Janis Joplin - Live, B-sides & Extra


Road Block
Written by - Janis Joplin & Peter Albin
From - Janis In Concert
Oh, ain't no problem 
Carry no heavy load 
Why can't I love ya baby? 
You're trying to block my road
Now ain't that right! 
Trying to block my road

Open arms to hand you 
Everything I own
Strange to see you waiting for me
Trying to block my road 
Trying to block my road

Road block 
Road block 
Road block 
Oh yeah 
Road block 
Come on now 
Come on, road block, whew! 
Road block 
What you trying to do now 
Road block 
Trying to ease my brain 
Road block 
What you trying to do now 
Road block 
Trying to drive your man insane
Alright! Road block 
What you trying to do now 
Road block 
Don't you realize 
Road block 
What you trying to do now 
Road block 
You opened my eyes 
Road block 
Come on my baby road block 
Road block 
Come on, everybody road block 
Hey, hey, road block 
Come on, now you've got to road block 
Road block 
Oh, every day 
Road block 
Oh...
Road block 
Come on, come on, come on, baby 
Road block 
Don't you road block me 
Road block 
Come on, come on, come on, baby 
Road block 
Road block! 
Road block 
You gotta road block 
Come on, come on, come on, road block 
Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme road block 
Road block 
Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme road block 
Hey, hey, road block 
Road block, yeah
Road block 
Road block, oh
Road block 
Road block, ooh! 
Road block

I ain't no cargo 
Carrying no heavy load 
No, no! 
Walking and lonely baby 
Trying to block my road
Yeah, babe! 
Trying to block my road

Whoa, road block 
Road block 
Road block 
You give me road block 
Baby, baby, baby, baby, road block 
You got me 
Oh baby, baby, road block 
All fucked up there 
Road block 
All fucked up there 
Yeah, road block 
Every day in my dream 
Road block 
See you standing there 
Road block 
Every day in my dream 
Road block 
You take off nowhere 
Road block 
What you got me doing now 
Road block 
Drive your man insane 
Road block 
What you trying to do now 
Road block 
Putting me out my brain 
Road block 
Road, road, road block 
Road block 
Road 
Road road baby 
Oh, rock, I'll tell ya now 
Road block 
Alright, yeah 
Road block 
Come on, come on, come on, baby 
Road block 
Don't you rock block me 
Road block 
Come on, come on, come on, baby 
Road block 
Road! 
Whoa, road block 
Move out, baby 
Road block 
You got to 
Road block 
Come on, come on 
Road block 
Come on baby 
Road block 
Oh, it's alright 
Road block 
Road 
Road block 
Oh, it's alright 
Road block 
Well, you gotta road block any time 
Road block 
Rock block me baby 
Road block 
Road my baby there, I'll tell you 
Road block 
Road block everywhere I go 
Road block 
You got, you got to road block 
Road block 
Oh, you got, you got to road block 
Road block 
Oh, you got me talkin' about a 
Road block 
You got me talkin' about a 
Road block 
Oh, yeah 
Road block 
Ooh... 
Yeah! 

Oh, ain't no problem 
Carry no heavy load 
Why can't I love ya, baby?
You're trying to block my road
Trying to block my road
Trying to block my 
Road, alright, alright, right now!
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Flower In the Sun
Written by - Sam Andrew
From - Janis In Concert
Now please don't you think baby that I'm on the road to crime, yeah
You loved me, too
So how come you sit there and laugh 
And laugh and laugh and laugh? 
Things just happen this way 
And not for very long 
No no no no no no no no no no no no no no
Our love affair till it's just history, yes it is

And I attempted to love you in my own way
I think that you know I did
But to have you here, to see you leaving
Oh so near to me, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh but you're long distance and so it's still 
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
Their passion lasted for an hour 
And then she wilted, come on, lover! 

Once in a green time a flower 
Oh, fell in love with the sun
Their passion lasted for an hour 
And then she wilted, come on, lover! 

