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River Jordan
From - Janis
I'm goin' down to the river Jordan 
I'm goin' down to the river Jordan 
I'm goin' down to the river Jordan 
I'm goin' down to the river Jordan 
One of these days

I'm gonna sit at the welcome table 
I'm gonna sit at the welcome table 
I'm gonna sit at the welcome table 
Gonna sit at the welcome table 
One of these days

I'm gonna find that blessed salvation 
I'm gonna find that blessed salvation 
I'm gonna find that blessed salvation 
Gonna find that blessed salvation 
One of these days

I'm gonna walk and talk with Jesus 
I'm gonna walk and talk with Jesus 
I'm gonna walk and talk with Jesus 
Gonna walk and talk with Jesus 
One of these days

I'm gonna hold hands with my Master 
I'm gonna hold hands with my Master 
I'm gonna hold hands with my Master 
I'm gonna hold hands with my Master 
One of these days

Now I'm goin' down to the river Jordan 
I'm goin' down to the river Jordan 
I'm goin' down to the river Jordan 
Goin' down to the river Jordan 
One of these days
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Mary Jane
Written by - Janis Joplin
From - Janis
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
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Kansas City Blues
Written by - C. Parker
From - Janis
I been rockin' and reelin', Lord as long as I can be 
Lord, the man that I love tryin' to make a fool out of me
Babe, I'm leavin', yeah I'm a-leavin' this mornin' 
Goin' to Kansas City to bring Jim Jackson home

Now well I used to drink and I'm gonna buy a gallon 
I'm gonna find me my man I say, get a pair of overalls
I'm leavin', yeah I'm gonna go to Kansas City, ha ha ha 
Goin' to Kansas City, yeah, to make my man my own

I'll walk on Beauty Street with an idea I might stay
If she wants my man I'll just change my ways
Lord I'm leavin', yeah I'm leavin' this mornin'
Goin' to Kansas City to bring Jim Jackson home 
Go ahead, take it!

Yeah! 

I been rockin' and reelin', lonesome as I can be 
Lord the man that I love sure made a fool out of me
Babe I'm leavin', yeah I'm leavin' this mornin' 
Goin' to Kansas City tryin' to find a man of my own, yeah
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Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
Written by - Janis Joplin
From - Janis
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
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See See Rider
Written by - Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey
From - Janis
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
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San Francisco Bay Blues
Written by - Jesse Fuller
From - Janis
Got the blues from my baby 
Left me by the San Francisco Bay
This big ocean liner took her so far away
Didn't mean to treat her so bad 
She was the best girl I ever have had
She said good-bye, and she made me cry 
I'm gonna lay right down and die

Well, I ain't got a nickel and I ain't got a lousy dime
If she don't come back I think I'm gonna lose my mind
If she ever comes back to stay
Well, that'll be another brand new day
Walking with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay

Sittin' in my back door 
Wondering which way to go 
That woman I'm so crazy about 
She don't love me no more
Lord, I think I'll grab a freight train 
Because I'm feeling blue
Ride all the way to the end of the line 
Thinking only about you

Well, meanwhile in another city 
Just about to go insane 
Thought I heard my baby 
The way she used called my name
If she ever comin' back to stay 
Well, that'll be another brand new day 
Walking with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay 
(I really mean it!) 
Oh, walking with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay, whew!
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Winin' Boy
Written by - Jelly Roll Morton
From - Janis
I'm the winin' boy, don't you deny my name
I'm the winin' boy, don't you deny my name
Now my name

Well, I'm the winin' boy, don't you deny my name
I pick it up and shake it like sweet Stavin' Chain
Mm, the winin' boy, don't deny now my name

Now mama mama, mama look at Sis
Oh, mama mama, take a look at little Sis
Look at Sis

Well now mama mama, mama take a look at Sis
Lord, she's out on the levee doin' the Double Twist
Mm, the winin' boy, don't you deny now my name

I'm the winin' boy, now don't you deny my name
I'm the winin' boy, don't you deny my name
Now my name

Lord, I'm the winin' boy, don't you deny my name
I'll pick it up and shake it, Lord, like sweet Stavin' Chain 
Mm, the winin' boy, don't you deny now my name
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Careless Love
Written by - Ledbetter, Lomax & Lomax
From - Janis
Oh love, oh love, oh careless love (3 x's)
Now now don't you see what your careless love has done

Well you worried my mother till she died 
And you caused my father to lose his mind
Now damn you I'm goin' to shoot you, Lord 
I'm gonna shoot you both right down
I'm gonna spare no one of you child till you spin next dyin'

Oh love, oh love, oh careless love (3 x's)
Oh Lord, don't you see what, what your careless love has done
Oh yeah

Careless love now don't know see how you follow me down
Careless love, don't you see how you follow me down
Well, you robbed me out of my silver, Lord, and out of my gold 
Ever since you been ah ridin' by my side

Oh love, oh love, oh careless
Oh love, yes oh love, oh careless love
Oh love, I said love, oh careless love now 
Don't you see what your careless love has done, yeah
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I'll Drown In My Own Tears
Written by - Henry Glover
From - Janis
It brings a tear into my eyes 
When I began, Lord, to realize
If you don't think that, honey, you'll be home soon
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've been gone honey I'm so blue
It just keeps rainin', keeps right on rainin' more and more

I cried 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
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Tell Mama
Written by - Marcus Lewis Daniel, Wilbur Terrell & Clarence George Carter
From - Farewell Song
Yeah!
Yeah!
Whoa...yeah!

