Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)

(Jerry Ragovoy, Chip Taylor)

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...

Discs

  1. 18 Essential songs (1995)
  2. 1969-04-11 Amsterdam (2006 FM) (1969-04-11)
  3. 1969-04-12 Frankfurt (1969-04-12)
  4. 1969-04-12 Frankfurt (DVD-rip) (1969-04-12)
  5. 1969-04-21 Royal Albert Hall, London (1969-04-21)
  6. 1969-11-30 West Palm Beach (1969-11-30)
  7. 1970-04-04 Fillmore West, San Francisco (1970-04-04)
  8. 1970-08-12 Harvard Stadium (1970-08-12)
  9. 3CD Box Set (1993)
  10. Absolute Janis (1997)
  11. Anthology (1982)
  12. At Amsterdam (1969-04-11 [1996])
  13. At Woodstock (1969-08-17 [1993])
  14. Blow All My Blues Away (1962/70)
  15. Collections (1968/70 [2009])
  16. Cry Baby (The Ultimate Collection) (2009)
  17. First Stop (1970-06-28)
  18. Greatest Hits (1973)
  19. In Concert (1972)

    A while back, it was about a year ago, I think it was, I had this apartment in San Francisco, I lived on the third floor in this little tiny apartment building, had a little two rooms and a dog, right. I lived on the third floor and I used to walk around town and I had, you know, a couple of pairs of Levis and a couple T-shirts and I thought I had my shit pretty good together, man. You know I was out on the streets talking and talking, doing all that shit, and every time I found a nice piece of talent he went right straight downstairs to the chick on the second floor, there was another chick on the second floor, right. And I couldn't understand, I couldn't understand, I kept thinking, Janis, why are you doing wrong suddenly ? Well I so decided to get up one morning, ha ha ha, and check out the chick's action, right, figure out what she had going that I didn't have going. I got up at 9:30 in the morning, which I want you to know is an effort on my part. And I got up at 9:30 in the morning, I hid in the stairwell right next to the chick's across from her apartment, right. And I watched her and watched to see what she had, man, that I didn't have. And I'll tell you what she had man, that chick hit the streets at noon. I mean I didn't use to get up till three. That chick was already in the street hustling, man. So I figured out what you gotta do, man. Every time you're looking for a little piece of action and you ain't getting none, man, you know what you better do, baby, you better try harder, man.

    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,

    Hey, try oh yeah, try oh yeah, Lord, Lord, Lord
    Try oh yeah, hey, try whoa, try oh yeah
    Try oh yeah, Lord, Lord, Lord, try oh yeah
    Try oh yeah, hey, hey, hey,
    Try oh yeah, try oh yeah,
    Lord, Lord, Lord, oh Lord.

    And don't you forget!

    Janis Joplin!

    Boy they're incredible.

    Quiet, quiet!

  20. Kozmic Blues (1969-06 [1969-09-11])
  21. Live At the Festival Express 1970 (1970-06-28)
  22. Love, Janis - soundtrack (2001)
  23. Pearl (Legacy Edition) (2004)
  24. Rarer Pearls (1962/70)
  25. Summertime (1969-04-01 [1996])
  26. Super Hits (2000)
  27. Texas International Pop Festival (1969-08-30)
  28. Try 'Just A Little Bit Harder' (1967/70 [1993])
  29. Various Artists - Woodstock - 25th Anniversary Collection (1969-08-17)
  30. Various Artists - Woodstock Diary (1969-08-17)
  31. Woodstock Complete 2010 (1969-08-17 [2010])