Janis


Boxset cover
US 3CD Columbia C3K 48845
r. 23 11 1993

Disc 1:

  1. What Good Can Drinkin' Do (2:42) *
  2. Trouble in Mind (3:02) *
  3. Hesitation Blues (4:03) *
  4. Easy Rider (2:21)
  5. Coo-Coo (2:02)
  6. Down on Me (2:03)
  7. The Last Time (2:12)
  8. All Is Loneliness (2:15)
  9. Call on Me (3:34) *
  10. Women Is Losers (5:05) *
  11. Intruder (2:28)
  12. Light Is Faster than Sound (2:28)
  13. Bye, Bye Baby (2:35)
  14. Farewell Song (4:21) *
  15. Flower in the Sun (3:10)
  16. Misery 'n (4:09) *
  17. Road Block (6:18)
  18. Ball and Chain (8:05) Monterey 17 06 1967 Afternoon

Disc 2:

  1. Combination of the Two (5:51)
  2. I Need a Man to Love (4:49)
  3. Piece of My Heart (4:26)
  4. Turtle Blues (4:28)
  5. Oh, Sweet Mary (4:13)
  6. Catch Me Daddy (4:53) *
  7. Summertime (4:04) Take # 1 *
  8. Kozmic Blues (4:21)
  9. Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) (3:54)
  10. One Good Man (4:07)
  11. Dear Landlord (2:30) *
  12. To Love Somebody (5:16)
  13. As Good as You've Been to This World (5:24)
  14. Little Girl Blue (3:48)
  15. Work Me, Lord (6:35)
  16. Raise Your Hand (2:17) *
  17. Maybe (4:07) *

Disc 3:

  1. Me & Bobby McGee Demo (4:46) *
  2. One Night Stand (3:08) *
  3. Tell Mama (5:45)
  4. Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) (8:14)
  5. Cry Baby (4:56) *
  6. Move Over (3:41)
  7. A Woman Left Lonely (3:29)
  8. Half Moon (3:53)
  9. Happy Birthday, John (Happy Trails) (1:09) *
  10. My Baby (3:43)
  11. Mercedes Benz (2:11) *
  12. Trust Me (3:14)
  13. Get it While You Can (3:23)
  14. Me & Bobby McGee (4:29)

* on Box set only


Slipcase
3CD Columbia CK 65409 (slipcase)
r. 18 08 1998

What Good Can Drinkin' Do

Er, this is a song called, "What Good Can Drinkin' Do" that I wrote one night after drinkin' myself into a stupor.

What good can drinkin' do, what good can drinkin' do ?
Oh well, 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.
Well, I drink it down, but the next day I feel the same.blue.

Gimme whiskey, oh, gimme bourbon, give me gin.
Oh, gimme whiskey, give me bourbon, gimme gin.
It don't matter what I'm drinkin', Lord, as long as it drown this sorrow I'm in.

Well, my man he left me, child, an' he left me here.
Mm, my man he left me, went away and left me here.
Well, I'm feelin' lowdown, just give me another drink of beer.

Well, I start drinkin' Friday, I start drinkin' Friday night.
Lord, I start drinkin' Friday, start drinkin' Friday night.
But then I wake up on Sunday, child, ain't nothin' that's right.

What good can drinkin' do, what good can drinkin' do ?
Well, I drink all night but the next day I still feel blue!!!

Yeah, let's give it a little try. We'll get the typewriter count in.

I often sing this one while other people are tunin' up.

Trouble in Mind

Trouble in mind, Lord, I'm blue
But now I won't be blue always, ha ha.
Sun's gonna shine, Lord, shine in my back door someday.

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

Trouble in mind, Lord, I'm blue,
Now, I won't be blue always.
And that sun's gonna shine in my, Lord, shine in my back door someday.

I'm goin' down, goin' down to the river,
I'm gonna bring along my rockin' chair
And if these blues don't leave me, Lord, I'll have to rock away from here.

Trouble in mind, trouble in mind, I'm blue
Now, I won't be blue always,
And that sun is gonna shine in my, Lord, shine in my back door someday.

