Janis Joplin

1.01 Cry Baby (Jerry Ragovoy, Sam Bell)

(3:55) Pearl

1.02 Get It While You Can (Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Schuman)

(3:24) Pearl

1.03 A Woman Left Lonely (Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham)

(3:26) Pearl

1.04 Piece Of My Heart (Jerry Ragovoy, Bert Berns)

(4:07) Joplin in Concert - Detroit March 02, 1968 (?)

1.05 Down On Me (Eddy Head, arr. Janis Joplin)

Live (3:06) Joplin in Concert - Detroit March 02, 1968

1.06 Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) (Jerry Ragovoy, Chip Taylor)

(3:57) Kozmic Blues

1.07 My Baby (Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Schuman)

(3:43) Pearl

1.08 Kozmic Blues (Janis Joplin, Gabriel Mekler)

(4:22) Kozmic Blues

1.09 Ball and Chain (Willie Mae Thornton)

Live (5:15) Motion Picture "Janis" - Frankfurt April 12, 1969

1.10 Drown in My Own Tears (Henry Glover)

(1:44) Motion Picture "Janis", January 1963, The Ghetto, Austin

1.11 Maybe (Richard Barrett)

Live (4:08) Motion Picture "Janis" - Frankfurt April 12, 1969

1.12 To Love Somebody (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb)

(5:19) Kozmic Blues

1.13 Raise Your Hand (Eddie Floyd, Stephen Lee Cropper, Alvertis Isabell)

Live Farewell Song

1.14 Magic of Love (Mark Warren Spoelstra)

Live (3:06) Farewell Song - Detroit March 02, 1968

1.15 Bye, Bye Baby (R. Powell St. John, Jr.)

Live (3:42) Joplin in Concert - San Francisco April 12, 1968

1.16 Buried Alive In The Blues (Nick Gravenites)

(2:23) Pearl

2.01 Me and Bobby McGee (Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster)

(4:30) Pearl

2.02 Move Over (Janis Joplin)

(3:40) Pearl

2.03 Little Girl Blue (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)

(3:49) Kozmic Blues

2.04 Mercedes Benz (Janis Joplin, Bob Neuwirth, Michael McClure)

(1:47) Pearl

2.05 Work Me Lord (Nick Gravenites)

(6:36) Kozmic Blues

2.06 Summertime (DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin)

Live (4:45) Motion Picture "Janis" - Frankfurt April 12, 1969

2.07 Half Moon (John Hall, Johanna Hall)

(3:53) Pearl

2.08 Silver Threads and Golden Needles (Jack Rhodes, Dick Reynolds)

(2:26) Motion Picture "Janis", 1963, Threadgill's, Austin

2.09 San Francisco Bay Blues (Jesse Fuller)

(1:49) Motion Picture "Janis", January 1963, The Ghetto, Austin

2.10 Trust Me (Bobby Womack)

(3:14) Pearl

2.11 Misery'n (Peter Albin, Sam Andrew, Dave Getz, James Gurley, Janis Joplin)

(4:15) Farewell Song

2.12 One Good Man (Janis Joplin)

(4:09) Kozmic Blues

2.13 Tell Mama (Marcus Lewis Daniel, Wilbur Terrell, Clarence George Carter)

Live (5:50) Farewell Song - Toronto June 28, 1970

2.14 Amazing Grace/Hi Heel Sneakers

Live Medley: Amazing Grace (1:06)/Hi Heel Sneakers (1:28) Farewell Song - San Francisco January 31, 1967

2.15 One Night Stand (Barry Flast, Samuel Gordon)

(3:01) Farewell Song - Version 1

2.16 Farewell Song (Sam Andrew)

Live (3:43) Farewell Song - San Francisco April 13, 1968

1. Piece Of My Heart

   Didn't I make you feel like you were the only man, yeah,
   An' 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've just had enough,
   But I'm gonna show you, baby, that a woman can be tough.
   
   I said come on, come on, come on, come on and take it,
   Take another little piece of my heart now, baby,
   Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah.
   Hey! Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, yeah.
   You know you got it if it makes you feel good,
   Oh yes indeed.
   All right!
   
