Janis Joplin - Live, B-sides & Extra


Bo Diddley
Written by - Ellas McDaniel
Bo Diddley called a nanny goat
To make his pretty baby a Sunday coat
Bo Diddley called a bear cat
To make his pretty baby a Sunday hat

Hey, Bo Diddley
Hey, Bo Diddley, yeah!
Hey, Bo Diddley, baby
Hey, Bo Diddley

Two, two, three I was alone
Went to my baby when I get home
Tell my baby the night's away
Come on baby feel like that

Said hey, Bo Diddley
Hey, Bo Diddley, yeah!
Hey, Bo Diddley, baby
Hey, Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley bought a diamond ring
Take it to my baby most anything
Baby, baby, baby, all right
I get home she nearly gone

Hey, Bo Diddley
Hey, Bo Diddley, yeah!
Hey, Bo Diddley, babe
Hey, Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley called a bear cat
To make his pretty baby a Sunday hat
Bo Diddley called a nanny goat
To make his pretty baby a Sunday coat

Hey, Bo Diddley
Hey, Bo Diddley, yeah!
Hey, Bo Diddley, babe
Hey, Bo Diddley!

Baby, baby, baby, come on now!
Want you to know you can feel me darlin'!
Baby, baby, baby, please come home now
Don't know what I'm gonna do with Mona

Hey, Bo Diddley,
Hey, Bo Diddley, yeah!
Hey, Bo Diddley, babe
Hey, Bo Diddley!

Hey, Bo Diddley! (4 x's)
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Blow My Mind
Written by - Jimmy McCracklin
 
You got the mind like a child, girl
You got to fight like a woman
Well, I think you're so wild, girl
Like the sun in the morning
I'm gonna turn you on 
To where you belong 
Pull you tight 
I'm gonna show you right

You blow my mind...blow my mind 
Blow my mind 
Blow my mind!

Pull myself together
Tell you who the boss is 
Now I feel like the weather 
You gotta do what the Lord says

You blow my mind 
Blow my mind 
Blow my mind 
Blow my mind!

Oh! Pull yourself together 
Tell you who the boss is
Well I feel like the weather 
You gotta do what the Lord says

You blow my mind
Hey, blow my mind 
Blow my mind 
Blow my mind

You got the mind like a child, girl
You got to fight like a woman
I think you're so wild, girl
Like the sun in the morning
I'm gonna turn you on 
To where you belong 
Pull you tight 
I'm gonna show you right 

You blow my mind 
You blow my mind 
Blow my mind 
Blow my mind
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C'mon Baby Let the Good Times Roll
Written by - Leonard Lee
C'mon baby, let the good times roll 
C'mon baby, let me thrill your soul 
C'mon baby you're the best there is
Roll all night long

C'mon baby, let's close the door
C'mon baby, let's ride some more
C'mon baby, let the good times roll
Roll all night long

I feel so good when you're home
Come on baby, let's ride some more 
C'mon baby, rock me all night long! 

C'mon baby, let's close the door 
C'mon baby, let's ride some more 
C'mon baby, let the good times roll
Roll all night long

C'mon baby, let the good times roll 
C'mon baby, let me thrill your soul 
C'mon baby you're the best there is
Roll all night long

C'mon baby, let's close the door 
C'mon baby, let's ride some more 
C'mon baby, let the good times roll
Yeah, roll all night long

Feels so good when you're home 
Come on baby, rock me all night long! 

C'mon baby, let's close the door 
C'mon baby, let's ride some more 
C'mon baby, let the good times roll
Yeah, roll all night long

I feel so good when you're home
Come on baby, rock me all night long! 

C'mon baby, let's close the door 
C'mon baby, let's ride some more 
C'mon baby, let the good times roll
Yeah, roll all night long

Roll all night long
Roll all night long
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Come Away With Me
Written by - Janis Joplin
Come away with me and we'll build a dream 
Things will be like we always knew they could be 
The grass will be green 
No one will cry alone in their sleep 

Come away with me 
Come away, come away with me 

Like the pied piper, I'll walk down the street 
Gathering all the people I meet 
And we'll join hands and fly through the sky 
Leaving our troubles behind 

Come away 
Come away 
Come away 
With me
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Gutra's Garden
Written by - Peter Albin, Sam Andrew, David Getz, James Gurley & Janis Joplin
Gutra 
Now now now now now now now now now now now now... 
Gutra 
Now now now now now now now now now now now now... 

Oh Gutra, baby this is the end 
Oh Gutra, baby this is the end 
Well I'm through with that girl, 'cause she flipped out on zen

Gutra... 

