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| US 2LP Columbia PG 33345 r. May 1975 |
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| US 2CD Columbia 467 406-2 r. 07 July 1987 Not released in the USA |
One, two!
Sitting down by my window, baby, ha ha!
Whoa, mama, honey, looking on at the rain.
You know what I mean when it's all around you ?
Oh, sitting down by my window,
All 'round looking at the rain,
I felt it's got to be the rain.
Somethin' grabbed a hold of me, daddy,
Felt to me, honey like, like a ball and chain, yeah!
You know what I mean, babe,
I say it's way too heavy now.
I say, whoa, whoa, honey, tell me why
Does everything I always want to hold on to
Always wanna go let me down babe — whoa!!
Yeah, tell me whoa, whoa, whoa, honey, tell me why does
everything
I always pick to hold on to seems to hurt me now ?
Whoa, woo woo woo, whoa!!!
Here you gone today,
I wanted to love you,
I wanted to hold you till the day I die
That 's all I ever wanted, babe,
I just wanted to hold on to you, now.
I say, whoa, whoa, whoa, honey, it ain't fair
Now daddy, it ain't fair, now it ain't fair what you're gonna
do,
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, you know it ain't
fair.
I say, whoa, whoa, honey, it ain't fair!!!!
No, no, no, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, no, no, it ain't fair.
Here you gone today, all I ever wanted to do,
Now baby, baby, baby, I just wanted to love ya,
Honey, I wasn't going to hurt ya,
I said I wasn't gonna hurt you darlin'.
No, no, no, no, no.
S-s-s-s-ittin' down, sitting down, whoa,
Baby by my window, whoa, honey, felt the rain.
Something grabbed a hold of me, baby
Felt to me ... whoa ... Yeah!, Hey! all right!
I said whoa, whoa, whoa, honey, this can't be, no this can't,
Honey this can't be in vain
This can't be in vain all that you said to me baby.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, hey!
I say whoa whoa whoa, honey this can't be, whoa!!!
This can't be in vain, baby, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
No, not in vain, yeah!
I bet you can't tell me, tell me why
Sometimes I got to know why, said why
Come on, tell me why —
Can you do it ?
Tell me why
Love
Honey, love
It hurts me
Like a ball, daddy, and a chain.
All right!
Summertime,
Child, you're living easy.
Fish are, fish are jumping out
And the cotton, Lord, cotton's high, Lord, so high.
Your daddy's rich
And your ma, honey I think she's a mighty good-looking babe.
I think she's looking pretty fine to me now.
Hush, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby,
No, no, no, no, no, don't you cry.
Don't you cry!!!
One of these mornings
Child, you'll rise up singing,
An' since you gotta go, honey, spread your wings,
You can take, take the sky,
Lord, the sky.
Until that morning,
Honey, n-n-no, nothing's gonna harm you babe.
I said, honey, no one's ever gonna let you down,
They wouldn't do it.
Hush, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby,
No, no, no, no, no, don't you cry.
No!
Cry.
This whole thing that's happened to me, you see, this whole success thing, er, it hasn't yet really compromised the position that I took a long time ago in Texas, that was to be true to myself, to be the person that I f ... that was on inside of me and not play games. You see, actually what I'm trying to do mostly, if I, in the whole world, is to not bullshit myself, and not bullshit anybody else. To be righteous to myself, I mean to be real, you know what I mean ? And so far, you know I'm, I'm just tryin' to ... I'm doin' that, I am, you know. I'm not wearin' cardboard eyelashes, and, and, you know, and girdles, and playin' in Las Vegas. By still bein' Janis, I just happens to be on a slightly different level or somethin' now. And ... you know I suppose it's because I've never been premeditated enough in show-business that I was worried about putting on a, a face, you know what I mean ? So I can sit here and tell you the truth. You know ? Otherwise it's slightly inhibiting, really, it doesn't, it doesn't force a game on me, because I refuse to let it force a game on me. So I can sit here and be just as honest as I would be in a bar, although I'd be a lot happier in a bar!
My first guest is one of the most exciting singers there is. Some think the most exciting. We have extra stage hands to hold the roof down when she sings. If you have never seen Janis Joplin, here is your chance. Here is Janis Joplin!
Hey! This song's about Rock & Roll, and needs some help from the crowd. It goes like this. I can't hear ya!!
Hey! You say that it's over baby, Lord,
You say that it's over dear,
But still you hang around me, come on,
Won't you move over.
