Janis Joplin Cheap Thrills

Side 1:

Combination of the Two (5:47)
I Need a Man to Love (4:51)
Summertime (3:56)
Piece of My Heart (4:13)

Side 2:

Turtle Blues (4:20)
Oh, Sweet Mary (4:13)
Ball and Chain (9:27) (San Francisco Winterland Ballroom, 12-13 April 1968)

Remastered CD bonus tracks:

Road Block (5:31) (Studio outtake)
Flower in the Sun (3:04) (Studio outtake)
Catch Me Daddy (5:32) (Detroit Grande Ballroom 02 March 1968)
Magic of Love (3:58) (Detroit Grande Ballroom 02 March 1968)

Four gentlemen and one great, great broad — Big Brother and the Holding Company!

Combination of the Two

Everybody's got it,
They're all trying to feel it.
Everybody's dancing and singing romance
And they want to feel more, baby.

Baby, I've got to feel you more
Hey come on, feeling good, baby, baby,
Come on and do it, come on, come on,
Come on try it with me, try it with me, baby.

Oh, whoa, whoa, mama, mama, mama,
Oh, whoa, alright, come on, feel it!
Oh, whoa, waaaah!!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,

Hey baby!
Everybody over at the Avalon Ballroom in the San Francisco bay
Everybody have-have-have have a lot of fun, I know!
I can tell you they're feeling good
I know, gotta try the feeling baby
Gotta try the feeling, gotta...

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, oh!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, yeah.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Don't matter who you are, no, no,
Don't matter where you come from
You just gotta try to feel it
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, come on, boys!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, yeah.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoaah!!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

I Need a Man to Love

Whoa, I need a man to love me.
Don't you understand me, baby ?
Why, I need a man to love.
I gotta find him, I gotta have him like the air I breathe.
One lovin' man to understand can't be too much to need.

You know it
Can't be now
  Oh no
Can't be now
  Oh no
Can't be now
  Oh no
Can't be now
  Oh no
Can't be now
  Oh no
Can't be this loneliness
Baby, surrounding me.

No, no, know it just can't be
  No it just can't be
There's got to be some kind of answer.
  No it just can't be
And everywhere I look, there's none around
  No it just can't be
Whoa, it can't be
  No it just can't be, oh no!
Whoa, hear me now.

Whoa, won't you let me hold you ?
Honey, just close your eyes.
Whoa, won't you let me hold you, dear ?
I want to just put my arms around ya, like the circles going 'round the sun.
And-a let me hold you daddy, at least until the morning comes.

Because it
Can't be now
  Oh no
Can't be now
  Oh no
Can't be now
  Oh no
Can't be now
  Oh no
Can't be now
  Oh no
Can't be this loneliness
Baby, surrounding me.
No, no, no it just can't be.
  No it just can't be
Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby, just can't be.
No, no, no
  No it just can't be

And why can't anyone ever tell me, now ?
  No it just can't be
I wake up one morning, I realize
  No it just can't be
Whoa, it can't be.
  No it just can't be
Now go!

Whoa, I need a man to love me
Oh, maybe you can help me, please.
Why, I need a man to love.
But I believe that someday and somehow it's bound to come along
Because when all my dreams and all my plans just cannot turn out wrong.

You know it
Can't be now Oh no
Can't be now Oh no
Can't be now Oh no
Can't be now Oh no
Can't be now Oh no
Can't be just loneliness
Baby, surrounding me.

No, no, no, it just can't be
  No it just can't be
Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby, it just can't be
  No it just can't be
And who could be foolin' me ?
  No it just can't be
I've got all this hurt inside
  No it just can't be
Come, come, come on, come on, come on, and help me now.
  No it just can't be
Please, can't you hear my cry ?
  No it just can't be
Whoa, help ...

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 looking good now,
Hush, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby,
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.

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,
Cry.

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 think I've had enough,
But I'm gonna show you, baby, that a woman can be tough.

I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it,
Take it!
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby!
Oh, oh, break it!
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, oh, have a!
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby,
You know you got it if it makes you feel good,
Oh, yes indeed.

You're out on the streets looking good,
And baby deep down in your heart I guess you know that it ain't right,
Never, never, never, never, never, never hear me when I cry at night,
Babe, and I cry all the time!
But 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 it!
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby.
Oh, oh, break it!
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah,
Oh, oh, have a!
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby,
You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good.

I need you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it,
Take it!
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby!
Oh, oh, break it!
Break another little bit of my heart, now darling, yeah, c'mon now.
Oh, oh, have a
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby.
You know you got it — whoahhhhh!!

Take it!
Take it! Take another little piece of my heart now, baby,
Oh, oh, break it!
Break another little bit of my heart, now darling, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Oh, oh, have a
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, hey,
You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good.