   You're out on the street looking good, honey,
   Deep down in your heart I said you know that it ain't right,
   Never never never never never never hear me when I cry at night.
   Honey, 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 another little piece of my heart now, baby.
   Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah,
   Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, yeah.
   You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good — hey!
   
   Now all right!
   
   Now come on, come on, come on, come on and take it,
   Take another little piece of my heart now, baby.
   Break another little bit of my heart, honey, yeah.
   Hey! Have another little piece of my heart now, baby,
   You know you got it if it makes you feel good.
   Hey! Hey! Have another little piece of my heart now, baby,
   Break it, break it, break it, yeah.
   Have another little piece of my heart now, baby,
   You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good.

2. Down On Me

   I don't want to hear a wrong chord all night long.
   Yes.
   
   Well, down on me, Lord, down on me.
   I said it looks like everybody in this whole round world,
   Yeah hey yeah all right, is down on me yeah.
   Yeah yeah yeah yeah.
   
   One of these mornings be proud and fair,
   Put on my wings and then I'll try the air
   Since it looks like everybody in this whole round world,
   Hey, down on me, yeah, ha ha.
   
   Baby, down on me, oh, down on me, all right,
   It looks like everybody I said in this whole round world, aaah!
   Down on me.
   Oh yeah yeah!
   
   Now now now now now now now now
   The pot is gold, the rain is rain
   And the Gods had meant that it'll never change, no.
   It looks like everybody in this whole round world, now now now,
   Down on me, you know they are.
   
   Down on me, down on me, yeah.
   It looks like everybody, honey, in this whole round world, Lord!!!
   Is down on me, yeah.
   
   All right, all right,
   Believe in your brother, faith in man,
   Help each other, honey, if you can
   Because it looks like everybody in this whole round world,
   Everywhere I go! Is down on me, oh yeah.
   
   Down on me, hey, down on me, all right,
   It looks like everybody in this whole round world
   Down on me, yeah hey!
   
   Big Brother & the Holding Company!

3. Ball and Chain

   One, two!
   
   Sitting down by my window, baby, ha ha!
   Whoa, mama, honey, looking on at the rain.
   You know what I mean when it's all around you ?
   Oh, sitting down by my window,
   All 'round looking at the rain,
   I felt it's got to be the rain.
   Somethin' grabbed a hold of me, daddy,
   Felt to me, honey like, like a ball and chain, yeah!
   You know what I mean, babe,
   I say it's way too heavy now.
   
   I say, whoa, whoa, honey, tell me why
   Does everything I always want to hold on to
   Always wanna go let me down babe — whoa!!
   Yeah, tell me whoa, whoa, whoa, honey, tell me why does everything
   I always pick to hold on to seems to hurt me now ?
   Whoa, woo woo woo, whoa!!!
   Here you gone today,
   I wanted to love you,
   I wanted to hold you till the day I die
   That 's all I ever wanted, babe,
   I just wanted to hold on to you, now.
   
   I say, whoa, whoa, whoa, honey, it ain't fair
   Now daddy, it ain't fair, now it ain't fair what you're gonna do,
   No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, you know it ain't fair.
   I say, whoa, whoa, honey, it ain't fair!!!!
   No, no, no, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, no, no, it ain't fair.
   Here you gone today, all I ever wanted to do,
   Now baby, baby, baby, I just wanted to love ya,
   Honey, I wasn't going to hurt ya,
   I said I wasn't gonna hurt you darlin'.
   No, no, no, no, no.
   
   S-s-s-s-ittin' down, sitting down, whoa,
   Baby by my window, whoa, honey, felt the rain.
   Something grabbed a hold of me, baby
   Felt to me ... whoa ... Yeah!, Hey! all right!
   I said whoa, whoa, whoa, honey, this can't be, no this can't,
   Honey this can't be in vain
   This can't be in vain all that you said to me baby.
   No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, hey!
   I say whoa whoa whoa, honey this can't be, whoa!!!
   This can't be in vain, baby, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
   No, not in vain, yeah!
   I bet you can't tell me, tell me why
   Sometimes I got to know why, said why
   Come on, tell me why —
   Can you do it ?
   Tell me why
   Love
   Honey, love
   It hurts me
   Like a ball, daddy, and a chain.
   All right!

