1. _ Half Moon
Half moon, night time sky,
Seven stars, heaven's eyes.
Seven songs on seven seas
Just to bring all your sweet love home to me.
Hey, fill me like the mountains, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Fill me like the sea, lord,
Not coming past, still at last
Your love brings life to me,
Your love brings life to me,
Hey!
Rings of cloud, arms aflame,
Sunrise up to call your name,
Sunrise up and it burn the ground
Just to shine above the first true love i found.
Hey! fill me like the mountains, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Fill me like the sea, lord,
Not coming past, still at last
Your love brings life to me,
Your love brings life to me,
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah!
Half moon, night time sky,
Seven stars, heaven's eyes,
Seven songs on seven seas
Just to bring all your sweet love home to me.
Hey! fill me like the mountains, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Fill me like the sea, lord,
Not coming past, still at last
Lord! fill me like the mountains, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Fill me like the sea, lord,
Not coming past, still at last
Lord! fill me like the mountains, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Fill me like the sea, lord,
Not coming past, still at last
Your love brings life to me,
Your love brings life to me,
Your love, la, la, la, la wah, whoa love, love
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2. _ Kozmic Blues
Time keeps moving on,
Friends they turn away, lordy lord.
Well, i keep moving on
But i never found out why
I keep pushing so hard a dream,
I keep trying to make it right
Through another lonely day.
Whoa
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3. _ Ego Rock
Let's go, let's go let's go let's go. peter you start it. richard, you start it. somebody start it.
I just had to get out on the texas plane,
Lord, well it was bringing me down.
Yeah, i had to get out of texas, baby,
Lord, it was bringing me down.
I been all around the world,
But port arthur is the worst place that i've ever found.
I guess they couldn't understand it there,
Honey, they'd laugh me off the street!
Lord, i guess they couldn't understand me, baby,
Honey, they'd laugh, i said they'd laugh me right off the street, yeah.
I said i want to keep on moving, baby,
Be the last person i ever wanna meet.
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Honey ain't it hard when you're all alone.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Honey ain't it hard, lord, when you're all alone.
I might die real old lady
But i'd never call texas my home,
No, no, no, oh!
You say you come from texas, baby,
She says she left texas with just her name.
(that's what she told me.)
Yes she's from texas i tell you,
She says she left texas with just her name.
Yes, well i swear when that girl came to the big city
Lord, she learned a brand new game.
Well, yeah!
Honey, i hear you talkin' about sorrow,
Baby but you don't know my pain
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4. _ Move Over
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.
You know that i need a man, honey,
You know that i need a man,
But when i ask you to you just say
That you think you can.
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 quite a ready for walking, no!
I ain't quite a ready for walking,
But whatcha 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!
Move on.
You say that it's over, baby, oh,
You say that it's over dear,
But still you hang around me, come on
Won't you move over.
You know that i need a man, yeah!
You know that i need a man,
When i ask you to you just say
That you think you can.
But please dontcha do it to me, babe, no!
Ain't quite a ready for walking
But whatcha gonna do with your love,
Love all just dangling ?
Honey, i fear that it's dangling,
Lord, lord, lord, lord!
Lord i know that it's dangling,
Lord i fear, fear, fear!
It's like a carrot baby now,
Like a carrot, yeah.
Like a carrot baby now,
Like a carrot baby.
Like a carrot baby!
Like a carrot darling!
Like a carrot baby!
Like a carrot baby!
Like a carrot dear!
All right, daddy, take it all!
I'll tell you something, man, i never expected that out of toronto, man. you're looking real good, real good
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5. _ Summertime
Summertime, time, time,
Child, the living's easy.
Fish are jumping out
And the cotton, lord,
Cotton's high, lord so high.
Your daddy's rich
And your ma is so good-looking, baby.
She's a-looking good now,
Hush, baby, baby, baby, baby now,
No, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Don't you cry, don't you cry.
One of these mornings
You're gonna rise, rise up singing,
You're gonna spread your wings, child,
And take, take to the sky,
Lord, the sky.
But until that morning,
Honey, n-n-nothing's going to harm ya,
No, no, no no, no no, no...
Don't you cry
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6. _ Road Block
Hey! all right, all right, all right, all right!
Oh, ain't no problem
Carry no heavy load
Why can't i love you, baby ?
You try to block my road.
I wish ya wouldn't do it.
Oh, better off to hand you
Everything i own, ha ha ha ha!