Yeah! You know that I need a man, hey,
You know that I need a man,
But when I ask you to you just say
That you think you can.
Hey! Please dontcha do it to me, babe, no!
Please dontcha do it to me, baby,
Either take the love I offer
Or let me be.
I ain't got no time for walking, no!
I ain't got no time for walking,
What's a poor girl gonna do with your life,
Life all just dangling ?
Hey! Make up your mind, honey,
You're playing with me.
Make up your mind, honey,
You're playing with me,
I said now well either be my loving man,
Come on, let me honey, let me be, yeah!
You say that it's over, baby, huh!
You say that it's over dear,
But still you hang around me, come on,
Won't you move over.
Hey! You know that I need a man, baby,
You know that I need a man.
When I ask you to you just say
That you think you can.
I ain't quite a-ready for walking, no!
I ain't quite a-ready for walking,
'Cause whatcha gonna do with your life,
Life all just dangling ?
Honey, I feel that it's dangling
Honey, Lord, Lord, Lord.
It's like a carrot, baby now
Like a carrot, baby now
Like a carrot, baby now
Like a carrot, dear.
Oh! Yeah! Yeah! Whew!
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| Dick Cavett Show |
Janis it's a shame you couldn't do an up tune for us but I liked that one.
Later in the show.
Yeah, maybe later we'll be talking too. You're really shot after, after a number, let alone a whole evening I would think.
Yeah, yeah.
You tell me you kind of collapse after a show ?
Well, I'm used to it because I'm so turned on by doing one that it's hard to do, it's hard to stop after one to tell you the truth, because it just makes you wanna do more.
Your engine is revved up ?
Yeah, sort of!
I know all the hip expressions, you see. Your engine is revved up.
You're a real swinger, I can tell by your shoes, man!
Wait a minute, Janis, Janis. These were good enough for my grand-father, they're good enough for me.
I had a lot of trouble, last week I, er, it wasn't that tune, we opened with another tune and I tore a muscle.
I heard about this. You tore a mussel somewhere near Maryland. Er ...
It was closer to home than that!
Well, er ...
But I played forty minutes, man! I did forty minutes!
Yeah, but how do you, how do you tear a muscle singing, was it from the exhaustion or ...
No, I went ... like that.
You actually, literally tore a muscle ... I mean like that ...
Every time, it hurt.
Could you feel it go ?
Yeah.
Phew!
Yeah.
What do they do, do they set a muscle or do they tape you up or something ?
They told me to keep still.
Janis you wrote that tune that you were just singing like we just agreed to ask about. You er, you wrote the first tune, right ?
I wrote the first tune. It's, er, yes I did, it's about men.
It's about men. It's a little hard to tell what it was about 'cause I was standing over there where the sound is a little distorted.
Well in my story that's what it is anyway.
Yeah.
D'you ever see those mule carts ?
Yeah.
They, er, there's a dumb mule on there right and a long stick with a string and a carrot, and it hangs over the mule's nose, and it runs after it all day long. Some ...
Who is the man in this, in this parable, the mule, or the person holding the carrot ?
No, the woman is the, is the mule. Chasing something that somebody's holds her way.
Constantly chasing her man ...
Yeah.
... who always eludes her.
Well, they always hold something more than they're prepared to give.
I have to defend my entire sex, ladies and gentlemen! The burden of the defense.
Go right ahead!
Well, one-arm wrestling I can take you two out of three.
I hope so.
Do you, er, do you actually sit down when you get up in the morning and, and write out a song, or do you . . . When you say you write it, you compose it you write it on a paper.
You just make it up, I don't write songs, I make them up.
They don't exist on paper your songs, don't they ?
Sometimes I just write down the words so I don't forget 'em, but I mean I don't write songs, that's a whole different concept. I just make 'em up.
Yeah. Did you ever get back to Port Arthur, Texas ?
No, but I'm going back next in August, man. And guess what I'm doin' ?
I don't know.
I'm going to my 10th annual High School Reunion.
Oh! Oh! Take movies and bring 'em back to show us, will you ?
Hey would you like to go ?
Well, I don't remember, I don't have any friends in your high school class.
I don't either. I don't either, believe me.
You don't either ?
It's hard going, man!
Weren't you a kind of a, weren't you kind of a business administration major or something in high school. No, it's something in your past. You were ...
No, I worked.
Yeah.
But a high school major in Art does have plenty of time.
Yeah. And do you think you'll have a lot to say to your old high-school classmates ?
I don't have a lot, man.