I'm goin' on, I'm alone at midnight,
The lamp is burnin' low.
I've never had so much trouble, Lord in my whole life ever before.

Trouble in mind, Lord, I'm blue,
Now, I won't be blue always.
Yeah, that wind's gonna come, it's gonna blow all my blues away.

It sounds good!

I like the heavy rhythm guitar, it's good.

Alright, everybody ready on the typewriter ? One, two!

Yeah, ha ha!

Get the typewriter goin'

Hesitation Blues

Well, a nickel is a nickel, a dime is a dime
I need a new man, Lord I know I won't mind.
Tell me how long, dear, do I have to wait ?
Can I get you now, dear, must I hesitate ?

Well now, the eagle on the dollar says "In God we trust"
You say you won't obey me, you wanna see that dollar first
How long, dear, do I have to wait ?
Can I get you now, dear, mm, must I hesitate ?

Lord, if the river was made of whiskey an' I was a duck,
I'd just swim to the bottom an' I'd never come up.
How long, dear, mm, do I have to wait ?
Why, can I get you now, dear, mm, must I hesitate ?

Now there's rocks down in the ocean and there's fish in the sea,
I know you mean the whole world to me.
How long, dear, must I have to wait ?
Can I get you now, dear, mm, must I hesitate ?

I got them Hesitation Stockings, I got them Hesitation Shoes,
Lord knows I got them Hesitation Blues.
Tell me, how long do I have to wait ?
Why, can I get you now, dear, mm, must I hesitate ?

Yeah!

That sounds good!

That sounds ...

Call on Me

The next song is called "Call on Me".

Well, baby, when times are bad,
Now call on me, darling, and I'll come to you.
When you're in trouble and feel so sad,
Now, call on me, darling, come on call on me, and I'll help you.
Yeah!

A man and a woman have each other, baby,
To find their way in this world. Yeah!!
I need you, darling, like the fish needs the sea,
Don't take your sweet, your sweet love from me!

Now baby, when you're down and feel so blue,
And no, you won't drown, darling, I'll be there, too.
You're not alone, I'm there too,
And whatever your troubles are, I don't care.

Yeah!!

A man and a woman have each other, baby,
To find their way in this world. Yeah!! Alright!
I need you, darling, like the fish needs the sea,
Don't take your sweet, sweet love from me!

Please! I said baby, when times are bad,
Call on me, darling, just call on me.

Women Is Losers

One, two, three, four!

Oh ...
Now women is losers
Now women is losers
Women is losers, oh
And then women is losers.
You know, I know you must have heard it all,
I said now men always seem to end up on top of the world.
Oh!

Oh, you know, if they told you they want you
They come around by your door.
And I say now, if they don't desert you,
They'll leave you cryin' for more!

Women is losers
Now women is losers
Women is losers, oh!
And then women is losers.
N-now I know you must-a heard it all,
I said now, men always seem to end up on top of the world!
Alright, alright!

Remember you should be in confusion
They'll leave you when no one has thought to play.
They might say to watch out after your conduct
Why the hell there ain't another way, oh!

Women is losers
Women is losers
Women is losers, oh!
And then women is losers.
N-now I know you must-a heard it all,
I said now men always seem to end up on top of the world!

Oh, now they wear their nice shiny armor
Until there is a dragon for to slay.
And I say it depends,
Course with men beggin' to pay 'em
Then they'll turn and run away, oh!

Now women is losers
Yeah, women is losers
You women is losers, oh!
And then women is losers.
Hon I know you must-a heard it all,
I said Lord, men always seem to end up on top of the world.

Thank you.

Farewell Song

Whoa, the last time that I saw ya
Child, I know, no, you didn't say a word.
And I knew, darlin' as I looked into your eyes
That my feelings, oh, they'd never been heard.

Well, I'm talkin' to you about love,
Did you hear me, I said love,
Because it's got to be such a long, long, way
From denyin', from denyin'.

