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Get It While You Can [#]
Janis Joplin

In this world, if you read the papers, darling,
You know everybody's fighting with each other.
You got no one you can count on, dear,
Not even your own brother.
So if someone comes along,
He gonna give you love and affection,

I'd say get it while you can, yeah,
Honey, get it while you can, yeah,
Honey, grab it while you can,
Don't you turn your back on love, no, no, no.

When you're loving somebody, baby,
You're taking a gamble against some sorrow.
But who knows, baby,
'Cause we may not be here tomorrow.
And if anybody comes along,
He gonna give you love and affection,

I'd say get it while you can, yeah!
Honey, grab it when you're gonna need it!
Yeah hey, hold it while you can,
Don't you turn your sweet back on love,
No no no, no no no no no!

Ah! Once I had me a man,
But I didn't know enough at the time
To count my blessings, no no,
But I wish he could see me crying today,
'Cause his love don't feel to listen.
And if anybody comes along,
He gonna give me love and affection,
Yeah, hey!, Hey! Yeah! Hey!

Get it while you can, yeah!
Honey, get it while you can, yeah!
Honey, get it while you can,
Don't you turn your back on love,
No no no, no no no no.

Get it while you can, yeah!
Honey, grab it while you can, yeah!
I said, hold on to that man, love,
Hold on to that man whole,
Yeah, get it, want it, need it,
Get it, get it, hold it, need it, want it,
Get it, need it, want it, hold it,
Get it, squeeze it, love it, touch it,
Use it, need it, want it, get it,
Need it, want it, hold it,

Yeah hey, get it while you can, baby,
Yeah hey, get it while you can,
Honey, don't you go and turn your sweet back on love,
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, daddy, you'll be sorry,
No, no, no, no!

Why, thank you! I don't smoke.
I just don't sleep, man, that's the trouble.
I gotta sleep sometime.
There's too much happening, why sleep, man?
I might miss a party.

Ball and Chain! Ball and Chain! Ball and Chain.

Stay short tonight man, shorten it, shorten it, shorten it.

Three, four!

Yeah!


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Me And Bobby McGee   Kansas City Blues   Kozmic Blues   Kozmic Blues ( In Album Woodstock )   Kozmic Blues (in album I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues ...   Kozmic Blues [Live]   Kozmic Blues [Live][#]   Kozmic Blues Radio Commercial   Leaving On A Jetplane   Lemmings   Light Is Faster Than Sound   Light Is Faster Than Sound ( in album Live at Wint...   Light Is Faster Than Sound ( in album magic of lov...   Litlle Girl Blue   Little Girl Blue   Little Girl Blue (Calgary 04 07 1970)   Little Girl Blue (Live)   Little Girl Blue [Live]   Little Girl Blue [Live][#][*]   Little Girl Blues   Magic of Love   Magic of Love ( in album cheap thrills )   Magic of Love ( in album Live at Winterland '68 )   Magic of Love [Live][*]   Magic of Love [Live][#][*]   Mary Jane   Maybe   Maybe ( in album Motion Picture )   Maybe ( in box of pearls )   Maybe (Live)   Maybe [*]   Maybe [Live]   Maybe [Live][#]   Me & Bobby McGee   Me And Bobby MaGee   Me And Bobby Mcgee   Me and Bobby McGee (Acoustic Demo)   Me And Bobby McGee (Demo Version)   Me And Bobby McGee (Mono Single)   Me And Bobby McGee (Take 5 - 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