You were not surrounded by friends in high school ?
They laughed me out of class, out of town, and out of state, man.
Hmm ...
Somethin' goin' on.
Thank you.
Thank you.
What do you think about your town since you've left and come back ?
It's fantastic! I was across the river from the club last night, I never had more fun in my life! Except sometimes in California I have more fun.
Do you plan to come back soon ?
Oh ? Er, er, er, I have no immediate plans, ha ha ha!!
Did you entertain in high school, at the high school, when you went back at the high school ?
Only when I walked down the aisles, man. No, I did, no, I was, er, I was a painter, and a sort of a recluse in high school. I've changed.
What happened ?
I got liberated! I don't know, I just started to sing and singing makes you want to come out because painting, I feel, keeps you inside, you know ? And once you start singing you just sort of want too talk to people more and go out more and, you know, your lifestyle's becomes more a come-out, flow-out thing instead of a hold-it-and-be-quiet type.
How were you different from your schoolmates when you were a teenager ?
I don't know, why don't you ask them ?
Did they make you different ?
No.
Otherwise were you different in comparison with them, or were you ?
I felt apart from them.
Did you take a part in football games ?
I think not. I didn't go to the high school prom, and er ...
Oh, you were asked, weren't you ?
No, I wasn't. I don't think, I don't think they wanted to take me. Till I'll be a hundred and sufferin'! It's enough to make you wanna sing the blues!
Thank you. All right, this is a tune called Maybe. Let's go.
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 hand
Oh you just might understand.
Honey maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, yeah.
Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe dear
I guess I might have done something wrong,
Hon' I'd be glad to admit it.
If you'd come back home to me!
Honey maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe yeah.
Well, I know that it just doesn't ever seem to matter,
babe,
Oh honey, when I go out or what I'm trying to do,
'Cause I'm still left here
Oh Lord, and I'm 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!
Maybe dear, oh maybe, maybe, maybe,
Let me help you show me how.
Honey, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe,
Maybe, maybe, maybe,
Maybe, maybe, maybe, yeah —
Ooh!
All right! Thank you!
Trouble in mind, I'm blue
But I won't be blue always,
'Cause that sun is gonna shine in my back door someday.
Now all you men's the same
But now I'm old enough to change my name.
Lord, that sun's gonna shine in my back door someday.
I'm gonna lay my head
On that lonesome railroad line
And let the 2:19 ease my troubled mind.
Trouble in mind, I'm blue,
But I won't be blue always.
Child, that wind's gonna come and blow my blues away!
What good can drinkin' do, what good can drinkin' do ?
Lord, 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.
But I drink it down, an' the next day I feel the same.
Gimme whiskey, gimme bourbon, give me gin.
Oh, gimme whiskey, give me bourbon, gimme gin.
'Cause it don't matter what I'm drinkin', Lord, as long as it drown
this sorrow I'm in.
I start drinking Friday, I start drinking Friday night.
Lord, I start drinking Friday, start drinking Friday night.
But then I wake up on Sunday, child, there ain't nothin' that's
right.
My man he left me, child, he left me here.
Yeah, my good man left me, went away and left me here.
Lord, I'm feelin' lowdown, just give me another glass of beer.
What good can drinkin' do, what good can drinkin' do ?
Well, I drink all night but the next day I still feel blue!!!
Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of
mine
And I'll never drown my sorrow in the warm glow of your wine.
You can't buy my love with money, for I never was that kind,
Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of
mine.
Go ahead!
I don't want your golden mansions with a tear in every
room,
All I want's the love you promised, beneath the halo moon.
But you think I should be happy with your money and your name
And hide myself in sorrow while you play your cheatin' game.
Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of
mine
And I'll never drown my sorrow in the warm glow of your wine.
You can't buy my love with money, for I never was that kind,
Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of
mine.
Ready ?
Well, I'm going down that Mississippi River,
Yes, I am, yes I am.
Well, I'm going down that Mississippi River,
Yes, I am, yes I am.
Yes I am, boy, yes I am.
Well, I'm goin' on that big Belle Louise,
Yes, I am, yes I am.
Well, I'm going on that big Belle Louise,
Yes, I am, yes I am.
Yes I am, boy, yes I am.
Oh man, where are you gonna catch your river
Catch me tryin', you catch me tryin'.
Oh man, where are you gonna catch your river
You catch me tryin', you catch me tryin'.
You catch me tryin', boys, you catch me tryin'.
Man, will your daughter take on me ?