And I say, don't say no, no, no to me no more.
And I believed in you all the time,
Honey, until I found out, you know, that I was so wrong.
Won't you try and build a life with you,
Guess I should've known it, I guess I should've known it all along.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, let me hold you just once more
Babe, I ask you just once more
Because it's got to be such a long, long way from cryin'
And I been cryin' and I got tears in my eyes.

Yeah, but don't you know when you love somebody that's so precious
They can never, never, never be had very cheaply
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

You're gonna have to pay your dues
And sometimes, sometimes I guess you're bound to lose.
Hey, but that's the way
You're gonna learn, learn, learn to love deeply.

Now oh God, I wish I could explain that myself,
'Cause I know that it's my fault, too.
It's so easy to hurt you, darling,
It's so hard, it's hard not to do.

And I know that you showed me a new life
And you'll always, you'll always be my friend.
Yeah, but I don't think, honey, that I can keep from tryin'
And I'll be tryin' and I been cryin' for you, baby,
Yes, I have now.

Well, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
What would I do without you, child ?
I'm afraid that I can't say.
But I hope, honey, that when you will remember
Lord, it'll be, it'll be such a sunny day.

Now, now, now, now, good-bye,
I'll see you sometime
And don't be worried, everything's just fine.
Babe, I don't think
That I can keep from dyin'
And I've been dyin'.

I say now every day I die a little bit, babe
I say now every day I lose me someone in my heart
I've been lonely, lonely, look around baby
I said now I can't help myself
I can't help myself
I gotta find him, gotta, I gotta need him
'Cause I gotta find my man, find my baby
'Cause I gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, yeah, gotta
Gotta, gotta, gotta, oh my Lord I gotta
Help me now now now now
Help me, babe, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Whoaa ... Lord, Lord Lord Lord!!
Whoaa ... Lord, Lord Lord Lord!!
Whoaa ... Lord, Lord Lord Lord!!

Misery 'n

I've been misery 'n,
Ever since my daddy gone, yeah.
I've been, honey, I've been misery 'n, yes I have, now.
Ever since my, since my daddy gone, gone, gone.
But I believe that it won't,
Baby, it won't be too long,
If I just could hang on,
Yeah, until my, till my misery
Will all be gone.

Whoa, I said my rooms, you know,
They're so empty, empty, empty, empty, empty.
Full up with sadness, sometimes, yeah.
My rooms are so empty, empty, empty, empty.
Chock-full up with sadness, honey, sometimes, sometimes.

Know well it just, it just moves in,
Like the fog rolls in.
And I found out well I can't see you, baby,
For my tears.

But I tried.
Don't you know I tried.
Cried, cried, cried, cried, cried.
Baby now, I've been missin' you.
Oh, I've been missin' you, babe!

Yeah, and it all seems to bother me
Much more that it seems it should be.
So, baby, now, now,
Baby, now, now,
Baby, tell me why,
Does it have to be
Oh, so wrong for me ?

I never thought I could ever want anybody,
No, no, no, never did, I never did.
Why am I feelin' so strange ???
Whoaaaaa, I never, never, never needed nobody, no, no,
But maybe you could help me —
Why am I feelin' so strange ?

Yeah, an' I've got me a great,
An' I got a great big bed
With two pillows for my head.
Hey, but lately I been sleepin', sleepin' alone.

But I've tried,
Don't you know I tried.
Cried, cried,
You know how I cried.
An', an' baby, I've been missin' you.

Alright, alright!
Yeah!

Tried,
Don't you know I tried.
Cried,
Cried, cried, cried, cried,
Baby now, I've been missin' you.

Alright, alright!
Yeah!

Tried,
Don't you know I tried.
Cried, cried,
You know how I cried.
An', an' baby, I've been missin' you,
Alright, alright!
Yeah!


Catch Me Daddy

This is "Catch Me Daddy" (take 1)

Catch me daddy, baby, I wanna hold you!

We're supposed to be ready. Is anybody ready ? Oh OK, then we're not ready yet.

Go!

Hon, I'm so alone.
Hey daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy.
Now, now, now !!!
Now, now, now !!!
Well alright !!!
Well alright !!!
Whoa, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord !!!

