Down On Me

(Eddy Head, arr. Janis Joplin)

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 they're down on me, all down on me, oh!
It looks like everybody in this whole round world
Down on me!!

Discs

  1. 18 Essential songs (1995)
  2. 1967-10-08 Santa Clara Fairgrounds, San Jose, California (1967-10-08)
  3. 1968-01-12 Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles (1968-01-12)
  4. 1968-07-28 Newport Festival, Newport, RI (1968-07-28)
  5. 3CD Box Set (1993)
  6. Absolute Janis (1997)

    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!

  7. Anthology (1982)

    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!

  8. At Winterland '68 (1968-04-12/13 [1998])
  9. Big Brother & the Holding Co (1967)
  10. Blow All My Blues Away (1962/70)
  11. Cheaper Thrills (1966-07-28 [1984])
  12. Cry Baby (The Ultimate Collection) (2009)
  13. Greatest Hits (1973)
  14. In Concert (1972)

    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!

  15. Light Is Faster Than Sound (1966-07-28)
  16. Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968 (1968-06-23 [2012])
  17. Live Fast Die Young (CD) (1967)
  18. Live in San Francisco (1966/67)
  19. Live in San Francisco 1966 (1966/67 [2002])
  20. Love, Janis - soundtrack (2001)
  21. The Lost Tapes (1966/67 [2008])
  22. Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) (1967/70)
  23. Try 'Just A Little Bit Harder' (1967/70 [1993])
  24. Unforgettable (1994)
  25. Various Artists - Monterey Pop Festival (1967-06-17)