What Good Can Drinkin' Do

(Janis Joplin)

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 I drink it down, an' the next day I feel the same.

Gimme whiskey, gimme bourbon, give me gin.
Oh, gimme whiskey, give me bourbon, gimme gin.
'Cause it don't matter what I'm drinkin', Lord, as long as it drown this sorrow I'm in.

I start drinking Friday, I start drinking Friday night.
Lord, I start drinking Friday, start drinking Friday night.
But then I wake up on Sunday, child, there ain't nothin' that's right.

My man he left me, child, he left me here.
Yeah, my good man left me, went away and left me here.
Lord, I'm feelin' lowdown, just give me another glass of beer.

What good can drinkin' do, what good can drinkin' do ?
Well, I drink all night but the next day I still feel blue!!!

Discs

  1. 3CD Box Set (1993)
  2. Blow All My Blues Away (1962/70)
  3. Early Performances (1975)
  4. Love, Janis - soundtrack (2001)

    Er, this is a song called, "What Good Can Drinkin' Do" that I wrote one night after drinkin' myself into a stupor.

    What good can drinkin' do, what good can drinkin' do ?
    Oh well, 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.
    Well, I drink it down, but the next day I feel the same.blue.

    Gimme whiskey, oh, gimme bourbon, give me gin.
    Oh, gimme whiskey, give me bourbon, gimme gin.
    It don't matter what I'm drinkin', Lord, as long as it drown this sorrow I'm in.

    Well, my man he left me, child, an' he left me here.
    Mm, my man he left me, went away and left me here.
    Well, I'm feelin' lowdown, just give me another drink of beer.

    Well, I start drinkin' Friday, I start drinkin' Friday night.
    Lord, I start drinkin' Friday, start drinkin' Friday night.
    But then I wake up on Sunday, child, ain't nothin' that's right.

    What good can drinkin' do, what good can drinkin' do ?
    Well, I drink all night but the next day I still feel blue!!!

    Yeah, let's give it a little try. We'll get the typewriter count in.

    I often sing this one while other people are tunin' up.