Janis Joplin Magic of Love

CD European ITM 960001
r. 14 September 1992
Not released in the USA

Magic of Love (2:58)
Down on Me (2:50)
Piece of My Heart (4:00)
Farewell Song (4:25)
Bye, Bye Baby (4:48)
Light Is Faster than Sound (4:14)
Women Is Losers (4:57)
All Is Loneliness (8:53)
Call on Me (3:23)
Ball and Chain (10:17)

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,
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 mystic silk
Or wearing rich rags and waste,
Darling, please!

Come back, and believe my love
Baby, 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.

Down on Me

Well, down on me, Lord, down on me.
I said it looks like everybody in this whole round world,
Yeah hey yeah all right, is down on me yeah.
Yeah yeah yeah yeah.

One of these mornings be proud and fair,
Put on my wings and then I'll try the air
Since it looks like everybody in this whole round world,
Hey, down on me, yeah, ha ha.

Baby, down on me, oh, down on me, all right,
It looks like everybody I said in this whole round world, aaah!
Down on me.
Oh yeah yeah!

Now now now now now now now now
The heart is gone, rain is rain
And you gotta admit that it'll never change, no.
It looks like everybody in this whole round world, now now now,
Down on me, you know they are.

Down on me, down on me, yeah.
It looks like everybody, honey, in this whole round world, Lord!!!
Is down on me, yeah.

All right, all right,
Always keep faith in your brother, faith in man,
Help each other, honey, if you can
Because it looks like everybody in this whole round world,
Everywhere I go! Is down on me, oh yeah.

Down on me, hey, down on me, all right,
It looks like everybody in this whole round world
Down on me, yeah hey!

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

I said come on, come on, come on, come on and take it,
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby,
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah.
Hey! Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, yeah.
You know you got it if it makes you feel good,
Oh yes indeed.
All right!

You're out on the street looking good, honey,
Deep down in your heart I said you know that it ain't right,
Never never never never never never hear me when I cry at night.
Honey, I cry all the time!
And 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 another little piece of my heart now, baby.
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah,
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, yeah.
You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good — hey!

Now come on, come on, come on, come on and take it,
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby.
Break another little bit of my heart, honey, yeah.
Hey! Have another little piece of my heart now, baby,
You know you got it if it makes you feel good.
Hey! Hey! Have another little piece of my heart now, baby,
Break it, break it, break it, yeah.
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby,
You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good.

Farewell Song

Oh, the last time that I saw you
You know you didn't say a word.
And I knew, honey as I looked into your eyes
My feelings, Lord, they'd never been heard.
Well, I'm talkin' to you about love,
Did you hear me ? I said love.
Hey, because it's got to be such a long, long, long way
From denyin', from denyin'.

And I say you 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.
I wanted to try and build a life with you,
Lord I should've known it, I guess I should've known it all along.
Oh, let me hold you just once
Honey I'll 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
But don't you know when you love somebody, have some pressures
There can never, never, never be any secret,
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

You gonna have to pay your dues
And sometimes, honey, sometimes you know you're bound to lose.
Yeah, but that's the way
You're gonna learn, learn, learn to love people, yeah.

Oh God, I wish I could explain it myself,
'Cause I know that it's my fault, dear.
It's so easy to hurt you, darling,
It's so hard, I guess it's hard not to do.
And I know that you showed me a new life
And you'll always, and you'll always be my friend.
Baby, I don't think that I can keep from cryin'
And I'll be tryin' and I been cryin' for you, babe,
Yes I have now.

Well, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
What would I do without you child ?
I'm afraid I can't say
But I hope honey that when you remember,
Lord, it'll be, it'll be such a sunny day
Now, now, now, now, good-bye,
And I'll see you sometime
And don't be worried, everything's just fine.
Baby I don't think
That I can keep from dyin'
And I've been dyin'.

I said now every day I got 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 gotta gotta gotta want it, gotta need it, 'cause I
Keep my baby, baby
Talk about my baby
Hear me baby, baby
Whoa yeah, my baby

I hate to leave you, baby,
I hate to leave you, darling
I'll never hurt you, babe
Hurt me too, You know I
Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta
Whoa yeah, I gotta
I gotta leave you, baby, I can't help myself
I gotta leave you, baby, I can't help myself
Whoaa ... Lord, Lord Lord Lord!!
Whoaa ... Lord, Lord Lord Lord!!

