack o’Diamonds, well Jack o’Diamonds, oh I know you of old, Honey you robbed me of my silver and out of all my gold, All of my gold, all of my gold.
Well, Jack o’Diamonds, oh Jack o’Diamonds, oh I know you of old, Honey, you robbed me of my silver and out of all my gold.
Said the cuckoo, she’s a cruel bird, and she warbles when she flies And every time that she passes, my true love says good-bye, Well, says good-bye, well says good-bye, Ooh, ooh ...
Women is losers Women is losers, oh Say honey women is losers. Well, I know you must try, Lord, And everywhere Men almost seem to end up on top.
Oh, if they told you they want you Say come around by your door. Whoa I say now, if they don’t desert you, They’ll leave you and never be here for more. Oh yeah!
Women is losers Women is losers Women is losers, Lord, Lord, Lord!!! So now I know you must-a know, Lord, it’s true, Men always seem to end up on top.
They wear a nice shiny armor Until there is a dragon for to slay. Any day now, Course with men beggin’ to pay ‘em Then they’ll turn and run away, oh!
Women is losers Women is losers Women is losers, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord!!! So I know you must-a know, Lord, Anywhere Men almost seem to end up on top, oh!
Bye, bye-bye, baby, bye-bye. I gotta be seeing you around When 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 company Right here on this road, on this road I’m on today.
I get the feeling I could chase you clean on in the ball And wind up staying pull off, put down strung out and stalled. Honey, I ain’t got time to wait on you or to fetch your super ball, I got lots of things I’ve got to do.
I know that you got things to do and places to be. I guess I’ll have to find the thing you placed on me. I may wind up in the street or sleep beneath a tree, Still I guess you know honey I’ve gotta go.
Bye, bye-bye, baby, bye-bye. I guess you know you’re on your own, It seems you just got lost somewhere out in the world And you left me here to face it all alone, You left me here to face it all alone, You left me here to face it all alone, Bye, bye-bye baby, baby bye-bye!
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 and chain. Honey, that's exactl
Oh, ain't no problem Carry no heavy load Why can't I love you, baby ? You try to block my road. I wish ya wouldn't do it.
Oh, better off to hand you Everything I own, ha ha ha ha! Strange to see you waiting for me, You try to block my road All the time. Yeah, try to block my road Please be mine! Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Road block Hit me with a roadblock Come on a road block Road block Road block Road block Road block Road block Ah! Road block My, my, my, my, my, my, road block Up ahead I see a roadblock Up ahead I see a roadblock Whoa, road block Whoa, road block Road block Road block Road block Road block Road block Road block Road block Road block Road block
Oh, ain't no problem Carry no heavy load No, no! Hey! why can't I love you, baby ? You try to block my road. Why are you doin' it ? Yeah, try to block my road. Try to block my Road! Lord! Road block!!!
Didn’t I make you feel like you were the only man —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 I, well I think I’ve had enough, But I’m gonna show you, baby, that a woman can be tough.
I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it, Take it! Take another little piece of my heart now, baby! Oh, oh, break it! Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, oh, have a! Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, You know you got it if it makes you feel good, Oh, yes indeed.
You’re out on the streets looking good, And baby deep down in your heart I guess you know that it ain’t right, Never, never, never, never, never, never hear me when I cry at night, Babe, I cry all the time! And each time I tell myself that I, well I can’t stand the pain, But when you hold me in your arms, I’ll sing it once again.
I’ll say come on, come on, come on, come on and take it! Take it! Take another little piece of my heart now, baby. Oh, oh, break it! Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah, Oh, oh, have a! Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good.
I need you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it, Take it! Take another little piece of my heart now, baby! oh, oh, break it! Break another little bit of my heart, now darling, yeah, c’mon now. oh, oh, have a Have another little piece of my heart now, baby. You know you got it —whoahhhhh!!
Take it! Take it! Take another little piece of my heart now, baby, Oh, oh, break it! Break another little bit of my heart, now darling, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Oh, oh, have a Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, hey, You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good.
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 ?br) 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 ...
