Tell Mama (Live Version)
Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin!!

Three, four.

Yeah!!!

Yeah!!!

Whoaa ... yeah!!!

You thought you had found yourself a good girl,

One who would love you and give you the world.

Then you find, babe, that you've been misused,

Come to me, honey, I'll do what you choose.

I want you to

Well, tell mama

Tell all about it.

Well, tell mama

What you need

Tell your mama, babe,

What you want.

Tell your mama, babe.



LP Columbia AS 1377 (promo)

What you need

What you want.

What you need

What you want

Whoa! an' I'll make everything alright.

That girl you didn't have no sense, babe,

Wasn't worth all the time that you spent.

That same man throwed you outdoors,

I just heard that he quartered your clothes, hey!

Well, tell mama

All about it.

Tell mama

What you need.

Tell your mama, babe,

What you want

Tell your mama, babe.

What you need

What you want

What you need

What you want,

Whoaaa! an' I'll make everything alright, daddy, I swear!

Hey!

That girl you had didn't have no sense, dear,

Wasn't worth all the time that you spent.

And that same man that throwed you outdoors,

I just heard that he stole all your clothes, hey.

Well, tell mama

All about it

Tell mama

What you need

Tell your mama, babe

What you want

Tell your mama, babe

What you need

What you want

What you need

What you want

Anything I can do

Anything I can do for you, baby.

Tell your mama, babe!

Tell your mama, babe!

Tell your mama, babe!

Tell your mama, babe!

Tell your mama, babe!

Tell your mama, babe!

Hey!

Every time you get lonely, lonely, lonely,

Every time you get lonely sometime.

Every time you get lonely, lonely, lonely,

Every time you get lonely sometime.

Every time you got to cry, cry,

Every time you gotta cry.

Every time you got to cry, cry, cry,

Every time you gotta cry.

Well, I'll tell you, dear

If you're a woman

I can only assume

That you already know what you're looking for, baby.

If you ever, if you were lookin', if you were lonely

if you were lookin', or lonely,

I know what you're lookin' for,

And I figured it out at fourteen years old

And I been lookin' for it every since, too, man.

However, if you happen to be a very young man,

(Preferably a young man)

I'll tell you what you need, man,

When you wake up an' it doesn't feel right, man,

Your head don't feel right, nothin' feels right

I'll tell ya what you need ¡ ª

You need a sweet lovin' mama, babe,

Sweet talkin' mama, baby.

You need a sweet lovin' mama, babe.

You need someone to listen to you,

Someone to talk to you,

Someone to hear you

Someone to want you

Someone to need you

Someone to use you

Someone to hold you

Want you, talk, listen, hold ya, want you, need you,

Hold you, need you, want you, need you, hold you,

Won't you need me mama, mama, mama, mama baby

Hey now, mama, mama, mama, mama, baby

Lord, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, baby

Hey, mama, mama, mama, mama, babe.

Tell mama all about it

Tell mama all about it

What you need, what you want

What you need, what you want

Anything I can do

Anything, baby, I can do for you

Tell your mama, babe

Whoa mama babe!

Whoa mama babe!

Whoa mama babe!

Whoa mama babe!

Whoa mama babe!

Whoa mama babe!

Whoa mama babe!

Whaa mama babe!

Whaa mama babe!

Whaa mama babe!

Whaa mama babe!

Yeah

An' I'll make everything alright, yeah!

Hey!

Alright!