Bye, Bye Baby

Bye, bye-bye, baby, bye-bye.
I may be seeing you around
When I change my living standard and I move uptown,
Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye.

So long, my honey, so long.
I guess I'm gonna make it somehow.
But you may not be with me, darling, when I do
'Cause you're not with me now.

Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye.
I guess I'm gonna make it OK.
An' I'll see you in a funny place some old day,
So long, my honey, so long.

Well, I get the feeling I could chase you clean on in the ball
And wind up staying pull off, put down strung out and stalled.
Honey, I ain't got time to wait on you or to fetch your super-ball,
I've got lots of things I've got to do.

So long, my honey, so long.
I guess I'm gonna make it somehow
But you may not be with me darling when I do
'Cause you're not with me now!

So long, my honey, so long.
Too bad you had to drift away
'Cause I could use some company
Right on this road, right on this road I'm on today, yeah!

Well, I know that you got things to do and places to be
And I guess I'll have to find the thing you placed on me.
I may wind up in the street or sleep beneath a tree,
Still I guess you know, honey I've gotta go.

Bye, bye-bye, baby, bye-bye.
Lord, I might've been your wife,
But you settled for a place right in my heart,
You didn't want a place in my life.

So long, my honey, so long.
I guess you know you're on your own,
It seems you just got lost somewhere out in the world
And you left me here to face it all alone,
Why, you left me here to face it all alone,
You left me here to face it all alone, yeah!
I said bye, bye b-bye baby, baby bye-bye!!

Light Is Faster Than Sound

Light is faster than sound
My head to the ground
Mind going round
Faster than sound.
Oh yeah.

What goes up must go down
World goes around
Sun shines around
Faster than sound.

Suddenly I see your face
  Faster than sound
And my head is in outer space.
  Faster than sound
Now you've got me all around
  Faster than sound
'Cause life is faster than sound.
  Faster than sound

Suddenly I see your face
  Faster than sound
And my head is in outer space.
  Faster than sound
Now you've got me all around
  Faster than sound
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
  Faster than sound
'Cause life is faster than sound.
  Faster than sound
Faster than sound, yes it is
You're still fast, yes it is
And I can't hear, I say hear
Hey hey it's so fast
  Faster than sound
It's so fast
  Faster than sound
It's so fast
  Faster than sound
One more!
What I say
  Faster than sound
Baby what I say
  Faster than sound
Baby, what I say
  Faster than sound
What I say every single day
  Faster than sound
What I say every single day
  Faster than sound
One more time
  Faster than sound
One more time
  Faster than sound
One more time
  Faster than sound
One more time
  Faster than sound
One more time
  Faster than sound
One more time
  Faster than sound
  Faster than sound
Faster than sound.

Women Is Losers

Now women is losers
Now women is losers,
Women is losers, oh,
And then women is losers.
Well, I know you must-a heard it all,
I said now
Men always seem to end up on top anyway.
Oh...

Well you know, if they told you they want you
They'll come around by your door.
Whoa 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!
Ah then women is losers,
And now I know you must-a heard it all,
I said now men always seem to end up on top anyway.
Alright, alright.

Remember they'll use you and confuse you,
They'll leave you with no one else around to play.
Babe I'm all upset too,
You'll watch out for 'em and you'll wonder
Why the hell there ain't another way, oh!

Women is losers
Women is losers
Women is losers, ah.
And then women is losers.
Now I know you must-a heard it all,
I said now men always seem to end up on top, anyway!

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

Women is losers,
Yeah, women is losers,
Yeah, women is losers, oh!
And then women is losers,
So I know you must-a heard it all,
I said now
Men always seem to end up on top anyway!

All Is Loneliness

All is loneliness
Loneliness before me
Loneliness before me
Loneliness before me
Loneliness.

Loneliness comes botherin' round my house
Loneliness comes botherin'
Loneliness comes botherin'
Loneliness comes botherin' round my house
It was loneliness.

Loneliness comes worryin' round my door
Loneliness comes worryin'
Loneliness comes worryin'
Loneliness comes worryin' round my door
It was loneliness.