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 it Can’t be now Oh no Can’t be now Oh no Can’t be now Oh no Can’t be now Oh no Can’t be now Oh no Can’t be this loneliness Baby, surrounding me.
No, no, know it just can’t be No it just can’t be There’s got to be some kind of answer. No it just can’t be And everywhere I look, there’s none around No it just can’t be Whoa, it can’t be No it just can’t be, oh no! Whoa, hear me now.
Whoa, won’t you let me hold you ? Honey, just close your eyes. Whoa, won’t you let me hold you, dear ? I want to just put my arms around ya, like the circles going ‘round the sun. Let me hold you daddy, at least until the morning comes.
Because it Can’t be now Oh no Can’t be now Oh no Can’t be now Oh no Can’t be now Oh no Can’t be now Oh no Can’t be this loneliness Baby, surrounding me. No, no, no it just can’t be. No it just can’t be Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby, just can’t be. No, no, no No it just can’t be
And why can’t anyone ever tell me, now ? No it just can’t be I wake up one morning, I realize No it just can’t be Whoa, it can’t be. No it just can’t be Now go!
Whoa, I need a man to love me Oh, maybe you can help me, please. Why, I need a man to love. But I believe that someday and somehow it’s bound to come along Because when all my dreams and all my plans just cannot turn out wrong.
You know it Can’t be now Oh no Can’t be now Oh no Can’t be now Oh no Can’t be now Oh no Can’t be now Oh no Can’t be just loneliness Baby, surrounding me
No, no, no, it just can’t be No it just can’t be Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby, it just can’t be No it just can’t be And who could be foolin’ me ? No it just can’t be I’ve got all this happiness No it just can’t be Come, come, come on, come on, come on, and help me now. No it just can’t be Please, can’t you hear my cry ? No it just can’t be Whoa, help ...
Summertime, time, time, Child, the living’s easy. Fish are jumping out And the cotton, Lord, Cotton’s high, Lord, so high. Your daddy’s rich And your ma is so good-looking, baby. She’s looking good now, Hush, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, No, no, no, no, don’t you cry. Don’t you cry! One of these mornings You’re gonna rise, rise up singing, You’re gonna spread your wings, Child, and take, take to the sky, Lord, the sky. But until that morning Honey, n-n-nothing’s going to harm you now, No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, Don’t you cry, Cry.
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 laugh And laugh and laugh and laugh ? Things just can't be this way And not for very long No no no no no no no no no no no no no no. Our love affair said it's just history, yes it is.
And I tried to love you in my own way, I think that you know I did. But to have you here, to see you living, Oh so near to me, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh but you are distant and so it's dead And so often people are glad to be old, yeah yeah, Our love affair is just history, yes it is.
Once in a green time a flower Oh, fell in love with the sun. The passion lasted for an hour And then she wilted from her loved one.
Once in a green time a flower Oh, fell in love with the sun. The passion lasted for an hour And then she wilted from her loved one.
And I see you looking up at the sky, how high it is, yeah. You wonder if there is, whoa another me Now how can that be, how can it be ? Well, I sit here and I ask you, why all this ? I just got toni-ni-ni-night Our love affair said it's just a history But baby, baby, I said it's over, Charlie, I can't stand another lo-lo-lonely, I'm never too lonely.
It's over baby, Where were you when I wanted ya And needed ya right by my side ? I said-a, baby, baby, don't you feel me moving, Baby, don't you hear me cry ? I know I hurt you, but Lord don't you know I cried, I know I hurt you, but babe don't you know I tried, Oh baby, oh babe, whoa.
Whoa, the last time that I saw ya Child, I know, no, you didn't say a word. And I knew, darlin' as I looked into your eyes That my feelings, oh, they'd never been heard.
Well, I'm talkin' to you about love, Did you hear me, I said love, Because it's got to be such a long, long, way From denyin', from denyin'.
And I say, don't say no, no, no to me no more. And I believed in you all the time, Honey, until I found out, you know, that I was so wrong. Won't you try and build a life with you, Guess I should've known it, I guess I should've known it all along.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, let me hold you just once more Babe, I ask you just once more Because it's got to be such a long, long way from cryin' And I been cryin' and I got tears in my eyes.