Turtle Blues

Ah, I'm a mean, mean woman,
I don't mean no one man, no good, no.
I'm a mean, mean woman,
I don't mean no one man, no good.
I just treats 'em like I wants to,
I never treats 'em, honey like I should.

Oh, Lord, I once had a daddy,
He said he'd give me everything in sight.
Once had a daddy,
Said he'd give me everything in sight.
Yes, he did.
So I said, "Honey, I want the sunshine,
You take the stars out of the night.
Come on and give 'em to me, babe, 'cause I want 'em right now."

I ain't the kind of woman
Who'd make your life a bed of ease, ha ha ha ha!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
I'm not the kind of woman, no,
To make your life a bed of ease.
Yeah, but if you, if you just wanna go out drinkin', honey,
Won't you invite me along, please.
Oh, I'll be so good to ya babe, yeah!
Whoa, go on!

I guess I'm just like a turtle
That's hidin' underneath its horny shell.
Whoa, whoa, oh yeah, like a turtle
Hidin' underneath its hard-ass shell.
But you know I'm very well protected —
I know this goddamn life too well.

Oh! Now call me mean, you can call me evil, yeah, yeah,
I've been called much worser things around,
Honey, don't ya know I have!
Whoa, call me mean or call me evil
I've been called much worser things, all things around,
Yeah, but I'm gonna take good care of Janis, yeah,
Honey, ain't no one gonna dog me down.
Alright, yeah.

Oh, Sweet Mary

Oh, sweet Mary, child of confusion, she runs the hills to cry
Past the willows or an illusion, Lord, tell me the reason why.
Tell me why, why is it all so hard ?
Breathing in the air Breathe in the air
Anyone to care.
Oh!

Oh, sweet Mary, in our story, have we nothing left to give ?
But don't we all know, babe, if we're pressed to, that that's the way we live.
Tell me why, why is it all so hard ?
Breathing in the air Breathing in the air
Anyone to care, oh, yeah!

Hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now,
Hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, whoa, yeah!

Ball and Chain

Sittin' down by my window,
Honey, lookin' out at the rain.
Lord, Lord, Lord, sittin' down by my window,
Baby, lookin' out at the rain.
Somethin' came along, grabbed a hold of me,
And it felt just like a ball and chain.
Honey, that's exactly what it felt like,
Honey, just dragging me down.

And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now hon', tell me why,
Why does every single little tiny thing I hold on goes wrong ?
Yeah it all goes wrong, yeah.
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now babe, tell me why,
Why does every thing, every thing.
Hey, here you gone today, I wanted to love you,
Honey, I just wanted to hold you, I said, for so long,
Yeah! Alright! Hey!

Love's got a hold on me, baby,
Feels just like a ball and chain.
Now, love's just draggin' me down, baby, yeah,
Feels like a ball and chain.
I hope there's someone out there who could tell me
Why the man I love wanna leave me in so much pain.
Yeah, maybe, maybe you could help me, come on, help me!

And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now hon', tell me why,
Now tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me why, yeah.
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, when I ask you,
When I need to know why, c'mon tell me why, hey hey hey,
Here you've gone today,
I wanted to love you and hold you
Till the day I die.
I said whoa, whoa, whoa!!

And I say oh, whoa, whoa, no honey
It ain't fair, daddy it ain't fair what you do,
I see what you're doin' to me and you know it ain't fair.
And I say oh, whoa whoa now baby
It ain't fair, now, now, now, what you do
I said hon' it ain't fair what, hon' it ain't fair what you do.
Oh, here you gone today and all I ever wanted to do
Was to love you
Honey an' I think there can be nothing wrong with that,
Only it ain't wrong, no, no, no, no, no.

Sittin' down by my window,
Lookin' at the rain.
Lord, Lord, Lord, sittin' down by my window,
Lookin' at the rain, see the rain.
Somethin' came along, grabbed a hold of me,
And it felt like a ball and chain.
Oh this can't be in vain
And I'm gonna tell you one just more time, yeah, yeah!

And I say oh, whoa whoa, now baby
This can't be, no this can't be in vain,
And I say no no no no no no no no, whoa!
And I say whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Now now now now now now now now now no no not in vain
Hey, hope there is someone that could tell me
Hon', tell me why,
Hon', tell me why love is like
Just like a ball
Just like a ball
Baaaaaaalllll
Oh daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy
And a chain.
Yeah!

Road Block

Oh, ain't no problem
Carry no heavy load
Lord, no!
Why can't I love you, baby ?
You try to block my road.
You try to block my road. Hey!

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, yeah yeah,
Try to block my road
Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block daddy daddy daddy
Road block
Road block
Alright on the road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Yeah! Road block
Road block, alright, alright, alright!
Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Whoa Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block
Road block

Try to block my road, daddy daddy daddy
I said now every time I turn around
Why, Try to block my road
Why did you try to hurt me Try to block my road
I said all I ever wanted to do was Try to block my road
N-now all I ever wanted to do was to love you Try to block my road
Tell me, tell me, tell me Try to block my road
Tell me, tell me, tell me now Try to block my road
Waaah Try to block my road
Waaah Try to block my road
Try to block my road.