Well, I don't know, I don't know.
Oh man, will your daughter take on me ?
I don't know, I don't know.
I don't know, boy, I don't know.
Well, I'm going down that Mississippi River,
Yes, I am, yes I am.
Well, I'm going down that Mississippi River,
Yes, I am, yes I am.
Yes I am, boy, yes I am.
Well, put your arms around me like the circles in the sun
I want you to love me daddy like my easy rider done.
If you don't believe that I love you, look what a fool I've
been,
If you don't think I'm sinking, look what a hole I'm in.
I'm stealin', stealin', pretty mama don't you tell on me,
I'm stealin' back my same old used-to-be.
Well, I got a little woman, 'bout my height and size,
Now she's a married woman, sees me once in a while.
If you don't believe I love you, look what a fool I've been
If you don't think I'm sinking, look what a hole I'm in.
Stealin', stealin', pretty mama don't you tell on me,
I'm stealin' back my same old used-to-be.
With good whiskey you stay drunk all the time,
Stay drunk baby 'cause it eases my mind.
If you don't believe that I love you, look what a fool I've
been,
If you don't think I'm sinking, look what a hole I'm in.
I'm stealin', stealin', pretty mama don't you tell on me
I'm stealin' right back my same old used-to-be.
I ain't got no reason to livin'
I can't find no cause to die.
Lord, I ain't got no reason for livin'
You give me no cause to die.
Lord, I ain't got no reasons for stay here
Give me no cause to try
I got these blues, I gotta find me that middle road.
Well, I ain't got mother to love me,
Ain't got no father to care.
Lord, I ain't got mother to love me,
Ain't got no father to care.
Lord, I ain't got no reasons to go on,
Give me no cause to stay here.
I got these blues, I gotta finally know why.
Well, I ain't got no reason for walkin'
I guess I'm gonna fall or stand-still.
Lord, I ain't got no reason for walkin'
Guess I'm gonna fall or stand-still
Lord I ain't got no reason for goin'
Give me no cause to stay here.
I got these blues, Lord I gotta finally know why.
Out in Black Mountain a child will smack your face.
I'm saying out on Black Mountain a child will smack your
face.
The babies cryin' for liquor, and all the birds sing bass.
Well, those people in Black Mountain are mean as they can
be.
And those people in Black Mountain are mean as they can be.
Now they uses gun powder just to sweeten up their tea.
Well, out in Black Mountain you can't keep a good man in
jail.
Yeah, out in Black Mountain you can't keep a good man in jail
'Cause if the jury convicts him, the judge will pay his bail.
I had a man in Black Mountain, the sweetest man in town.
I had a man in Black Mountain, the sweetest man in the town.
But then he met a city gal, that's when he throwed me down.
Lord, I'm bound for Black Mountain, me and my razor and my
gun,
I'm going back to Black Mountain, me and my razor and my gun.
I'm gonna fire him if he stands still, I'll just cut him if he
runs.
Lord, now you've heard my story, now you've heard my news.
Lord, now you've heard my story, now you've heard my news.
Now my man can clear off, I've got the Blackest Mountain blues.
Walk right in and sit right down, daddy, let your mind roll
on.
You'd better walk right in and stay a little while, daddy, you
can't stay too long.
Now everybody's talkin' 'bout your new way of walkin',
Do you wanna lose your mind ?
Lord, walk right in and sit right down, daddy, let your mind roll
on.
Walk right in and sit right down, and daddy, let your hair hang
low.
You'd better walk right in and stay a little while, daddy, you can
stay too long.
Now everybody's talkin' 'bout a new way of walkin',
Do you wanna lose your mind ?
Lord, walk right in and sit right down, daddy, let your mind roll
on.
Walk right in and sit right down, daddy, let your mind roll
on.
You'd better walk right in and stay a little while, daddy, you
can't stay too long.
Now everybody's talkin' 'bout a two-way woman,
Do you wanna lose your mind ?
You'd better walk right in, sit right down, daddy, let your mind
roll on!!!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!!
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.
Oh love, oh love, oh careless love,
Oh love, oh love, oh careless love.
Oh love, oh love, oh careless love,
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.
Oh love, oh love, oh careless love.
Oh love, oh love, oh careless love
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 a-ridin' by 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.
He brings a tear into my eyes
When I begin, Lord, to realize.
If you don't think that, honey, you'll be lonesome,
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 been gone honey I'm so blue,
It just keeps rainin', keeps right on rainin' more and more.
I didn't cry 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.