Yeah, but don't you know when you love somebody that's so precious They can never, never, never be had very cheaply No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
You're gonna have to pay your dues And sometimes, sometimes I guess you're bound to lose. Hey, but that's the way You're gonna learn, learn, learn to love deeply.
Now oh God, I wish I could explain that myself, 'Cause I know that it's my fault, too. It's so easy to hurt you, darling, It's so hard, it's hard not to do.
And I know that you showed me a new life And you'll always, you'll always be my friend. Yeah, but I don't think, honey, that I can keep from tryin' And I'll be tryin' and I been cryin' for you, baby, Yes, I have now.
Well, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me What would I do without you, child ? I'm afraid that I can't say. But I hope, honey, that when you will remember Lord, it'll be, it'll be such a sunny day.
Now, now, now, now, good-bye, I'll see you sometime And don't be worried, everything's just fine. Babe, I don't think That I can keep from dyin' And I've been dyin'.
I say now every day I die a little bit, babe I say now every day I lose me someone in my heart I've been lonely, lonely, look around baby I said now I can't help myself I can't help myself I gotta find him, gotta, I gotta need him 'Cause I gotta find my man, find my baby 'Cause I gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, yeah, gotta Gotta, gotta, gotta, oh my Lord I gotta Help me now now now now Help me, babe, yeah, yeah, yeah, Whoaa ... Lord, Lord Lord Lord!! Whoaa ... Lord, Lord Lord Lord!! Whoaa ... Lord, Lord Lord Lord!!
If there's anythin' that you need, Hon, that you've never, ever, ever had. I know you've never had it. Oh, honey, don't you just sit there cryin', Don't just sit there feelin' bad. No, no, no.
You'd better get up, Now do you understand, And raise you hand! I said raise your hand, hey.
You know I'm standin' about, yes I am. Want to give you all my love. Oh, honey, won't you come on and open up, I said, open up your heart. Please, let me try.
You'd better to be good. Don't ya understand ? Raise your hand. I said, raise your hand, Right here, right now, c'mon!! Whoaaaaah, oh yeah!!
If there's anything you need, Honey, that you ever, ever, ever try, I want you to give it up I said to give it all, don't you know that you have.
You'd better be good. Don't ya understand, Raise your hand. I said, raise your hand, Raise it, Raise it, Raise it, Raise, Alright!!
Ha wah do wah Ha wah do wah Ha wah do wah Ha wah do wah Whoa Whoa Whoa, hon Whoa, yeah Whoa, hon Whoa, yeah I said every day when I go out I said I wanna move. Every day when I go out I tell ya I wanna groove.
I said move, yeah Said move now Move, yeah Whoa Honey, I want you to come along And raise your hand. Babe, I want you to come along, Raise your hand. If you know where you belong I'll tell you Here And now Said here and now Said here now, now, now, now, now, now, now!
Raise your hand, yeah. X4 Raise your hand. X8
Hey, hey, hey, get it up now! Hey, hey, get it up now! Hey, hey, get it up now! Hey, hey, get it up!
There’s a light, certain kinda light, Never ever, never shone on me, no, no. Honey, I want, I want my whole life To be lived with you, babe, That’s what I want oh, was to be Living and loving you. There’s a way, oh everybody say You can do anything, every thing yeah. But what good, what good, Honey, what good could it ever bring ‘Cause I ain’t got you with my love And I can’t find you babe, no I can’t. You don’t know, you don’t know what it’s like, No you don’t, honey no you don’t know, You don’t know what it’s like To love anybody. Oh honey, I wanna talk about love And trying to hold somebody The way I love you babe, And I’ve been loving you babe.
In my brain, oh I can see your face again, I know my frame of mind, yeah. But nobody, nobody has to ever be so blind, Honey, like I did, I know I was blind, Honey, I tell you that I was, I was very, very blind. Oh but I’m just a girl, Can’t you just take a look at me and tell, Tell that I live, honey I live and I breathe for you, Don’t you know I do!