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  "Bye, Bye Baby"   A Woman Left Lonely   A Woman Left Lonely (Alternate Vocal)   A Woman Left Lonely (Mono Single)   Airplane   Albert Hall Interview   Albert Hall Interview (1969)   All In Loneliness   All Is Loneliness   All Is Loneliness ( in Album Magic of Love )   All Is Loneliness (in album Joplin in Concert )   Amazing Grace   As Good As You?ve Been to This World   As Good As You've Been to This World   As Good As You've Been To This World ( In Album Wo...   Bad Day   Ball and Chain   Ball and Chain ( in album cheap thrills )   Ball and Chain ( in album cheaper thrills )   Ball and Chain ( in album Live at Winterland '68 )   Ball and Chain ( in album Monterey International P...   Ball and Chain ( in album motion picture )   Ball And Chain ( In Album Woodstock )   Ball and Chain (in album Joplin in Concert )   Ball and Chain [#]   Ball and Chain [Live]   Ball and Chain [Live][#]   Ball And Chain Break Down   Black Mountain Blues   Blimano   Blindman   Blow my mind   Bo Diddley   Bye Bye Baby   Bye, Bye Baby   Bye, Bye Baby ( in album Joplin in Concert )   Bye, Bye Baby ( in album Live at Winterland '68 )   Bye, Bye Baby ( in album magic of love )   C'mon Baby Let the Good Times Roll   Call Me Now   Call On Me   Call On Me (Alternate Take)   Call on Me (In Album Magic of Love )   Call On Me (Live)   Call on Me [Live][#]   Can't Turn You Loose   Careless Love   Catch Me Daddy   Catch Me Daddy ( in album cheap thrills )   Catch Me Daddy ( in album Live at Winterland '68 )   Caterpillar   Class A Jackass   Combination of the Two   Combination of the Two ( in album cheap thrills )   Combination of the Two ( in album Live at Winterla...   Coo Coo   Coo Coo (Single)   Coo-Coo   Coo-Coo ( in album cheaper thrills )   Crazy Once You Know How   Cry Baby   Cry Baby ( in album pearl )   Cry Baby (Alternate Version)   Cry Baby (Mono Single   Cry Baby (Toronto 28 06 1970)   Cry Baby [#]   Cry Baby [Alternate Version][Alternate Take][*]   Cry Baby [Live][#]   Cry Baby [Live][#][*]   Daddy, Daddy, Daddy   Dear Landlord   Dear Landlord (Session Outtake)   Dick Cavett T.V. Interview   Dick Cavett Tv Interview   Dick Cavett TV Interview (1970)   Difference   Down On Me   Down on Me ( in album Joplin in Concert )   Down on Me ( in album Live at Winterland '68 -- 1 ...   Down on Me ( in album Live at Winterland '68 )   Down on Me ( in album magic of love )   Down on Me ( in album Monterey International Pop F...   Down on Me (in album cheaper thrills )   Down on Me [Live]   Easy Once You Know How   Easy Rider   Easy Rider ( in album Live at Winterland '68 )   Ego Rock   Farewell Song   Farewell Song ( in album Live at Winterland '68 )   Flower In The Sun   Flower in the Sun ( in album cheap thrills )   Flower in the Sun ( in album Live at Winterland '6...   Get It While You Can   Get it While You Can ( in album pearl )   Get It While You Can (Mono Single)   Get It While You Can (Take 3)   Get It While You Can (Take 5)   Get It While You Can [#]   Get It While You Can [Live]   Gutra's Garden   Half Moon   Half Moon ( in album pearl )   Half Moon (Live From \   Half Moon (Mono Single)   Half Moon [Live]   Happy Birthday, John   Happy Birthday, John (Happy Trails)   Harry   Harry ( in album cheaper thrills )   Hesitation Blues   Hesitation Blues [#]   Hey Baby   Hi Heel Sneakers   I Can't Turn You Loose   I Know You Rider   I Need a Man to Love   I Need a Man to Love ( in album Live at Winterland...   I'll Drown in My Own Tears   Interview after London Royal Albert Hall Concert   Interview After London Royal Albert Hall…   Intruder   It's a Deal   Janis Joplin - 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 - Alternate)   Me and Bobby McGee [#][Version]   Me and Bobby McGee [Alternate Version][#]   Me And Bobby McGee [Demo Version]   Me And Bobby McGhee   Me and My Bobby Mcgee   Me Bobby Mc Gee   Mercedes Benz   Mercedes Benz (Remix) (Janis Joplin vs. Medicine H...   