4. Maybe

   Thank you. All right, this is a tune called Maybe. Let's go.
   
   Maybe
   If I could pray and I try, dear,
   You might come back home, home to me.
   
   Honey, maybe
   Oh dear, if I could ever hold your hand
   Oh you just might understand.
   Honey maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, yeah.
   
   Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe dear
   I guess I might have done something wrong,
   Hon' I'd be glad to admit it.
   If you'd come back home to me!
   Honey maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe yeah.
   
   Well, I know that it just doesn't ever seem to matter, babe,
   Oh honey, when I go out or what I'm trying to do,
   'Cause I'm still left here
   Oh Lord, and I'm needing you.
   
   Please, please, please, please,
   Oh won't you reconsider, baby, 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,
   Maybe, maybe, maybe, yeah —
   Ooh!
   
   All right! Thank you!

5. Raise Your Hand

   Alright, this is a tune called Raise Your Hand. Let's go, come on!
   
   One, two — one, two, three!
   
   If there's somethin' 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.
   Hey, hey, hey.
   I said raise your hand.
   
   You know I'm standin' around, yes I am.
   Want to give you all my love.
   Oh, honey, won't you come on and open up,
   I said, open up in your heart.
   Please won't you let me try ?
   
   You got to be good.
   Don't ya understand ?
   Raise your hand.
   Hey, hey, hey.
   I said, raise your hand right here,
   Right here, right now, yeah!
   
   Whoaaaaah, oh yeah!!
   
   If there's somethin' that you want, dear,
   Honey, why won't you come and tell me so ?
   I said honey
   An' if you ever feel, whoa, that you just might need my lovin'
   Honey, all I just want you to do is just let go.
   
   Got to be good.
   Don't ya understand,
   Raise your hand.
   Hey, hey, hey!
   I said, raise your hand,
   Raise, raise, raise, raise.
   Honey ...
   Ha, ha, ha
   Honey ...
   Whoa ... whoaaa ... whoaaa
   Said-a, whoaaa ...
   Alright!
   
   Honey, raise your hand
   'Cause I want you to come along.
   Raise your hand
   'Cause you know where you belong.
   You belong here, now
   Said here and now
   Said, here and now
   Honey, here and now
   Here and now
   Honey, here, now
   Honey, here, now,
   Honey, here
   Now, now, now, now, now, now, now
   
   Raise your hand.
   Raise your hand.
   Raise your hand.
   Raise your hand.
   Raise your hand.
   Raise your hand.
   
   Hey, hey, hey, get it up now!
   Hey, hey, get it up now!
   Hey, hey, get it up now!
   Hey, hey, get it up now!
   Hey, hey, get it up now!
   Hey, hey, get it up now!
   Hey, hey, get it up!
   
   Raise your hand, yeah.
   Raise your hand, yeah.
   Raise your hand, yeah.
   
   Yeah!!!
   Alright!!
   
   Alright, thank you.

6. 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.

7. Bye, Bye Baby

   Bye, bye-bye, baby, bye-bye.
   I may be seeing you around
   When I change my living standard and move uptown,
   Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye.
   
   Well so, so long, my honey, so long.
   I guess I'm gonna make it OK.
   I'll see you in the funny papers some old day,
   So long, my honey, so long.
   
   Well, 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.
   I ain't got time to wait on you or to fetch your super-ball,
   I've got lots of things I've got to do.
   
   Bye, bye-bye, baby, bye-bye.
   I guess I'm gonna make it OK.
   I'll see you in the funny papers some old day,
   Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye.
   
   Well so, so long, my honey, so long.
   Too bad you had to drift away
   'Cause I could use some company
   Right on this road, up on this road I'm on today, yeah hey yeah!
   
   Well, I know that you got things to do and places to be
   And 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.
   Lord, I might've been your wife,
   But you settled for a place right in my heart,
   You didn't want a place in my life.
   
   So, so long, my honey, so long.
   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, yeah hey yeah,
   I said bye, bye bye bye baby, baby bye-bye, waah!!

8. Summertime

   Summertime,
   Child, you're living easy.
   Fish are, fish are jumping out
   And the cotton, Lord, cotton's high, Lord, so high.
   