But what good, what good, Honey, what good could ever do ‘Cause I ain’t got you, that’s all I’ve ever wanted, And I ain’t got you, babe, oh but I’ve been looking ’round. But you don’t know, you don’t know what it’s like, No you don’t, no, no, no, you don’t know, Honey, you don’t know what it’s like Oh to love anybody. Oh honey I wanna talk about The way I loved you, baby, And I just want you to know I tried.
Oh I know that there’s a way ‘Cause everybody came to me one time and said, “Honey, you can do anything, Every little thing and I think I can. Oh, but what good, what good, Honey, what awfully good can it ever, ever bring, ‘Cause I can’t find you with my love, And I can’t find you babe, oh anywhere. Oh, but you don’t know, You don’t know what it’s like, No you don’t and you never ever, ever did. You don’t know, honey, You don’t know what it’s like Oh to love anybody. Oh honey I wanna talk about trying to hold you. Oh baby, baby, baby, yeah, But you don’t know, You don’t know what it’s like, And you never ever, ever did, You don’t know what it’s like, I said I tried to throw my love around you And I tried to help you darling. But you never ever, no you never ever, No you never ever, no you never ever, I know that you know that No you never ever, ever, ever, Oh let me throw my love, Throw my love all around you, yeah.
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.
Try, try, try just a little bit harder So I can love, love, love him, I tell myself Well, I'm gonna try yeah, just a little bit harder So I won't lose, lose, lose him to nobody else. Hey! Well, I don't care how long it's gonna take you now, But if it's a dream I don't want No I don't really want it If it's a dream I don't want nobody to wake me.
Yeah, I'm gonna try yeah, just a little bit harder So I can give, give, give, give him every bit of my soul. Yeah, I'm gonna try yeah, just a little bit harder So I can show, show, show him love with no control. Hey! I've waited so long for someone so fine I ain't gonna lose my chance, no I don't wanna lose it, Ain't gonna lose my chance to make you mine, all mine. All right, get it! Yeah!
Try yeah, try yeah, hey, hey, hey, try yeah, Oh try whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, Oh anybody, oh anybody, oh anybody, Try oh yeah (just a little bit harder) Whoa I gotta try some more, I said try yeah, aw I said try, I said try try try try try try, Oh try oh yeah, try oh yeah!
Hey hey, I gotta talk to my man now, You know I, I gotta feel for my man now, I said I, I gotta work for my man now, You know I, I gotta hurt for my man now, I think-a every day for my man now, You know it, every way for my man now. I say try, try yeah, oh try yeah, Hey hey hey, try yeah-hey, oh, try...
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
Honey, I love to go to parties And I like to have a good time, But if it gets too pale after a while Honey and I start looking to find One good man. Hmm, don’t you know I’ve been searching, Oh yes I have! One good man, Oh ain’t much, honey ain’t much, It’s only everything, whoa.
An’ I don’t want much outa life, I never wanted a mansion in the South. I just-a want to find someone sincere Who’d treat me like he talks, One good man. Oh honey don’t you know that I’ve been looking. Oh, one good man Ain’t much, honey it ain’t much, Oh, it’s only everything. All right.
Some girls they want to collect their men, They wear ’em like notches on a gun. Oh honey, but I know better than that, I know that a woman only needs one. One good man, oh, Oh baby don’t you know I’ve been looking, hmm. One good man, It ain’t much, no, no honey it ain’t much, Oh, it’s only every little thing, Just-a everything, everything Ah yeah.
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.
Work me Lord, work me Lord. Please don’t you leave me, I feel so useless down here With no one to love Though I’ve looked everywhere And I can’t find me anybody to love, To feel my care.
So ah work me Lord, whoa use me Lord, Don’t you know how hard it is Trying to live all alone. Every day I keep trying to move forward, But something is driving me, oh, back, Honey, something’s trying to hold on to me, To my way of life.
So don’t you forget me down here, Lord, No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, Ah, ah, don’t you forget me, Lord. Well I don’t think I’m any very special Kind of person down here, I know better, But I don’t think you’re gonna find anybody, Not anybody who could say that they tried like I tried, The worst you can say all about me Is that I’m never satisfied. Whoa.