It was loneliness
Babe, loneliness
It was loneliness, loneliness, loneliness, loneliness
I said, help me baby, come on, c-c-come come on now,
Help me babe c-come come on
B-b-b-baby hear me
Oh babe-b-b-baby hear me
Oh babe babe babe babe baby help me
Tell my story now
It's alright with you
Tell my story now, alright with you,
help me baby baby, come on come on
Come on and help me baby
Come on, come on out baby
No, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Honey nothin'
Honey hurt you no more no no no more
Oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord,
Oh baby, oh baby, help me someone
Help me some
No, no, no, no, no, no, no reason, I don't need
No, no, no, no, no, no, I don't need
No, no, no, no, Lord, it won't be long
Loneliness

All is loneliness
Loneliness before me
Loneliness before for me.
Loneliness before for me.
Loneliness before for me.
Loneliness.

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,
And don't take your sweet, your sweet love from me.

Now baby, when you're down and feel so blue,
And know you won't drown, darling, I'll be there too.

You're not alone, I'm there too,
And whatever your troubles, darling, I don't care.

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!

Ball and Chain

Sitting down by my window,
Whoa, whoa, looking at the rain.
Whoa, down by my window, baby,
And all around me,
I said suddenly I felt the rain.
Somethin' grabbed a hold of me, darling,
Honey, it felt to me, honey like, yeah, a ball and chain.
Oh honey, you know what I mean,
It just hurts me.

Say, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, honey, it can't be
Whoa, it can't be, babe,
Said no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, hey.
Whoa, baby, it just can't be
Every time I want to reach out my hand.
No, no, no, no, no, babe, baby, never, no, no,
Never, never, no, no, no.
Here you gone today, but I wanted to love you, darling,
Oh, till the end of time,
Yeah! All right!

Love's got a hold on me baby
Feels like a ball and chain.
Oh, love just draggin' me down, yeah yeah yeah,
Feels like, honey sometimes it feels honey like a ball, yeah like a ball and a chain
Wonder why when I did the very best I could to love you
You wanted to leave me here, honey in so much pain
Come on, honey, I want you to tell me, please, yeah.

Say oh, oh, oh, oh,
Honey this can't be
No, no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no yeah.
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Honey, this can't be just because I want to want you
Does this mean I have to hide to cry, cry all the time ?
I just wanted to love you, darling,
Every day, oh, whoa, till the, to the very end, to the end of time,
Yeah, no no no no no, hit it!

Love's got a hold on me, baby,
Feels like a ball and chain.
Oh, love's holdin' on to me,
Feels to me, oh like a ball and a chain
Honey somethin' will grab around the knees, grab me in my heart,
Feels to me like a ball and a chain now,
Yeah, alright, yeah!

Say oh, oh oh oh,
Honey this can't be
Tell me please what am I askin' now,
It can't be babe
I know it just can't be, darling, no no.
Whoa whoa whoa, whoa darling don't you feel me reachin' out
Tell me, tell me, darling please
Tell, tell, tell me darling please, I'm gonna need it,
I want you to hear me baby
Tell me why, sometimes darling
I said sometimes I feel I got to know why
Sometimes I feel, honey, honey that I need to know why
I said baby when I ask you
I could use a little help sometime
When I say, I say tell me, come on man,
Tell me, tell me, babe,
Honey I never understood, why when I want to work my hands out,
I want to wear my hands out, I try the very best I can, babe
Why you always want to go, honey and let me down baby.
I said why I always wanna go, honey drag me around.
Seems like anything, it could be the telephone company man,
it could be the man I love, I always got something else going, you know what I mean ?
Over on the other side, say, not quite got it right this very minute.
I'm so sorry babe, I said I'm so very sorry babe,
But I never did promise you nothing, right ? I see what you mean.
Come on, man, now come on, that ain't the name of it,
And that ain't the end of it, you know what I mean.
Sometimes, it feels just about breaking things, you know what I mean.
Just like, just like a grave, just like a grave to call
Just like a cry to call.
Honey I never understood and I said please
Lord, I swear I never understood and I say please
I want you to help me, fill it up baby,
I want you to help me, I said allow me to hear
Please, please, please, please, please, please, please,
Honey make me understand why love just feels so heavy on me, darling,
Feels so bad on my back, babe,
Feels just like a ball,
Feels like a ball, ball, oh daddy feels like a ball,
And a chain.