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.
Please dontcha do it to me babe, no! Please dontcha do it to me baby, Either take this love I offer Or honey let me be.
I ain’t quite a ready for walking, no no no no, I ain’t quite a ready for walking, And whatcha gonna do with your life, Life all just dangling ?
Oh yeah, make up your mind, honey, You’re playing with me, hey hey hey, Make up your mind, darling, You’re playing with me, come on now! Now either be my loving man, I said-a let me honey, let me be, yeah!
You say that it’s over, baby, no, 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, I told you so. You know that I need a man, But when I ask you to you just tell me That maybe you can.
Hey! Please dontcha do it to me, babe, no! Please dontcha do it to me baby, Either take this love I offer, Honey let me be.
I said won’t you, won’t you let me be ? Honey, you’re teasing me. Yeah, you’re playing with my heart, dear, I believe you’re toying with my affections, honey.
I can’t take it no more baby, And furthermore, I don’t intend to. I’m just tired of hanging from the end of a string, honey, You expect me to fight like a goddamned mule. Wah, wah, wah, wah, honey...
Cry baby, cry baby, cry baby, Honey, welcome back home.
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 and cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry baby, Oh honey, welcome back home.
Don't you know, honey, Ain't nobody ever gonna love you The way I try to do ? Who'll take all your pain, Honey, your heartache, too ? And if you need me, you know That I'll always be around if you ever want me Come on and cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry baby, Oh daddy, like you always saying to do.
And when you walk around the world, babe, You said you'd try to look for the end of the road, You might find out later that the road'll end in Detroit, Honey, the road'll even end in Kathmandu. You can go all around the world Trying to find something to do with your life, baby, When you only gotta do one thing well, You only gotta do one thing well to make it in this world, babe. You got a woman waiting for you there, All you ever gotta do is be a good man one time to one woman And that'll be the end of the road, babe, I know you got more tears to share, babe, So come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, And cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry baby.
And if you ever feel a little lonely, dear, I want you to come on, come on to your mama now, And if you ever want a little love of a woman Come on and baby baby baby babe babe baby now Cry baby yeah.
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!
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.
I'd like to do a song of great social and political import. It goes like this:
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 oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz
Oh lord won't you buy me a color TV. Dialing for dollars is trying to find me. I wait for delivery each day until 3. So oh lord won't you buy me a color TV.
Oh lord won't you buy me a night on the town. I'm counting on you lord, please don't let me down. Prove that you love me and buy the next round. Oh lord won't you buy me a night on the town.
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 oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz
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 price you’ve got to pay.
Trust in me, baby, give me time, gimme time, please, a little more time. Takes a road runner just a little bit uh-longer, dear, Oh, to make up my mind, I gotta make up my mind. Oh, my love is like a seed, baby, just needs time to grow, It’s growing stronger day by day, That’s the price that we both got to pay.
I gotta know, know that I’m ready, oh ready to settle down, ‘Cause I think too much of your loving, baby, Yeah, I don’t wanna mess your life around!
So if you love me like you tell me that you’re doing, dear, You shouldn’t mind paying the price, any price, any price. Love is supposed to be that special kind of thing, Make anybody want to sacrifice. Oh, my love is like a seed, baby, just needs time to grow, It’s growing stronger day by day, That’s the price we both gotta pay.
Trust in me baby, trust in me baby, Trust in my love, in my heart. Keep the faith, baby, keep the faith in me, dear, in my love. Don’t turn your face away from me, dear, oh you leave a lost girl, Oh, don’t turn your love away, no no no no no no no, You gotta believe in me, baby, yeah, trust me dear, oh...
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 you can, yeah! Honey, get it while you can, Hey, hey, get it while you can, Don’t you turn your back on love, no, no!
Don’t you know when you’re loving anybody, baby, You’re taking a gamble on a little sorrow, But then who cares, baby, ‘Cause we may not be here tomorrow, no. And if anybody should come along, He gonna give you any love and affection, I’d say get it while you can, yeah! Hey, hey, get it while you can, Hey, hey, get it while you can. Don’t you turn your back on love, No no no, no no no no no.
Oh, get it while you can, Honey get it when you’re gonna wanna need it dear, yeah yeah, Hey hey, get it while you can, Don’t you turn your back on love, No no no, no no no no, get it while you can, I said hold on to somebody when you get a little lonely, dear, Hey hey, hold on to that man’s heart, Yeah, get it, want it, hold it, need it, Get it, want it, need it, hold it, Get it while you can, yeah, Honey get it while you can, baby, yeah, Hey hey, get it while you can!