Strange to see you waiting for me,
You try to block my road
All the time.
Yeah, try to block my road
Please be mine!
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Road block
Hit me with a roadblock
Come on a road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Ah! road block
My, my, my, my, my, my, road block
Up ahead i see a roadblock
Up ahead i see a roadblock
Whoa, road block
Whoa, road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Oh, ain't no problem
Carry no heavy load
No, no!
Hey! why can't i love you, baby ?
You try to block my road.
Why are you doin' it ?
Yeah, try to block my road.
Try to block my
Road!
Lord! road block!!!
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7. _ Down On Me ( In Album Joplin In Concert )
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!
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8. _ 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
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9. _ Flower In The Sun
Oh please don't you think baby that i am wrong to cry, yeah.
You loved me, too,
So how come you just sit there and laugh
And laugh and laugh and laugh ?
Things just can't be this way
And not for very long
No no no no no no no no no no no no no no.
Our love affair said it's just history, yes it is.
And i tried to love you in my own way,
I think that you know i did.
But to have you here, to see you living,
Oh so near to me, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh but you are distant and so it's dead
And so often people are glad to be old, yeah yeah,
Our love affair is just history, yes it is.
Once in a green time a flower
Oh, fell in love with the sun.
The passion lasted for an hour
And then she wilted from her loved one.
Once in a green time a flower
Oh, fell in love with the sun.
The passion lasted for an hour
And then she wilted from her loved one.
And i see you looking up at the sky, how high it is, yeah.
You wonder if there is, whoa another me
Now how can that be, how can it be ?
Well, i sit here and i ask you, why all this ?
I just got toni-ni-ni-night
Our love affair said it's just a history
But baby, baby, i said it's over, charlie,
I can't stand another lo-lo-lonely,
I'm never too lonely.
It's over baby,
Where were you when i wanted ya
And needed ya right by my side ?
I said-a, baby, baby, don't you feel me moving,
Baby, don't you hear me cry ?
I know i hurt you, but lord don't you know i cried,
I know i hurt you, but babe don't you know i tried,
Oh baby, oh babe, whoa.
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10. _ Get It While You Can
In this world, if you read the papers, darling,
You know everybody's fighting with each other.
You got no one you can count on, dear,
Not even your own brother.
So if someone comes along,
He gonna give you love and affection,
I'd say get it while you can, yeah,
Honey, get it while you can, yeah,
Honey, grab it while you can,
Don't you turn your back on love, no, no, no.
When you're loving somebody, baby,
You're taking a gamble against some sorrow.
But who knows, baby,
'cause we may not be here tomorrow.
And if anybody comes along,
He gonna give you love and affection,
I'd say get it while you can, yeah!
Honey, grab it when you're gonna need it!
Yeah hey, hold it while you can,
Don't you turn your sweet back on love,
No no no, no no no no no!
Ah! once i had me a man,
But i didn't know enough at the time
To count my blessings, no no,
But i wish he could see me crying today,
'cause his love don't feel to listen.
And if anybody comes along,
He gonna give me love and affection,
Yeah, hey!, hey! yeah! hey!
Get it while you can, yeah!
Honey, get it while you can, yeah!
Honey, get it while you can,
Don't you turn your back on love,
No no no, no no no no.
Get it while you can, yeah!
Honey, grab it while you can, yeah!
I said, hold on to that man, love,
Hold on to that man whole,
Yeah, get it, want it, need it,
Get it, get it, hold it, need it, want it,
Get it, need it, want it, hold it,
Get it, squeeze it, love it, touch it,
Use it, need it, want it, get it,
Need it, want it, hold it,
Yeah hey, get it while you can, baby,
Yeah hey, get it while you can,
Honey, don't you go and turn your sweet back on love,
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
No, no, daddy, you'll be sorry,
No, no, no, no!
Why, thank you! i don't smoke. i just don't sleep, man, that's the trouble. i gotta sleep sometime. there's too much happening, why sleep, man ? i might miss a party.
Ball and chain! ball and chain! ball and chain.
Stay short tonight man, shorten it, shorten it, shorten it.
Three, four!
Yeah!!!
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11. _ Try (just A Little Bit Harder)
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!
I'll tell you one thing, we sure turned a trainful of freaks into a party, man, ha ha ha ha, didn't we, boys ? all right, all right, now what should i do ? get it ?
"get it while you can" ? "get it while you can" !
