From The Soundtrack Of The Motion Picture Janis

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.

Now when i go to work, i work all day,
Always turns 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 turn out the same.
'cause they can't do nothing to make a man feel good
Like my old mary jane.
Mary jane, mary jane, lord, my mary jane.

Now i walk in the street now lookin' for a friend
One that can lend me some change.
And he never questions my reason why,
'cause he too loves mary jane.
Mary jane, mary jane, lord, my mary jane.

Well, i have known women that wanted no man,
Some that wanted to stay.
But i never knew what happened in this world
Till i met up with mary jane,
Mary jane, mary jane, lord my mary jane.

Oh, when i'm feelin' lonesome and i'm feelin' blue,
There's only one way to change.
Now i walk down the street now lookin' for a man,
One that knows my mary jane,
Mary jane, mary jane, lord my mary jane.

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 rider, see what you done done,
Lord, now, see see rider, honey, see what you have done.
Well, see see rider, see what you done done.

Well hey, hey hey hey, hey hey.

Well, the blues ain't nothin' but a good man feelin' bad,
Lord, the blues ain't nothin' but a good man feelin' bad.
Yeah, the blues ain't nothin' but a good man feelin' bad.

Hey hey, hey, hey hey.
Lord, see see rider, honey, see what you have done,
Lord, well see see rider, see what you have done.
Yeah, see see rider, gonna see what you have done.
I say hey hey, hey hey.

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 right down, daddy, let your mind roll on.

Walk right in and sit right down, and daddy, let your hair hang low.
You'd better walk right in and stay a little while, daddy, you can stay too long.
Now everybody's talkin' 'bout a new way of walkin',
Do you wanna lose your mind ?
Lord, walk right in and sit right down, daddy, let your mind roll on.

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 a two-way woman,
Do you wanna lose your mind ?
You'd better walk right in, sit right down, daddy, let your mind roll on!!!

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 brag 'bout my daddy to all the women that i see
Never say those damn women lord, they're tryin' to steal my daddy away from me.

That's my daddy, daddy, daddy, lord, it's daddy, daddy, all the time.
That's my daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, all the time
If i'm awake or just dreamin' lord, daddy daddy's on my mind.

Well, if your daddy likes walkin', honey, walks five miles a day.
Yeah, if your daddy likes walkin', walks five miles a day
No matter what he wants, child, he walks off far way.

Oh, it's daddy, daddy, daddy, lord, it's daddy, daddy, all the time.
It's my daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, all the time.
If i'm awake or if i'm dreamin' lord, daddy daddy's on my mind.

Well, i got a lovin' daddy, treats me like a daddy should.
Yeah, i got a lovin' daddy, treats me like a daddy should.
You know he kisses me at bed time, gives me candy when i'm good.

Oh, it's daddy, daddy, daddy, lord, it's daddy, daddy, all the time.
Lord, it'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.

Trouble in mind, i'm blue
But i won't be blue always,
'cause that sun is gonna shine in my back door someday.

Now all you men's the same
But now i'm old enough to change my name.
Lord, that sun's gonna shine in my back door someday.

I'm gonna lay my head
On that lonesome railroad line
And let the 2:19 ease my troubled mind.

Trouble in mind, i'm blue,
But i won't be blue always.
Child, that wind's gonna come and blow my blues away!

What do you think about your town since you've left and come back ?

It's fantastic! i was across the river from the club last night, i never had more fun in my life! except sometimes in california i have more fun.

Do you plan to come back soon ?

Oh ? er, er, er, i have no immediate plans, ha ha ha!!

Did you entertain in high school, at the high school, when you went back at the high school ?

Only when i walked down the aisles, man. no, i did, no, i was, er, i was a painter, and a sort of a recluse in high school. i've changed.

What happened ?

I got liberated! i don't know, i just started to sing and singing makes you want to come out because painting, i feel, keeps you inside, you know ? and once you start singing you just sort of wa
O talk to people more and go out more and, you know, your lifestyle's becomes more a come-out, flow-out thing instead of a hold-it-and-be-quiet type.

How were you different from your schoolmates when you were a teenager ?

I don't know, why don't you ask them ?

Did they make you different ?

No.

Otherwise were you different in comparison with them, or were you ?

I felt apart from them.

Did you take a part in football games ?

I think not. i didn't go to the high school prom, and er ...

Oh, you were asked, weren't you ?

No, i wasn't. i don't think, i don't think they wanted to take me. till i'll be a hundred and sufferin'! it's enough to make you wanna sing the blues!

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!!!

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 honey i'm so blue,
It just keeps rainin', keeps right on rainin' more and more.

I didn't cry just like a child,
My poor tears, lord, they were runnin' wild.
If you don't think that baby you'll be home soon now
You know i'll drown, drown, oh lord in my own tears.