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, I'll do what you choose. I want you to Well, tell mama Tell all about it. Well, tell mama What you need Tell your mama, babe, What you want. Tell your mama, babe. LP Columbia AS 1377 (promo) What you need What you want. What you need What you want Whoa! an' I'll make everything alright. That girl you didn't have no sense, babe, Wasn't worth all the time that you spent. That same man throwed you outdoors, I just heard that he quartered your clothes, hey! Well, tell mama All about it. Tell mama What you need. Tell your mama, babe, What you want Tell your mama, babe. What you need What you want What you need What you want, Whoaaa! an' I'll make everything alright, daddy, I swear! Hey! That girl you had didn't have no sense, dear, Wasn't worth all the time that you spent. And that same man that throwed you outdoors, I just heard that he stole all your clothes, hey. Well, tell mama All about it Tell mama What you need Tell your mama, babe What you want Tell your mama, babe What you need What you want What you need What you want Anything I can do Anything I can do for you, baby. Tell your mama, babe! Tell your mama, babe! Tell your mama, babe! Tell your mama, babe! Tell your mama, babe! Tell your mama, babe! Hey! Every time you get lonely, lonely, lonely, Every time you get lonely sometime. Every time you get lonely, lonely, lonely, Every time you get lonely sometime. Every time you got to cry, cry, Every time you gotta cry. Every time you got to cry, cry, cry, Every time you gotta cry. Well, I'll tell you, dear If you're a woman I can only assume That you already know what you're looking for, baby. If you ever, if you were lookin', if you were lonely if you were lookin', or lonely, I know what you're lookin' for, And I figured it out at fourteen years old And I been lookin' for it every since, too, man. However, if you happen to be a very young man, (Preferably a young man) I'll tell you what you need, man, When you wake up an' it doesn't feel right, man, Your head don't feel right, nothin' feels right I'll tell ya what you need — You need a sweet lovin' mama, babe, Sweet talkin' mama, baby. You need a sweet lovin' mama, babe. You need someone to listen to you, Someone to talk to you, Someone to hear you Someone to want you Someone to need you Someone to use you Someone to hold you Want you, talk, listen, hold ya, want you, need you, Hold you, need you, want you, need you, hold you, Won't you need me mama, mama, mama, mama baby Hey now, mama, mama, mama, mama, baby Lord, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, baby Hey, mama, mama, mama, mama, babe. Tell mama all about it Tell mama all about it What you need, what you want What you need, what you want Anything I can do Anything, baby, I can do for you Tell your mama, babe Whoa mama babe! Whoa mama babe! Whoa mama babe! Whoa mama babe! Whoa mama babe! Whoa mama babe! Whoa mama babe! Whaa mama babe! Whaa mama babe! Whaa mama babe! Whaa mama babe! Yeah An' I'll make everything alright, yeah! Hey! Alright!
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.
Try, try, try just a little bit harder So I can love, love, love him, I tell myself 'Cause I'm gonna try, oh yeah, just a little bit harder So I won't lose, lose, lose him to nobody else, yeah. Hey, I don't care how long it's gonna take ya But if it's a dream I don't want No I don't really want it Yeah if it's a dream I don't want nobody to wake me.
Yeah I'm gonna try, oh yeah, just a little bit harder So I can give, give, give, give him every bit of my soul. I'm gonna try, oh yeah, just a little bit harder So I can show, show, show him love with no control, yeah. Hey! I don't care how long it's gonna take ya But if it's a dream I don't want No I don't really want it Yeah if it's a dream I don't want nobody to wake me. Hey, dig it! Yeah! Yeah yeah yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah, all right.
Try oh yeah, hey, try oh yeah, Lord, Lord, Lord, Try oh yeah, try oh yeah, Lord, Lord, Lord, Try oh yeah yeah, try, whoa, try oh yeah, Lord, Lord, Lord, Push, work, push, work, oh yeah, try, oh yeah hey! Try oh yeah, hey try oh yeah, Try Lord, try, try, you ain't trying man You're not trying out man, come up with it. Come on, that's a wanker that listens to words, man. Hey you gotta work all night Hey little girl, gotta push on You gotta need Work a little more, hey, try a little more, Need a little more Yeah, work on, push on, move on, move on, You gotta work for it, you gotta work on it Push on, need on, move on, Move on, hey hey hey.
Work it daddy, Work it daddy, Come on, work it daddy, oh Yeah, yeah, you better try, try, try, try a little more You ain't never gonna get any man if that's the sort of thing you can do. Shit, there's lot more talent around than that man. Try, try, try, try try try, You've gotta try, try, try, try, Try, try, try, try, try, try... You gotta try, try, try, try... Lord, try, try, try, try, Lord, try, try, try, try, Hey, try, try, try, try,
I'll tell you one thing, we sure turned a trainful of freaks into a party, man, ha ha ha ha, didn't we, boys ? All right, all right, now what should I do ? Get it ?
"Get it While You Can" ? "Get it While You Can" !
All right. I'll do a song, man, that I'll tell you you could apply it to more or less to anything you want to but it could almost be even called the truth man. I wouldn't go that far, I wouldn't heavy up on anyone like that, man. I'll tell you one thing, songs got something to say, man, if you can dig it. It's talking about everybody's life, man, and what passes by you and what you miss and what you're gonna have, man. This is a song called Get it While You Can 'cause it ain't gonna be there when you wake up, man. (On Richard!) Richard Bell on piano.
Cry baby, cry baby, cry baby, Honey, welcome back home.
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 and cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry baby, Oh honey, welcome back home.
Don’t you know, honey, Ain’t nobody ever gonna love you The way I try to do ? Who’ll take all your pain, Honey, your heartache, too ? And if you need me, you know That I’ll always be around if you ever want me Come on and cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry baby, Oh daddy, like you always saying to do.
And when you walk around the world, babe, You said you’d try to look for the end of the road, You might find out later that the road’ll end in Detroit, Honey, the road’ll even end in Kathmandu. You can go all around the world Trying to find something to do with your life, baby, When you only gotta do one thing well, You only gotta do one thing well to make it in this world, babe. You got a woman waiting for you there, All you ever gotta do is be a good man one time to one woman And that’ll be the end of the road, babe, I know you got more tears to share, babe, So come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, And cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry baby.
And if you ever feel a little lonely, dear, I want you to come on, come on to your mama now, And if you ever want a little love of a woman Come on and baby baby baby babe babe baby now Cry baby yeah.