You thought you had found yourself a good girl
One who would love you and give you the world 
Then you find, babe, that you've been misused 
Come to me, honey, I'll do what you choose

I want you to 
Well, tell mama 
Tell all about it
Well, tell mama 
What you need 
Tell your mama, babe
What you want
Tell your mama, babe

What you need 
What you want
What you need 
What you want 
Whoa! An' I'll make everything alright

That girl you didn't have no sense, babe
Wasn't worth all the time that you spent
That same man throwed you outdoors
I just heard that he quartered your clothes, hey! 

Well, tell mama 
All about it
Tell mama 
What you need
Tell your mama, babe
What you want 
Tell your mama, babe

What you need 
What you want 
What you need 
What you want
Whoa! An' I'll make everything alright, daddy, I swear! 

Hey! 

That girl you had didn't have no sense, dear
Wasn't worth all the time that you spent
And that same man that throwed you outdoors
I just heard that he stole all your clothes, hey

Well, tell mama 
All about it 
Tell mama 
What you need 
Tell your mama, babe 
What you want 
Tell your mama, babe 

What you need 
What you want 
What you need 
What you want 
Anything I can do 
Anything I can do for you, baby

Tell your mama, babe! (6 x's)

Hey! 

Every time you get lonely, lonely, lonely
Every time you get lonely sometime
Every time you get lonely, lonely, lonely
Every time you get lonely sometime

Every time you got to cry, cry
Every time you gotta cry
Every time you got to cry, cry, cry
Every time you gotta cry

Well, I'll tell you, dear 
If you're a woman 
I can only assume 
That you already know what you're looking for, baby

If you ever, if you were lookin', if you were lonely 
if you were lookin', or lonely
I know what you're lookin' for
And I figured it out at fourteen years old 
And I been lookin' for it every since, too, man

However, if you happen to be a very young man
(Preferably a young man) 
I'll tell you what you need, man
When you wake up an' it doesn't feel right, man
Your head don't feel right, nothin' feels right 
I'll tell ya what you need...

You need a sweet lovin' mama, babe
Sweet talkin' mama, baby
You need a sweet lovin' mama, babe

You need someone to listen to you
Someone to talk to you
Someone to hear you 
Someone to want you 
Someone to need you 
Someone to use you 
Someone to hold you 

Want you, talk, listen, hold ya, want you, need you
Hold you, need you, want you, need you, hold you
Won't you need me mama, mama, mama, mama baby 
Hey now, mama, mama, mama, mama, baby 
Lord, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, baby 
Hey, mama, mama, mama, mama, babe

Tell mama all about it 
Tell mama all about it 
What you need, what you want 
What you need, what you want 
Anything I can do 
Anything, baby, I can do for you 
Tell your mama, babe 

Whoa mama babe! (7 x's)
Wha mama babe! (4 x's)

Yeah 

An' I'll make everything alright, yeah! 

Hey! 

Alright!
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Magic Of Love
Written by - Mark Warren Spoelstra
From - Farewell Song
Ooh! Hey, hey, now! 

Alright
You went away, had your chance to say 
"I love you and I need you baby" 
Yeah, but even if 
Honey, I told you daddy now 
You wouldn't believe me anyway, no, no, no
Maybe you will now
I've changed a lot somehow
Let me do what I say

Come back and believe my love
Please! Now, come back and believe my love
Come back, and believe the magic of love

Oh, I want the light without the darkness 
I want the sky without the sun, yeah!
When do the stars and the moon reach out?
When they see me alone without my loved one, yeah! 

Oh, now baby, don't you hear me
Won't you hear me I gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta tell you
Oh baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Honey, I just gotta tell you now
Honey, I wanna tell you that I want you to dig it!

Now if you believe in magic
Don't be afraid, afraid to use it, baby
No, no, no, no, no, no, come on home 
Dressed in the best of silk
Or wearing rich rags and waste 
Darling, please! 

Come on back to me 
I know we can be 
Part of a magic race

Come back, and believe my love 
Come back, please believe my love 
Come back and believe the magic of love

Hey! Now come back, babe, and believe my love 
Come back, please believe my love 
Come back and believe the magic of love
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