My first guest is one of the most exciting singers there is. some think the most exciting. we have extra stage hands to hold the roof down when she sings. if you have never seen janis joplin,
Is your chance. here is janis joplin!

Hey! this song's about rock & roll, and needs some help from the crowd. it goes like this. i can't hear ya!!

Hey! you say that it's over baby, lord,
You say that it's over dear,
But still you hang around me, come on,
Won't you move over.

Yeah! you know that i need a man, hey,
You know that i need a man,
But when i ask you to you just say
That you think you can.

Hey! please dontcha do it to me, babe, no!
Please dontcha do it to me, baby,
Either take the love i offer
Or let me be.

I ain't got no time for walking, no!
I ain't got no time for walking,
What's a poor girl gonna do with your life,
Life all just dangling ?

Hey! make up your mind, honey,
You're playing with me.
Make up your mind, honey,
You're playing with me,
I said now well either be my loving man,
Come on, let me honey, let me be, yeah!

You say that it's over, baby, huh!
You say that it's over dear,
But still you hang around me, come on,
Won't you move over.

Hey! you know that i need a man, baby,
You know that i need a man.
When i ask you to you just say
That you think you can.

I ain't quite a-ready for walking, no!
I ain't quite a-ready for walking,
'cause whatcha gonna do with your life,
Life all just dangling ?

Honey, i feel that it's dangling
Honey, lord, lord, lord.
It's like a carrot, baby now
Like a carrot, baby now
Like a carrot, baby now
Like a carrot, dear.
Oh! yeah! yeah! whew!

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

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 collapse after a show ?

Well, i'm used to it because i'm so turned on by doing one that it's hard to do, it's hard to stop after one to tell you the truth, because it just makes you wanna do more.

Your engine is revved up ?

Yeah, sort of!

I know all the hip expressions, you see. your engine is revved up.

You're a real swinger, i can tell by your shoes, man!

Wait a minute, janis, janis. these were good enough for my grand-father, they're good enough for me.

I had a lot of trouble, last week i, er, it wasn't that tune, we opened with another tune and i tore a muscle.

I heard about this. you tore a mussel somewhere near maryland. er ...

It was closer to home than that!

Well, er ...

But i played forty minutes, man! i did forty minutes!

Yeah, but how do you, how do you tear a muscle singing, was it from the exhaustion or ...

No, i went ... like that.

You actually, literally tore a muscle ... i mean like that ...

Every time, it hurt.

Could you feel it go ?

Yeah.

Phew!

Yeah.

What do they do, do they set a muscle or do they tape you up or something ?

They told me to keep still.

Janis you wrote that tune that you were just singing like we just agreed to ask about. you er, you wrote the first tune, right ?

I wrote the first tune. it's, er, yes i did, it's about men.

It's about men. it's a little hard to tell what it was about 'cause i was standing over there where the sound is a little distorted.

Well in my story that's what it is anyway.

Yeah.

D'you ever see those mule carts ?

Yeah.

They, er, there's a dumb mule on there right and a long stick with a string and a carrot, and it hangs over the mule's nose, and it runs after it all day long. some ...

Who is the man in this, in this parable, the mule, or the person holding the carrot ?

No, the woman is the, is the mule. chasing something that somebody's holds her way.

Constantly chasing her man ...

Yeah.

... who always eludes her.

Well, they always hold something more than they're prepared to give.

I have to defend my entire sex, ladies and gentlemen! the burden of the defense.

Go right ahead!

Well, one-arm wrestling i can take you two out of three.

I hope so.

Do you, er, do you actually sit down when you get up in the morning and, and write out a song, or do you . . . when you say you write it, you compose it you write it on a paper.

You just make it up, i don't write songs, i make them up.

They don't exist on paper your songs, don't they ?

Sometimes i just write down the words so i don't forget 'em, but i mean i don't write songs, that's a whole different concept. i just make 'em up.

Yeah. did you ever get back to port arthur, texas ?

No, but i'm going back next in august, man. and guess what i'm doin' ?

I don't know.

I'm going to my 10th annual high school reunion.

Oh! oh! take movies and bring 'em back to show us, will you ?

Hey would you like to go ?

Well, i don't remember, i don't have any friends in your high school class.

I don't either. i don't either, believe me.

You don't either ?

It's hard going, man!

Weren't you a kind of a, weren't you kind of a business administration major or something in high school. no, it's something in your past. you were ...

No, i worked.

Yeah.

But a high school major in art does have plenty of time.

Yeah. and do you think you'll have a lot to say to your old high-school classmates ?

I don't have a lot, man.

You were not surrounded by friends in high school ?

They laughed me out of class, out of town, and out of state, man.

Hmm ...

Somethin' goin' on.

Thank you.

Thank you.