All right. i'll do a song, man, that i'll tell you you could apply it to more or less to anything you want to but it could almost be even called the truth man. i wouldn't go that far, i wouldn't
Y up on anyone like that, man. i'll tell you one thing, songs got something to say, man, if you can dig it. it's talking about everybody's life, man, and what passes by you and what you miss and
You're gonna have, man. this is a song called get it while you can 'cause it ain't gonna be there when you wake up, man. (on richard!) richard bell on piano.
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12. _ Ball And Chain (in Album Joplin In Concert )
S-sitting down by my window,
Oh, looking at the rain.
S-sitting down by my window now now,
All around i felt it,
All i could see was the rain.
Something grabbed a hold of me, honey,
Felt to me honey like, lord, a ball and chain.
Yeah! hey! you know what i mean,
But it's way too heavy for you,
You can't hold it tomorrow.
Say, whoa, whoa, honey, it can't be
Just because i got to want your love
Please please please please, whoa please, please.
Whoa, honey it can't be
Just because i got to need you daddy.
Please don't you let me down, no, please, lord!
Here you gone today, but i wanted to love you,
I wanted to hold you, yeah, till the day i die,
Till the day, till the day,
Yeah! hey! hey! all right!
Say, whoa, whoa, honey this can't be
Not anything i ever wanted from you daddy
Tell me now, now, now, now, oh, tell me now, yeah.
I say, whoa, whoa, honey this can't be
No, no, no, no, no, no, no ... yeah yeah, hey!
And i want someone that could tell me, tell me why
Just because i got to want your love
Honey, just because i got to need, need, need your love
I said i don't understand, honey, but i wanna chance to try
Try, try, try, try try try try
Honey when everybody in the world wants the same damn thing
When everybody in the world will need the same lonely thing
When i wanna work for your love, daddy.
When i wanna try for your love, daddy.
I don't understand how come you're gone, man. i don't understand why half the world is still crying, man, when the other half of the world is still crying too, man, i can't get it together. i
If you got a cat for one day, man
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13. _ Bye, Bye Baby ( In Album Joplin In Concert )
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!!
This is a, a real old tune we used to do a lot, still really care for it. the guys got it off off a guy named moondog in-a the streets of new york. this is, this beautiful cat who writes poetry
S blind and he looks like a viking, stands on the corner of 55th and-a 5th avenue, something like that. 6th avenue ? he just stands there selling poetry and wearing horns on his head and he's to
H and he wrote this song called all is loneliness. really dredging up the past tonight, folks!
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14. _ All Is Loneliness (in Album Joplin In Concert )
All is loneliness
Loneliness here for me
Loneliness here for me.
All is loneliness
Loneliness here for me
Loneliness here for me.
All is loneliness
Loneliness here for me
Loneliness here for me.
All is loneliness
Loneliness here for me
Loneliness here for me.
All is loneliness
Loneliness here for me
Loneliness here for me
Loneliness here for me
Loneliness here for me.
Loneliness come on bother me
Want me 'round my door.
I get loneliness
I get loneliness
I get loneliness
I get loneliness
Loneliness, heck i said loneliness
Lord, loneliness, yeah, i said loneliness.
I said loneliness come on by my bed
Gonna worry me 'round on my door-mat.
I said loneliness come and found me,
I said you found me whole.
Yeah and now loneliness
Lordy lordy loneliness
Lordy lordy loneliness
Lordy lordy loneliness
Yeah, loneliness
Oh loneliness
Oh loneliness
Oh loneliness
Oh loneliness
Oh loneliness
Oh loneliness
Oh loneliness
Ah loneliness
Ah loneliness
Loneliness
Loneliness
Loneliness
Loneliness.
Every day when i walk home
I see loneliness
When i waited for my baby.
You know i open my front door,
I said mr. loneliness is waiting for me at home
Lordy, lord at home, lord at home, lo-o-o-rd at home.
You know, i get home every day, lord,
There ain't nobody waiting there, man
And i ain't got no girlfriends, and i ain't got no boyfriends, man.
I ain't got no any kind of friends, man, i ain't got no...
My tv set doesn't work, my radio doesn't work, man.
I come home there's nothing
Nothing, man, there's no animals moving,
There's nothing, man
Walk in that door seems like i'm sitting there every day, man.
Lord, loneliness
Lord, loneliness
Ah, ah, loneliness
Loneliness
Loneliness
Loneliness
Loneliness
Lord.
All right!
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