Goin' back to where I want to be
I'm goin' back to where I want to be
Well I'm back to my home, back in Memphis, Tennessee

Go on back back back back baby back to where I want to 
Go on back back back back back back baby back to where I want to be 
Back into my home, back in Memphis, Tennessee

Back back back back baby, back where I can go 
I'm goin' back back back back baby, back where I wanna go 
Back into my home, back in Owens, Oklahoma

Gutra... 
Now now now now now now now now now now now now...
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Hey Baby
Written by - Peter Albin, Sam Andrew, Dave Getz, James Gurley & Janis Joplin
Hey baby, baby 
Hey, hey, hey hey, hey hey child
Child, child, oh

Hey, hey, baby
Hey, hey, hey, hey hey, child

Say come on baby and tell me one more time 
Alright, honey, come on baby and tell about it one more time 
I said 25 minutes is all I have at hand

Said go, go and take me in your arms 
Say go and take me in your arms 
You can buy me a house, you can buy me anything you want

I want a house in the country at the time that I think came on 
I want a house in the country at the time that I think came on 
So I'll call you baby once when I need any more, hey!

Hey, hey, baby hey 
Hey, hey, baby hey
Hey, hey, baby hey

I said hey, hey, baby hey
Oh, hey, hey, baby hey
Hey, hey, baby hey

Hey, hey, hey, baby hey 
Hey, hey, hey, baby hey 
Hey, hey, hey, baby hey

I said hey, hey, hey, baby hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey, baby hey 
Hey, hey, hey, baby hey
Have a ham sandwich
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I Can't Turn You Loose
Written by - Otis Redding
I can't turn you loose
If I do I'm gonna lose my mind
I can't never turn you loose
If I do I'm gonna lose my mind
Whoa! I can't turn you loose for nobody
I love you, yes I do, huh! 
Hip shakin' mama, I love you
Love no one but you
Hear me, baby, I call you
Call you

I can't turn you loose
If I do I'm gonna lose my mind
I can never turn you loose, huh! 
If I do I'm gonna lose my mind
I can't turn you loose for nobody
I love you, yes I do, huh! 
Hip shakin' mama, I love you 
Love no one but you
Hear me, baby, I call you
Call you

Ah, tell me mama, baby! 
Hey, baby, baby, baby 
Now, Wooh, baby, huh! 
Talkin' about my baby 
Oh baby...Huh!
About my baby 
Baby, baby I love you
I gotta do everything, ha! 

Baby! 
My! 
My, my, my, baby! 
Baby, baby, baby, baby yeah 
Whoa!! Baby, baby, baby, huh!
Talkin' about you 
Every, every day, baby
Gotta keep on holdin' 
Gotta keep on holdin' on you, baby 
Holdin'
Oh baby, huh! Talkin' about you, ah! 

Huh! Baby 
Baby, baby, baby, baby 
Huh! Baby I love you 
Every, every day, baby
Huh! Love you 
Baby, let me hear you say yeah! 
Over here, yeah! 
Yeah! I feel good
Sam, I need a little help
Bring it down a little bit, Maury
Bring it down a little bit
I need a little help
Fellas, get your hands from under your girl's dress for a minute
Young ladies, yeah we're about to get into this

Hold on a minute 
Ah!
Yeah!
Every day, baby, every day, baby, ah!
Lord!

Yeah, baby, every, every day, baby 
Whoa, whoo, ah, ah ha 
Every, every day, baby 
Huh! Bring it on down, bring it down! 
Mercy! Do you feel alright? 
If you don't, fuck you, you oughta go home! 
Mercy! Do you feel alright? 
Get on in, daddy! 
I feel good, whoa, mercy, I can dig it, aw!

Say you're lookin' good to me
Say you're lookin' fine
Say you're lookin' good to me
Hon you're lookin' fine
Hey you're lookin' good to me
Hon you're lookin' fine
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, Oh yeah!
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Whoa yeah! Whoa yeah! Whoa yeah! Whoa yeah!  
Alright! 

Yeah, yeah, yeah, baby 
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I feel good because I love you 
You know I love you 
Huh! I love you 
Every day 
Huh! 
Babe, aw! Woo! Huh! 
Say you're looking good! Mercy! 
Let's get the horns in 
Do you want to hear the horns blow? (3 x's)
Yeah! Huh, talkin' about you 
Say look ah here, here we go 
One, two, three, four, ah!

Hey! 
Ooh! 
Shit! 
Whoa!
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I Know You Rider
I know you rider
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
I know you rider 
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone 
You're gonna miss your lovin' baby runnin'
I said runnin' in your arms

Don't the moon look lonesome 
When it's shinin' down through the trees 
Don't the moon look lonesome 
When it's shinin' down through the trees
Don't my, don't my man looks fine 
When he comes runnin', runnin' after me

I know you rider 
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone, honey when I'm gone
Say now, I know you rider 
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
You're gonna miss your lovin' baby runnin'
I said runnin' in your arms! 

I know you rider 
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone 
I know you rider 
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
Yeah, you're gonna miss your lovin' baby runnin'
Oh, I said runnin' in your arms! 