Ha ha!
Oh, ain't no problem
Carry no heavy load
Oh no, no!
Why can't I love you, baby ?
You try to block my road.
Hey hey, try to block my road,
Now now, try to block my road
Right, right, honey right now!

Flower in the Sun

Oh please don't you think baby that I have been 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
Not for very long
No no no no no no no no no no no no no no.
Our love affair, yes 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, hey, hey, hey.
Oh but you are distant and so it's dead
And so often people are glad to be old, 'cause 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, wilted from her loved one.

And I see you looking up at the sky, how high it is.
You wonder if there is, whoa another me
Now how can that be, honey 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 is just a history
Well, it's all over, baby, it's over, baby,
I can't stand another lo-lo-lonely,
I'm never too lonely.

It's over baby,
I can't help it 'cause I just cry inside,
I just cry inside,
Oh baby, oh baby, don't you feel me moving,
Oh baby, oh baby, don't you hear me crying ?
Well I don't, I don't have to, yeah,
I said now I hurt you, hurt me too now,
Oh baby, oh baby ...

Catch Me Daddy

And now, starting our second night at the Grande Ballroom, from San Francisco, Big Brother and the Holding Company!

Honey, I'm so alone.
Oh daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy.
Alright now!!!
Alright now!!!
Baby!
Baby!
Oh, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord!!! Yeah!

Hon, when I'm sittin' round late in the evening, child,
Wonderin' why, why, why did I ever leave,
Hey, babe I just gotta know now!
Yeah, I said I'm sitting 'round late in the evening, darling,
Wonderin', oh why did I ever leave,
Hey, come on come, come on come, come on.
Well, I went out searchin' for something, darling,
Oh, now I see, yeah.
Well alright, hey hey hey.

I guess I move just one too many time now,
Woke up darling, and found myself alone.
Whoa, well I guess I moved one too many times, babe,
Woke up an' found myself alone, yeah hey, yeah hey, yeah hey,
Cold sheets made me realize
Catch me, daddy, 'cause I'm movin' on.
Hey, hey, whoaaa !!!

Come on up, come on up, I've got to move on
Come on up, because I've got to go, daddy, daddy,
Whoa, 'cause I'll find my daddy,
I said now daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy,
Ah won't you tell me not so long ago
Well you don't need me, gotta, gotta,
I just got to know, hey
And I'm searching,
Oh daddy, daddy, daddy, been searching now
Woh and I been searching babe,
Yeah hey, yeah hey, I got to know,
Oh yeah hey, yeah hey, yeah hey,
Oh yeah hey, yeah yeah yeah, come on
Come on and catch me,
Daddy, daddy, daddy, catch me,
Come on, come on and catch me,
Alright, come on take me,
Won't you take it on down now
Oh take it on down now
S-s-s-softer now,
Hey a little softer babe.

You know, I want ya, need ya, I gotta have ya
'Cause I want ya need ya,I gotta have ya
'Cause this my-my-my-my-my-my-my-man now now now
My-my-my-my-my-my-my-man yeah.
Said I want you I need you, babe I've gotta have you,
'Cause I want you I need you, whoa, gotta have you,
I've been lonely in the morning
I've been lonely in the night time.
I've been lonely oh, in the morning,
Oh, in the afternoon,
Oh, in the evening,
And babe I need it now,
I said I miss you, miss you,
Oh daddy you know I miss you
Yeah, yeah, you know I miss you
Alright, comin' home now
Yeah hey hey, comin' home now
Oh yeah, comin' home now
Hey hey, comin' home now
Alright, comin' home now
Babe babe, comin' home now
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
I said yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Ah yeah!!

Oh, I might take a plane, baby,
Oh, I may take a train, baby.
Now I guess I might finally walk in there,
Now I guess I might finally talk in there,
I gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta move on
Oh hey! Yeah!
Ooh! Alright!

I said I'm goin' on down to Brownsville
Gonna take, take, take your ride and roll,
Whoaaa, if you see me my baby, comin', oh, come on, oh yeah comin' home,
Whoaa!

Magic of Love

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 prove what I say.

Come back and believe my love,
Please! Now, come back, babe, and believe my love,
Won't you 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-t-t-t-t-t-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 mystic silk
Or wearing rich rags and waste
Darling, please!

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.

Big Brother! Thank you!
Big Brother & the Holding Company! They'll be back, not tonight, but they'll be back again. So ... don't forget tomorrow the Blood Sweat and Tears will be here, and then next week both Friday and Saturday the Who from England will be here with the Electric Prunes on Friday, and Sunday the Electric Prunes will be back again. The Grateful Dead are coming too with the Animals. So now it's closing time. So everybody close and go home please.