Mercedes Benz [*]   Misery 'n   Misery'n   Mississippi River   Moanin' at Midnight   Move Over   Move Over ( in album motion picture )   Move Over ( in album pearl )   Move Over (Single Version)   Move Over (Take 13)   Move Over (Take 17)   Move Over (Take 6)   Mr. Natural   Mr. Natural (Cuts)   My Baby   My Baby ( Different version Quadraphonic CQ 30322)   My Baby ( in album pearl )   My Baby (Alternate Take)   My Baby (Alternate Version)   No Reason for Livin'   Nobody Knows You When You Are Down And Out   Nobody Knows You when You're Down & Out   Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out   Nobody Knows You When Your Down and Out   Oh My Soul   Oh, Sweet Mary   One Good Man   One Night Stand   One Night Stand (Alternate Take)   Pearl [#][*][Instrumental]   Piece Of My Heart   Piece of My Heart ( in album cheap thrills )   Piece of My Heart ( in album Live at Winterland '6...   Piece Of My Heart ( In Album Woodstock )   Piece of My Heart (in album I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic B...   Piece of My Heart (Live at Woodstock)   Piece Of My Heart (Live)   Piece of My Heart [Live at Woodstock][#][*]   Piece of My Heart [Live]   Piece of My Heart [Live][#]   Piece of My Heart [Live][#][*]   Port Arthur High School Reunion   Raise Your Hand   Raise Your Hand ( In Album Woodstock )   Raise Your Hand ( In Album Woodstock )   Raise Your Hand ( In Album Woodstock )   Raise Your Hand ( in boxs of pearls )   Raise Your Hand [#]   Raise Your Hand [Live]   Raise Your Hand [Live][#]   Raise Your Head   River Jordan   Road Block   Road Block ( in album cheap thrills )   Road Block ( in album Monterey International Pop F...   San Francisco Bay Blues   See See Rider   Silver Threads and Golden Needles   So Sad To Be Alone   Son Of A Preacher Man   Son of a Preacher Man (Dusty Springfield cover)   St. James Infirmary   Stealin'   Stealin' Stealin'   Summertime   Summertime ( in album cheap thrills )   Summertime ( in album Live at Winterland '68 )   Summertime ( in album motion picture )   Summertime ( In Album Woodstock )   Summertime [Alternate Take][#]   Summertime [Live at Woodstock][#][*]   Summertime [Live]   Summertime [Live][#]   Summertime [Live][#][*]   Summertime[take 1]   Summetime   Take Another Little Piece of   Take Another Little Piece of My Heart   Tell Mama   Tell Mama (Calgary 04 07 1970)   Tell Mama [Live]   Tell Mama [Live][#][*]   That's Rock 'n' Roll (Live)   The Bottom Line   The Last Time   The Peoples Song   The Rose   Those Were The Days   To Love Somebody   To Love Somebody ( In Album Woodstock )   To Love Somebody [Live]   To Love Somebody [Live][#]   Train Rap with Bonnie Bramlett   Trouble in Mind   Trouble In Mind (Live)   Trouble in Mind [#]   Trust Me   Trust Me ( in album pearl )   Try   Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)   Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) ( in album I Got De...   Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) ( In Album Woodstoc...   Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) [#]   Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) [DVD]   Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) [Live]   Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) [Live][#]   Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) [Live][#][*]   Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)(Toronto 28 06 1970)   Turtle Blues   Vamp on Time   Walk Right in   What Good Can Drinkin' Do   What Good Can Drinkin' Do?   Whisperman   White Rabbit   Winin' Boy   Women Is Loosers   Women Is Losers   Women Is Losers ( in album cheaper thrills )   Women Is Losers ( in album magic of love)   Work Me, Lord   Work Me, Lord ( In Album Woodstock )   Work Me, Lord [#]   Work Me, Lord [Live]

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