Did I see you looking up at the sky? Up high, yeah
You wanna get there is, whoa another day 
Now how can it be, how can it be? 
Well, I said and I asked you, why all this? 
I just got to know know know know know know know 
Our love affair is just a history 
But baby, baby, I said it's over, child
I can't stand it any long...long...longer
You left me too lonely

It's over baby
Where were you when I wanted ya
I needed ya right by my side? 
I said ah, baby, baby, don't you feel me moving
Baby, don't you hear me crying? 
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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Ego Rock
Written by - Nick Gravenites & Janis Joplin
From - Janis In Concert
I just had to get out of Texas, baby
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 me, babe
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'll never call Texas my home
No, no, no, oh! 

You say you come from Texas, baby
She says she's left Texas with just her name
(That's what she told me)
Yes she's from Texas I tell you
She says she's 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...that's right! 
Mercy! Mercy!
I hear you talking about my sorrow
You don't know my pain
You know there's an inside kind of sorrow 
Lord, the women always sing the blues
All right...All right motherfucker, you sing! 

You know I, I dealt the Ace to the Queen
You know I played scrabble with L.B.J. 
Yes, I dealt an Ace to the Queen
Didn't I'll tell ya I's playin' scrabble with L.B.J. 
Well, I don't care what the name of the game is, baby, I tell you
I always seem to get my way

I used to be a doggone fool
Fall for that woman's story every time
...But no more, I swear...
Well, I used to be a, be a doggone fool
Fall for that old woman's story every time
Yes I, I'm a big boy now
Yeah, ya gotta come up with some kind of heavy line
Well, well, yeah!

Sounds like I found a man 
Who could take care of my crying
It ain't me babe, it ain't me babe! 
It appears to me that I found a man 
That could take care of my time
Well, I got my own trouble, I got my own car
I got my own little lady, I got my own children
Oh what are you talking about!
Don't try to take it!
Somebody talks as fine as he does
Oughta be able to take care of 
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine

Woman, woman, just makes me mad
Ahh! Ahh! Woman, Yeah
Woman
Yeah
Woman
Yeah
Woman
Yeah
Woman
Yeah, yeah
Just makes me mad 
Oh man...Shit, man... 
Yes she played me for the fool I tell ya 
Yes and I've got to love every man she's ever had, yeah

Anybody babe who could put me down the way you do 
...I mean so handy-like, you know what I mean? 
Anybody babe, whoa, who could put me down the way you do
...I mean so easy like it was second nature, y'know what I mean, man?
Ah maybe that man could help me 
At least, honey I thought I would give you a chance 
I said I, what I said I could try after the, after the show  tonight maybe uh...

I'm just a working man, you know 
Ha ha ha ha, you don't work too hard, baby! 
You know I ain't no Hollywood star
...And I don't mean that, you know
I read about that in the papers today...
You know I'm just a working man 
You don't work too hard, baby! 
I never ran in a football game 200 yards 
Ha ha ha ha ha, that's the kinda man I like
That's the kinda man I like
But you know I can take care of those country girls 
Well I can mess around in their farm yards
Lord, Lord, whoa!
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Trouble In Mind
Written by - Richard M. Jones
From - Janis
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!
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What Good Can Drinkin' Do
Written by - Janis Joplin
From - Janis
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 drowns 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!
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Silver Threads and Golden Needles
Written by - Jack Rhodes & Dick Reynolds
From - Janis
Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine 
And I'll never drown my sorrow in the warm glow of your wine
You can't buy my love with money, for I never was that kind
Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine
Go ahead!

I don't want your golden mansions with a tear in every room
All I want's the love you promised, beneath the halo moon
But you think I should be happy with your money and your name 
And hide myself in sorrow while you play your cheatin' game

Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine 
And I'll never drown my sorrow in the warm glow of your wine
You can't buy my love with money, for I never was that kind
Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine
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Mississippi River
From - Janis
Ready? 