   Your daddy's rich
   And your ma, honey I think she's a mighty good-looking babe.
   I think she's looking pretty fine to me now.
   Hush, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby,
   No, no, no, no, no, don't you cry.
   Don't you cry!!!
   
   One of these mornings
   Child, you'll rise up singing,
   An' since you gotta go, honey, spread your wings,
   You can take, take the sky,
   Lord, the sky.
   
   Until that morning,
   Honey, n-n-no, nothing's gonna harm you babe.
   I said, honey, no one's ever gonna let you down,
   They wouldn't do it.
   Hush, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby,
   No, no, no, no, no, don't you cry.
   No!
   Cry.

9. Tell Mama

   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!

10. One Night Stand

    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 that way.
    
    Don't you know that you're nothin' more than a one night stand.
    Tomorrow I'll be on my way, an' you can catch me if you can.
    Honey, take me by the hand and play that game again, yeah.
    
    Everywhere I go, the people wanna make some time with me.
    That's okay, if the next day I can be free.
    Well, it's feelin' good and you're the one I'm lovin' tonight,
    Well, don't you go and spoil it, babe, by trying to get yourself all uptight.
    
    Don't you know that you're nothing more than a one night stand.
    I'll be on my way an' you can catch me if you can.
    Honey, take me by the hand and play that game again, yeah!!!
    
    When I'm on the road, playin' in a town without a name,
    Honey, I'm feelin' low and everyone looks the same.
    Well, it's lookin' good and you're the one that's lovin' tonight,
    Don't you go and spoil it babe, by trying to get yourself all uptight.
    
    Don't you know that you're nothing more than a one night stand.
    I'll be one my way an' you can catch me if you can.
    Honey, take me by the hand and play that game again.
    
    Don't you know that you're nothing more than a one night stand.
    Oh, I'll be on my way, you can catch me if you can.
    Honey, take me by the hand and play that game again.
    
    Don't you know that you're nothing more than a one night stand.
    Lord!!!
    Lord!!!!!

11. Farewell Song

    Oh, the last time that I saw you
    You know you didn't say a word.
    And I knew, honey as I looked into your eyes
    My feelings, Lord, they'd never been heard.
    Well, I'm talkin' to you about love,
    Did you hear me ? I said love.
    Hey, because it's got to be such a long, long, long way
    From denyin', from denyin'.
    
    And I say you 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.
    I wanted to try and build a life with you,
    Lord I should've known it, I guess I should've known it all along.
    Oh, let me hold you just once
    Honey I'll 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
    But don't you know when you love somebody, have some pressures
    There can never, never, never be any secret,
    No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
    
    You gonna have to pay your dues
    And sometimes, honey, sometimes you know you're bound to lose.
    Yeah, but that's the way
    You're gonna learn, learn, learn to love people, yeah.
    
    Oh God, I wish I could explain it myself,
    'Cause I know that it's my fault, dear.
    It's so easy to hurt you, darling,
    It's so hard, I guess it's hard not to do.
    And I know that you showed me a new life
    And you'll always, and you'll always be my friend.
    Baby I don't think that I can keep from cryin'
    And I'll be tryin' and I been cryin' for you, babe
    Yes I have now.
    
    Well, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
    What would I do without you child ?
    I'm afraid I can't say
    But I hope honey that when you remember,
    Lord, it'll be, it'll be such a sunny day
    Now, now, now, now, good-bye,
    And I'll see you sometime
    And don't be worried, everything's just fine
    Baby I don't think
    That I can keep from dyin'
    And I've been dyin'.
    
    I said now every day I got a little bit
    I say now every day I lose me someone in my heart
    I've been lonely, lonely, look around baby
    I said now I gotta gotta
    Keep my baby, baby
    Talk about my baby
    Hear me baby, baby
    Whoa yeah, my baby
    
    I hate to leave you, baby,
    I hate to leave you, darling
    I'll never hurt, babe
    Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta
    Whoa yeah, I gotta
    I gotta leave you, baby, I can't help myself
    I gotta leave you, baby, I can't help myself
    Whoaa ... Lord, Lord Lord Lord!!
    Whoaa ... Lord, Lord Lord Lord!!
    
    Thank you.

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