And I know my baby 
Says he's bound to love me so, love me so
Said I, I know my baby 
And he's bound to love me so
You know he'll close his arms around me 
Like a circle, he thinks I'll understand

I know you rider 
Said you're gonna miss me when I'm gone
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Moanin' At Midnight
Written by - Chester Burnett
Moanin' at midnight 
Moanin' at midnight, yeah
Moanin' at midnight, baby 
Moanin' at midnight, baby 
Moanin' at midnight, baby, yeah

Moanin' at midnight
Moanin' at midnight, baby
Moanin' at midnight
Moanin' at midnight, baby, woo hoo

Well, well, well, well, well, well 
Somebody's knockin' on my door 
Somebody's knockin' 
Somebody's knockin' 
Somebody's knockin' on my door
I don't want you to go and tell me to come on, hey come on right out

Well, well, well, well, well, well 
Somebody told me I'm gonna fall 
Somebody told me
Somebody told me I'm gonna fall

Hey won't someone tell me now what's goin' on 
Well, well, well, well 
Somebody please 
Well 
Somebody please (3 x's)

Somebody please (4 x's)
Somebody, somebody please
Somebody, somebody please
Tell me please
Somebody please (4 x's)

Moanin' at midnight, baby (5 x's)
Moanin', I said moanin' 
At midnight 
I said moanin' at midnight 
Moanin' 
Midnight 
Moanin' 
Midnight 
Moanin' 
Midnight
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Mr. Natural
Written by - Sam Andrew
Wake up in the morning and I look out at the sun 
And I think I better go out a while and I get out on the run 
Then I say, my boy, you gotta slow down and have yourself some fun 
So I lay around and I smoke awhile and I never get nuthin' done 

I don't care, my needs are few
What in the world am I gonna do? 
With a million dollars from I don't know who
When in the world will I get through 

With living in such great expectation
With loving, some call it infatuation 

I go outside and I walk awhile singing in the street 
I blow a kiss and I give a smile to everyone I meet 
I buy myself a beer or two just to leave my stone behind 
Sometimes I get so drunk I can sing just like a chime 
Woo ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Woo ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh 

I get drunk and I laugh a lot and there's somewhere that I hear 
My brain gets loose, my stove gets hot...the music hits my ears 
I hear the music...Lord, it sounds so sweet! 
Music's sound, and I don't mind if I dance a step or two 
I do a twitch unwind my spine...I set my eyes on you 
I watch you move, you move so fine, so fine I never knew 
Making love while dancing is an easy thing to do

Yes it's easy  (It ain't hard) 
Yes, yes it's easy (It ain't hard) 
Uh huh, it's easy (Oooh, whoa, whoa, no) 
Um hum, it's easy (C’mon)
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Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
Written by - Jimmy Cox
Well, once I lived the life of a millionaire 
Spending my money, no, I didn't care 
Takin' my friend John out for a mighty good time 
Buyin' high priced liquor, champagne and wine

Then I began to fall so low
Didn't have a friend, nor no place to go
If I get my hands on a dollar again 
I'm goin' to hold on to it until the eagle grins

Soon as I get back up on my feet again 
Everybody wants to be my long lost friend 
It's might strange, without a doubt 
Nobody wants you when you're down and out

Lord, soon as I get up on my feet again 
Everybody wants to be my long lost friend 
It's mighty strange, without a doubt 
Nobody wants you when you're down and out
That's what I mean...when you're down and out
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Oh, My Soul
Written by - Richard Penniman
Oh, my soul! 
Oh, my soul! 

Baby baby baby, give me all the love you've got 
Don't you know you've got the best love in the house 
I said love, I said love
Oh, my soul! 

Baby baby baby love your daddy all night long 
Baby, baby, love you all night long 
Love you, I'm gonna kiss you
Oh, my soul! 

Now baby baby, well you drive me crazy 
Oh, baby baby, well you drive me crazy 
I said love, I said love
Oh, my soul! 

Baby baby, you drive me crazy 
Baby baby, ah you drive me crazy 
I said love, I said love... 

Baby baby, drive me crazy, love you all night long 
Oh, baby, love you, love you all night long 
I said baby, I said baby
Oh, my soul! 

Thank you very much
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St. James Infirmary
I went down to old Joe's bar room 
On the corner by the square
Well, the drinks were bein' served as usual
And this motley crowd was there

Well, on my left stood Joe McKennedy 
And his eyes were bloodshot red 
When he told me that sad story 
These were the words he said: 

I went down to the St. James infirmary
I saw my baby there
She was stretched out on a long white table
So cold, and fine, and fair
Go ahead!

Let her go, let her go, God bless her
Wherever she may be
She can search this world over 
Never find another man like me

Yes, sixteen coal black horses 
To pull that rubber tied hack
Well, it's seventeen miles to the graveyard 
But my baby's never comin' back

Well, now you've heard my story
Well, have another round of booze 
And if anyone should ever, ever ask you...
I've got the St. James infirmary blues!
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Whisperman
Written by - Peter Albin, Sam Andrew, Dave Getz, James Gurley & Janis Joplin
People come around the window
People come around the door 
People come around and ask me 
If I can say some more 
'Cause I'm a whisperman, yes I am! 

I can read somebody's back hand, and I can read your mind 
What you need is body heat, ask for it any time 
'Cause I'm a whisperman, yeah, yes I am! 

I can see up your staircase, and I can see down your hall
I can see almost anything, or anything at all
'Cause I'm a whisperman, yeah, yes I am!

I can see behind your eyelid
I can see behind your head 
I can only check you on the windshield
Write them on your bed
'Cause I'm a whisperman, yeah, yes I am!
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