Whoa, oh, oh, work me Lord, hmm, use me Lord, Please, honey, don’t you leave me, I feel so useless down here. I can’t find me anybody to love me And I’ve looked around, I’ve looked everywhere, everywhere And I can’t find me anyone to love, To feel my care.
So honey don’t you go and leave me, Lord, No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, Honey, don’t you go off and leave me, Lord. Can’t I show you how hard it is Trying to live when you’re all alone. Everyday I keep pushing, Keep trying to move forward But something is driving me, oh, back, And something’s trying to hold on to me, To my way of life, why.
Oh please, please, oh don’t you go and Forget me down here, don’t forget me, Lord. I think that maybe you can ease me, Maybe I can help you, said uh whoa, Oh please, please, don’t you go and leave me Lord, No, no, no, no, no, no, no, whoa, whoa please, Hmm please, don’t you leave me, Lord.
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, I'll do what you choose. I want you to Wel
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 tell me That maybe you can. Ple
I know she told you, Honey I know she told you that she loved you Much more than I did, But all I know is that she left you, And you swear that you just don’t know why, But you know, honey I’ll always, I’ll always be around if you ever want me Come on an
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 again Makes a touchy situation when a good face come into your head. And when she gets lonely, she’s thinking ‘bout her man, She knows he’s taking her for granted, yeah yeah, Honey, she doesn’t understand, no no no no! Well, the fevers of the night, they burn an unloved woman Yeah, those red-hot flames try to push old love aside. A woman left lonely, she’s the victim of her man, yes she is. When he can’t keep up his own way, good Lord, She’s got to do the best that she can, yeah! A woman left lonely, Lord, that lonely girl, Lord, Lord, Lord!
Half moon, night time sky, Seven stars, heaven’s eyes. Seven songs on seven seas Just 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 coming past but still at last
And when I work hard all day long I tell you what, it don't bother me nohow, 'Cause how could anything ever go wrong When I got my baby, Lord, yes, When I got my baby, oh Lord! And when they tell me love is pain I said it might be true for you, honey, Bu
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train And I's feelin' near as faded as my jeans Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained It rode us all the way into New Orleans I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana I's playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues, yeah Windshield wipers slappin' time, I's holdin' Bobby's hand in mine We sang every song that driver knew, yeah
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose Nothin' don't mean nothin' hon' if it ain't free, no no And feelin' good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues You know, feelin' good was good enough for me Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee
From the Kentucky coal mine to the California sun There Bobby shared the secrets of my soul Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done Yeah, Bobby baby kept me from the cold One day up near Salinas, Lord, I let him slip away He's lookin' for that home and I hope he finds it But I'd trade all o' my tomorrows for one single yesterday To be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose Nothin', that's all that Bobby left me, yeah But if feelin' good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues Hey, feelin' good was good enough for me, mm-hmm Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee
La-da-da La-da-da-da La-da-da da-da da-da La-da-da da-la-da la-da, Bobby McGee, yeah La-da-la-da-la-da La-da-la-da-da La-da-la-da-la-la, Bobby McGee, yeah La-da-da La-da-da La da-da La da-da La-da-da La da-da La da-da Hey, my Bobby, Lord, my Bobby McGee, yeah Lo-da-lo da-la-lo-da-la Lo-da-la-lo da-la-lo la-la-lo la-la-lo la-la Hey, my Bobby, Lord, my Bobby McGee, yeah
Lord, I call him my lover, call him my man I said I call him my lover, did the best I can, c'mon Hey now Bobby now, hey now Bobby McGee, yeah La-da la-da la-da la-da la-da la-da la-da la-la Hey, hey, hey, Bobby McGee, Lord!
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La-da la-da la-da la-da la-da la-da la-da la Hey, hey, hey, Bobby McGee, yeah
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 color TV ? Dialing For Dollars is
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 stronger day by day, yeah, That's the
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 affection I’d say get it while yo