Janis Joplin

Two nineteen, done took my man away Two Nineteen, done took my man away The two seventeen train, is bound to bring him back to me someday I went down to the station, I watched a train roll by I went down to the station, I watched a train roll by Saw my m...

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’...

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 f ... that was on inside of me and not pla...

All is loneliness before me Loneliness before me. Loneliness. All is loneliness Loneliness before me Loneliness before me Loneliness before me Loneliness before me Loneliness before me. All is loneliness Loneliness before me Loneliness before me...

Amazing grace How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me. I once was lost But now I'm found Was blind but now I see. 

Live your loving life, Live it all the best you can And if you pay no attention darling To what you might ever hear from your man, I think you’re just like a servant And try to keep it all to yourself. Don’t you know it makes the world go round, You got...

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 chain. Yeah! Hey! You know what I mean...

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 as they can be And those people in Bla...

Well, the blind man, he stood on the way and cried Blind man, he stood on the way and cried Blind 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 daddy stood on that-a way and cried...

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 on To where you belong Pull you tight I'm gonna show you right. You blow my mind Blow my mind Blo...

Bo Diddley called a nanny goat To make his pretty baby a Sunday coat Bo Diddley called a bear cat To make his pretty baby a Sunday hat Hey, Bo Diddley, Hey, Bo Diddley, yeah! Hey, Bo Diddley, baby, Hey, Bo Diddley. Two, two, three I was alone Went t...

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...

C'mon baby, let the good times roll C'mon baby, let me thrill your soul C'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 some more, C'mon baby, let the good times roll, Roll all night lo...

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, come on call on me, and I’ll help you. Yeah! A man and a woman have each other, baby, To find their way in...

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 died And you caused my father to lose his mind. Now d...

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' why, why, why did I ever leav...

I’m a caterpillar I’m a caterpillar Crawling for your love Crawling for your love Crawling for your love, For your love. I’m a butterfly I’m a butterfly Flying for your love Flying for your love Flying for your love, For your love. Well, I’ll be...

Did you think I'd stand there While you kicked me in the face Doesn't make much sense to push me down I need explanation to adjust my way of thought Did you think you'd find me hanging round And it's ten years later and I haven't left your side Eve...

On the day I was born the Grim Reaper smiled He said I'll get you yet now you demonized child But I's younger than all my brothers, You know it's all that's left of mine Honey but I caught 'em, yeah I passed 'em, hon I left 'em, left with codine and it's r...

Ooh! Yeah yeah! Alright, baby! Everybody’s got it, They’re all trying to feel it Everybody’s dancing and singing romance And they want to feel more, baby. Baby, I’ve got to feel you more Hey come on, feeling good, baby, baby, Come on and...

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...

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 see What is the truth ? It's hard for me, Hard for me, hard for me. It's hard to under...

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 al...

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 to all the women that I see Yeah, I br...

Dear Landlord Please 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 to give, yeah, And I do hope...

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 think. Yeah, yeah. You tell me you kind of col...

You said when you met you'd never forget me And I thought my problems were gone But you changed all the while and you did it in style How could I think that this was wrong Some times it stops we can't compromise that But I think back to all the relations...

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. Say...

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 see? What is the truth? It's hard for me Hard for me, hard for me It's hard to underst...

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 to shake that thing. Oh! Easy r...

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, baby, Lord, it was bringing me down I been all...

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...

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 l...

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 y...

Gutra Now now now now now now now now now now now now... Gutra Now now now now now now now now now now now now... Oh Gutra, baby this is the end Oh Gutra, baby this is the end Well I'm through with that girl, 'cause she flipped out on zen. Gutra......

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 las...

Am I on ? OK. Hello, John, this is Janis, Who'd just like to wish you a very happy birthday and Happy trails to you until we meet again Happy trails to you, keep smiling until then. Happy trails to you until we meet again! Happy Birthday, John, from th...

Harry! Harry? Harry, please come home. Alright!  

Well, a nickel is a nickel, a dime is a dime I need a new man, lord I know I won't mind. Tell me how long, dear, do I have to wait? Can I get you now, dear, must I hesitate? Well now, the eagle on the dollar says in God we trust You say you won't obey me...

Hey baby, baby Hey, 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 time Alright, honey, come on baby and tell about it one more time I said 25 minutes is all I have at ha...

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 gloves In case this foreman wanna fight. Put on your hi heel...

I can't turn you loose, if I do I'm gonna lose my mind I can't never turn you loose, if I do I'm gonna lose my mind Whoa, I can't turn you loose for nobody, I love you, yes I do, huh! Hip-shakin' mama, I love you, love no one but you Hear me, baby, I call...