Hon, when I'm sittin' round late in the evenin', child,
I'm wonderin' why, why, why did I ever leave.
Yeah, maybe you can help me!
I said I'm sittin' around, late in the evenin', baby,
Why, why did I ever leave ?
Hey, I gotta know now.
Well, I went out searchin' for somethin', baby,
I left it behind me, honey, now I see, yeah.
Well alright, well alright.

Well, I guess I moved once too often, babe,
I woke up an' found myself alone.
Whoa!!! Well, I guess I moved just one too many times,
Woke an' found myself alone,
Hey, I don't like it!
Well, cold sheets made me realize
Catch me, daddy, 'cause I'm movin' on.
Hey, hey, whoaaa !!!

Comin' on, comin' on, I've got to move on.
Comin' on, because I've got to go
'Cause I got to find me my daddy, now now
Said, I got to find me my man
I'm searchin', oh babe I said I'm searchin' now,
Yeah, hey, come on and take me down now
I want you to take me down now,

A little softer babe, yeah, a little softer babe,
Oh, I like it like that,
Yeah, I like it like that,
Feels so good to me, feels so good to me, yeah.
I want ya, need ya, I gotta have ya
'Cause I want ya, need ya, I gotta have ya
'Cause there's my-my-my-my-man now-now-now
My-my-my-my-man, yeah.
Lord, I want ya, need ya, babe I gotta have ya
Whoa I gotta have you
So I'm look around just every mornin'
I'm lookin' around every night.
I'm lookin' around in the afternoon
Hon I said it ain't right.

Comin' home now, yeah, yeah,
Comin' home now, yeah, yeah,
Comin' home now, yeah, yeah,
Comin' home now, yeah, yeah,
Comin' home now, yeah, yeah,
Comin' home now, yeah, yeah,
Comin' home!!!
Yeah!

Oh, I may take a plane, baby,
Or I may take a train, baby.
Oh, I guess you might find me walkin' there.
Yeah, I gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
I said alright!
Yeah-hey!
Ooh!

And I said I'm goin' on down to Brownsville now
Gonna take, take, take your ride and roll.
Whoaaa, if you see me my baby, comin',
Oh, come on, whoa yeah, comin' home,
Yeah-hey, yeah!

Summertime [Take 1]

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 looking good now,
Hush, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby,
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, don't you cry.
Aahhhh!

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.

Until that morning
Honey, n-n-nothing's going to harm you now,
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, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Don't you cry,
Don't you cry,
Cry.

Dear Landlord

Dear Landlord
Please don't put a price on my soul.
My burden is heavy, dear,
And my dreams are beyond my control,
Oh yes, they are.

But when that steam-boat whistle blows,
Oh, honey I'm gonna give you everything I ever had to give, yeah,
And I do hope that you can receive it well,
I know that it must be dependin' on the way you feel that you live.

Whoa, Landlord,
Please heed these words that I try to speak.
I know you must have suffered much,
But honey you ain't alone, you ain't so unique.
No, no, no, no, no.

All of us at times, I said, we might have worked too hard
Or too heavy, too fast and way too rushed, yeah!
But everyone can fill their life with anything
You can look around, but baby you just cannot touch.

Whoa, my Dear Landlord,
Please don't you dismiss my case.
I'm not about to argue with you,
And honey I'll tell ya, I'm ain't gonna move to no other place.
'Cause I just ain't gonna do it, no, no, no.

Each of us has his own special gift,
Oh honey, don't you know that it's got to be true
And if you don't underestimate me, I'll tell you one thing,
I said that I won't underestimate you, no!

Raise Your Hand

Ed Sullivan Show 16 03 1969

If there's somethin' you need,
Hon that you've never, ever, ever had.
I know you've never had it.
Oh, honey, don't you just sit there cryin',
Don't just sit there feelin' bad.
No, no, no.
You'd better get up.
Now, don't you understand?
And raise you hand.
Hey, hey, hey.
I said, raise your hand.

