Son of Serpent Esq wrote:
:: Stell wrote:
::: Son of Serpent Esq wrote:
::::: Oh lord won't you buy me a...
:::
::: a Mercedes Benz
::
:: I miss Janis... she really had soul. The freedom part is from a
:: different song she did with Kris Kristofferson. One of my favs!
::
:: Were those the good ol' days or what? Hey feeling good was good
:: enough for me...
::
Lord yes! She was the best......a little wacko but the best. I loved Bette
Miller in the Rose.
"Me and Bobby McGee" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred
Foster, originally performed by Roger Miller, but best remembered for Janis
Joplin's cover of the song, recorded a few days before her death in October
1970.
<Roger Miller??!!?? sheesh>
Some sources state that Gordon Lightfoot issued the first recorded version;
another story tells how Kristofferson popped his head into the studio with
freshly written verses as Roger Miller was recording the song. Regardless,
Miller was the first artist to have a hit with the song, peaking with it at
#12 on the US country charts in 1969. Lightfoot's version hit #13 pop, and
#1 country in his native Canada in 1970. In a 2008 autobiography, Don and
Harold Reid of the Statler Brothers say Kristofferson promised it to them,
but when they later inquired about recording it, they learned Miller had
already cut the song. The Reids say there were no hard feelings, and were
happy about Miller's success with the song. The song was later included on a
Statler Brothers album, but was not released as a single.
By far the best known recording is by Janis Joplin on her 1971 Pearl album.
Joplin's version topped the charts to become her only number one single and
only the second posthumous number one single in rock & roll history (the
first was "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding). In 2004, the
Janis Joplin version of this song was ranked #148 on Rolling Stone's list of
the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Kristofferson performed the song live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 and
a CD and DVD of the event were issued 30 years later as Message to Love: The
Isle of Wight Festival 1970.
In the original version of the song, Bobby is a woman; Janis Joplin, who was
a lover and a friend of Kristofferson's from the beginning of her career to
her death, changed the gender and a few of the lyrics in her cover.
Kristofferson states he did not write this song for her, but the song is
associated with her. Especially, he has said, in the line, "Somewhere near
Salinas, Lord, I let her slip away."
:: OK sing it Janis!
::
::
:: Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' fer a train
:: When I's feeling nearly faded as my jeans
:: Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained
:: And rode us all the way to New Orleans
:: I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana
:: I's playing soft while Bobby sung the blues, n-yeah
:: Windshield wipers slapping time I's, holding Bobby's hand in mine
:: We sang every song that driver knew
::
:: Freedom's just another word for nothing left to loose
:: Nothing, I mean nothing honey if it ain't free, no no
:: Yeah feeling good was easy Lord when he sang the blues
:: You know feeling good was good enough for me
:: Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.
::
:: From Kentucky coal mine to the California sun
:: Yeah Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
:: Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done
:: Yeah Bobby baby kept me from the cold world
:: One day a near Selina Lord, I let him slip away
:: He's 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 loose
:: Nothing, and that's all that Bobby left me, yeah
:: But feeling good was easy Lord when he sang the blues
:: Hey feeling good was good enough for me, hmm-mm
:: Good enough for me and Bobby McGee.
::
:: La da la la la, la da la la la da la
:: La da da la la la Bobby McGee yeah
:: La da la la la, la da la la la da la
:: La da da la la la Bobby McGee yeah
:: La da la la la, la da la la la da la
:: La da da la la la Bobby McGee yeah
:: Lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo
:: Lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo
:: Lo lo lo lo lo lo Bobby McGee
:: Lo lo lo lo lo lo Bobby McGee
::
:: Lord I called him my lover, I called him my man
:: I said called him my lover just the best I can and c'mon
:: And and a Bobby oh, and a Bobby McGee yeah
:: Lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo
:: Hey hey hey Bobby McGee, lord.
::
:: La da la la la, la da la la la la la
:: Hey hey hey Bobby McGee yeah