I know you rider, you're gonna miss me when I'm gone I know you rider, you'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 lonesome, when it's shinin' down through the trees Don't...

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 O...

He brings a tear into my eyes When 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 mind A little rain is bound to fall But since you been gone...

You come around here Trying to make your demand. You’ve got a need, darling, I’ve seen it grow and expand. Yeah, you want to reveal my life With your own two hands. Well, tell me now What are you trying to do ? Those holes in your life Show what you...

Wooh!! She's my baby, I'll tell you Just exactly what I used to do I will leave just to leave you alone Baby, baby, when I go home. Well love you baby I don't think I will Say the words but the bells go still It's true, baby, that I want you to stay B...

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 g...

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 ni...

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...

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, ye...

Here comes a long black train, Lord, Right by my back door again. Here comes a long black train, It's right by my back door again. Now that's the same ol train, now, Took my two best friends. Lord, that train start off slowly, My tears they keep stream...

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 wh...

Now when I go to work,I work all day always tutns out the same when I bring home my hard-earned pay I 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 mature, they all turns out the same 'C...

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 d...

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 wh...

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 tr...

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...

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 B...

Moanin' at midnight Moanin' at midnight, yeah Moanin' at midnight, baby Moanin' at midnight, baby Moanin' at midnight, baby, yeah Moanin' at midnight Moanin' at midnight, baby Moanin' at midnight Moanin' at midnight, baby, whew-ew Well, well, well,...

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....

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,...

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 here, Give me no cause to try I got these blues, I gotta find me that middle road W...

Well, once I lived the life of a millionaire, spending my money, no, I didn't care Takin' my friend John out for a mighty good time Buyin' high-priced liquor, champagne and wine Then I began to fall so low, didn't have a friend, nor no place to go If I ge...

Oh, my soul! Oh, my soul! Baby baby baby, give me all the love you've got Don't you know you've got the best love in the house I said love, I said love, oh, my soul! Baby baby baby love your daddy all night long Baby, baby, love you all night long Lov...

Yeah! Oh, sweet Mary, child of confusion, she runs the hills to cry Past 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 air Anyone to care. Oh! (Alright, yeah!) Oh,...

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,...

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, please don't you think it's gonna stay tha...

Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on! 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,...

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...

I'm goin' down to the river Jordan I'm goin' down to the river Jordan I'm goin' down to the river Jordan I'm goin' down to the river Jordan One of these days I'm gonna sit at the welcome table I'm gonna sit at the welcome table I'm gonna sit at the wel...

Hey! All right, all right, all right, all right! 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 wa...

Got the blues from my baby Left me by the San Francisco Bay. This big ocean liner took her so far away. Didn't mean to treat her so bad She was the best girl I ever have had. She said good-bye, and she made me cry I'm gonna lay right down and die. Well...

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 hey hey, hey hey, Lord, see see ride...

Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine And 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 needles cannot mend this heart of mine...

I went down to old Joe's bar room, on 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 McKennedy, and his eyes were bloodshot red When he told me that sad story, these were the...

Well, put your arms around me like the circles in the sun I 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 hole I'm in. I'm stealin', ste...

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...

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 what you choose. I want you t...

Make it the last time, make it the last time Make it the last time, oh darling please. But I don’t understand why you always pick the time When I’ve just talked to you with your love on my mind. To see a distant light, to hear a far-off horn To leave me...

Some say love, it is a river, that drowns the tender reed. Some say love, it is a razor, that leaves your soul to bleed. Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need. I say love, it is a flower, and you it's only seed. It's the heart, afraid...

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, ev...

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 run And you never find 'em egain. you give up, you give up a home and...

Trouble in mind, Lord I'm blue But I won't be blue always The sun is gonna shine in my door Shine in my back door someday I'm gonna lay, lay my head On that lonesome railroad line And let the 2:19 train ease my troubled mind Trouble in mind, well Lord I'm b...

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...

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...

Without a warning you broke my heart, Taken it baby, torn it apart And you left me standin' in the dark cryin', Said your love for me was dyin' Come on babe, baby please Cause I'm beggin' you baby and I'm on my knees Turn on your light, let it shine on...

Ah, I’m a mean, mean woman And 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 daddy, He said he’d give me...

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 your mind? Lord, walk right in and sit...

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, they say it's gonna ease all my pain But...

People come around the window, People come around the door People come around and ask me If 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 mind What you need is body heat, ask for it any time...

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, don't deny now my name Now mama ma...

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,...

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...