You know I'm standin' about, yes I am.
Want to give you all my love, oh, I do.
Oh, honey, won't you come on and open up,
I said, open up in your heart.
Please won't you let me try ?
Yeah!!

Got to be good.
Don't ya understand ?
Raise your hand.
Hey, hey, hey.
I said, raise your hand.
Right here, right now, babe!

Whoaaaah, yeah!

Whoaaaah!!
Raise your hand.
Raise your hand.
Raise your hand.
Raise your hand.

Raise.
Gonna raise.
Gonna raise.
Gonna raise.

Said, raise your hand, come on!
Raise your hand, feel it!
Raise your hand, I gotta have it!
Raise your hand.

Raise your hand, yeah!
Raise your hand, yeah!
Raise it up, on up to me.
Come on, raise it up, on up to me.
Oh, raise it up, on up to me, yeah!
Yeah !!!

Maybe

Ed Sullivan Show 16 03 1969

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 little hand
Oh you just might understand.
Honey maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, yeah.

Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe dear
I guess I've done something wrong
And I'd be glad to admit it.
Oh, oh, come back on home, oh daddy, right to me!
Honey maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, yeah.

But I know that it just doesn't ever seem to matter, baby,
Oh, honey, when I go out or what I'm trying to do,
'Cause I'm still left here
All alone, honey, 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!
Yeah!

Maybe dear, oh maybe, maybe, maybe,dear
I might be able to help you — show me how.
Honey, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe,
Maybe, maybe, maybe,
Maybe, maybe, maybe, yeah.
Ooh!


Me & Bobby Mc Gee

Demo (Take 5) 20 07 1970

S130 is not on. Not that I'm playin' that great but still in all I oughta be able to hear it, y'know what I mean ?

Are you hearing it now ?

No. Now. It's too loud. I can't play that good. Am I havin' some of that Texas accent back ?

I hope so.

But I always sound like this, man, I hear myself on tape I always sound like this.

Take 5.

God! Shall I start that way ? Ready ?

Over to you baby.

Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waiting for a train
And I's feelin' nearly as faded as my jeans.
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained,
It rode us all the way in to New Orleans.

I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna,
An' I's playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues, yeah.
Windshield wipers slapping time, I was holding Bobby's hand in mine,
We sang every song that driver knew.

Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose,
Nothing don't mean nothing honey if it ain't free.
Yeah, an' feeling good was easy, Lord, Bobby sang the blues,
You know feeling good was good enough for me, hmm mm,
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.

From the Kentucky coal mines to the California sun,
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul.
Through all kinds of weather, through everything that we done,
Said Bobby baby, he kept me from the cold.

One day up near Salinas, Lord, I let him slip away,
But he was lookin' for that home and I hope he finds it.
But I'd trade all of my tomorrows for one single yesterday
To be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine.

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose,
Nothing, that's all that Bobby left me, yeah.
Feelin' good was easy, Lord, Bobby he sang the blues,
I said feeling good was good enough for me, hmm mm,
It's good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.

La la la, la la la la, la la la, la la la la
La la la la la Bobby McGee.
La la la la la, la la la la la
La la la la la la, Bobby McGee.

La la la, la la la la la la,
La la la, la la la la la la,
Na na na na na na na na, Bobby McGee, yeah.
Na na na na na na na na, na na na na,
Na na na na na na na na, na na na na,
Hey now Bobby Lord, Bobby McGee, yeah.

Hell, I'm calling my lover, calling my man,
I said I'm calling my lover, I do the best I can,
I said now c'mon,Bobby now, come on Bobby McGee, yeah.
Lordy, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy Lord
Hey, hey, hey, Bobby McGee, yeah!

That's when somebody else has to take over.

One Night Stand

When I'm on the road playin' in a town without a name
And I'm feelin' low, everybody looks the same.
Well, you catch my eye, then you come on strong an' try to make your play.
Just because we loved tonight, please don't think it's gonna stay that way.

Don't you know that you're nothin' more than a one night stand.
Tomorrow I'll be on my way, baby, can catch me if you can.
Honey, take me by the hand and play that game again.