Well, I'm going down that Mississippi River
Yes, I am, yes I am
Well, I'm going down that Mississippi River
Yes, I am, yes I am
Yes I am, boy, yes I am

Well, I'm goin' on that big Belle Louise
Yes, I am, yes I am
Well, I'm going on that big Belle Louise
Yes, I am, yes I am
Yes I am, boy, yes I am

Oh man, where are you gonna catch your river 
Catch me tryin', you catch me tryin'
Oh man, where are you gonna catch your river 
You catch me tryin', you catch me tryin'
You catch me tryin', boys, you catch me tryin'

Man, will your daughter take on me? 
Well, I don't know, I don't know
Oh man, will your daughter take on me?
I don't know, I don't know
I don't know, boy, I don't know

Well, I'm going down that Mississippi River
Yes, I am, yes I am
Well, I'm going down that Mississippi River
Yes, I am, yes I am
Yes I am, boy, yes I am
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Stealin' Stealin'
Traditional Arr. - Will Shade
From - Jamis
Well, put your arms around me like the circles in the sun 
I want you to love me daddy like my easy rider done
If you don't believe that I love you, look what a fool I've been
If you don't think I'm sinking, look what a hole I'm in

I'm stealin', stealin', pretty mama don't you tell on me
I'm stealin' back my same old used to be

Well, I got a little woman, 'bout my height and size
Now she's a married woman, sees me once in a while
If you don't believe I love you, look what a fool I've been 
If you don't think I'm sinking, look what a hole I'm in

Stealin', stealin', pretty mama don't you tell on me
I'm stealin' back my same old used to be

With good whiskey you stay drunk all the time
Stay drunk baby 'cause it eases my mind
If you don't believe that I love you, look what a fool I've been
If you don't think I'm sinking, look what a hole I'm in

I'm stealin', stealin', pretty mama don't you tell on me 
I'm stealin' right back my same old used to be
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No Reason For Livin'
Written by - Janis Joplin
From - Janis
I ain't got no reason to livin' 
I can't find no cause to die
Lord, I ain't got no reason for livin' 
You give me no cause to die
Lord, I ain't got no reasons for stay here 
Give me no cause to try 
I got these blues, I gotta find me that middle road

Well, I ain't got mother to love me
Ain't got no father to care
Lord, I ain't got mother to love me
Ain't got no father to care
Lord, I ain't got no reasons to go on
Give me no cause to stay here
I got these blues, I gotta finally know why

Well, I ain't got no reason for walkin' 
I guess I'm gonna fall or stand-still
Lord, I ain't got no reason for walkin' 
Guess I'm gonna fall or stand-still 
Lord I ain't got no reason for goin' 
Give me no cause to stay here
I got these blues, Lord I gotta finally know why
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Black Mountain Blues
Written by - H. Cole
From - Janis
Out in Black Mountain a child will smack your face
I'm saying out on Black Mountain a child will smack your face
The babies cryin' for liquor, and all the birds sing bass

Well, those people in Black Mountain are mean as they can be
And those people in Black Mountain are mean as they can be
Now they uses gun powder just to sweeten up their tea

Well, out in Black Mountain you can't keep a good man in jail
Yeah, out in Black Mountain you can't keep a good man in jail 
'Cause if the jury convicts him, the judge will pay his bail

I had a man in Black Mountain, the sweetest man in town
I had a man in Black Mountain, the sweetest man in the town
But then he met a city gal, that's when he throwed me down

Lord, I'm bound for Black Mountain, me and my razor and my gun
I'm going back to Black Mountain, me and my razor and my gun
I'm gonna fire him if he stands still, I'll just cut him if he runs

Lord, now you've heard my story, now you've heard my news
Lord, now you've heard my story, now you've heard my news
Now my man can clear off, I've got the Blackest Mountain blues
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Walk Right In
Written by - Gus Cannon, Hosia Woods, Erik Darling & Willard Hooker Svanoe
From - Janis
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!
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