Everywhere I go, the people try to get next to me.
That's alright, but tomorrow I've got to be free.
We got a good thing, babe, and you're the one I'm lovin' tonight,
Don't you go and spoil it, babe, by trying to get yourself all uptight.

Don't you know that you're nothing more than a one night stand.
Tomorrow I'll be on my way, honey, catch me if you can.
Take me by the hand and play that game again.

When I'm on the road, playin' in a town without a name,
Babe, I'm feelin' low and everybody looks just the same.
You catch my eye, you come on strong an' try to make your play.
Just because we loved tonight, honey, don't think it's gonna stay that way.

Don't you know that you're nothing more than a one night stand.
Tomorrow I'll be one my way, baby, catch me if you can.
Take me by the hand and play that game again.

Don't you know that you're nothing more than a one night stand.
Lord, take me by the hand and baby play the game again.

Don't you know that you're nothing more than a one night stand.
Whoaaa!!!

Cry Baby

rehearsals

Cry-y-y ... ha ha ha ha ... baby, cry baby, cry baby,
Welcome back home.

I know she told you,
I know she told you that she loved you
Much more than I do,
But I know she left you,
And you swear that you just don't know why,
Well, honey I swear I'll always be round
If you ever want me
Come on and cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry baby, yeah,
Oh, like you always seem to do.

Don't you know,
Honey, nobody ever gonna love you
The way I try to do.
Who'll be willing to take your pain
And all your heartache, too ?
Honey, I swear I'll always, I'll always be around
If you ever want me
Come on and cry, cry baby, cry baby yeah, cry baby, yeah,
Oh daddy, welcome back home, yeah.

I know when you're sharp and round, babe,
Seems like the grass always looks greener,
When you're looking over there in somebody else's back-yard
So I know what you're tryin' to tell me
When you say, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama,
I've gotta go out shopping for my life
I've gotta find my, my own true third eye,
Hare Krishna identity out there on the road there.

And although it may be comfortable here
Sleeping in all your nice bed with all those satin sheets
And all that nice fur, eatin' all that chicken
Gettin' stoned, havin' a good time I have to go and rough it
I have to go to Africa
Or I have to go to Omaha, or some place like that,
I have to find myself, you know what I mean ?
So there's this stud, man, walkin' around the fuckin' highways of America with a pack on his back
Lookin' for his identity, right ?

Well, I want to say baby don't you know you left your mama here all alone ?
You left your good lovin' mama right at home
And that should be identity enough for any man, ha ha ha!
So I said baby, I know that you're gonna come home to me some day
And I'll be able to tell when you walk in my front door
I do, I just do believe that I can be lookin' in your eyes
So Lord, you finally realize
So you can put your head on my shoulder, babe,
'Cause I know you got some more tears to share,
Come on, let it go,
So come on, come on, come on, come on, come on,
Honey, cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry,

Honey when you got some more tears to shed
Honey I won't let a man stand in your way, babe,
You have to snap all your fear from the door house away dear
You just gotta let it go, baby, come on,
Honey cry, oh, cry to me baby.

Is it a hit or a miss ?

Happy Birthday, John (Happy Trails)

Am I on ? OK.

Hello, John, this is Janis,
Who'd just like to wish you a very happy birthday and
Happy trails to you until we meet again
Happy trails to you, keep smiling until then.
Happy trails to you until we meet again!

Happy Birthday, John, from the Full Tilt Band!!

What'd I say ?

You wrote another song.

No, it's this song.

I'd like to do it.

Are you ready ?

Of course.

Is the tape moving ? I can do this one in one take.

I'm gonna do it again ?

Yeah.

OK by me. What ? Well, I'll do the best I can I'd like to do a song of great social and political import.
It goes like this:

Mercedes Benz

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,
So Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV ?
Dialing For Dollars is trying to find me.
I wait for delivery each day until three,
So oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV ?

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a night on the town ?
I'm counting on you, Lord, please don't let me down.
Prove that you love me and buy the next round,
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a night on the town ?

Everybody!
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends,
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,
So oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?

That's it!


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