Work me, Lord,Work me, Lord.Please don't you leave me,I feel so useless down hereWith no one to loveThough I've looked everywhereAnd I can't find me anybody to love,To feel my care.So ah Lord, work me, Lord,Whoa, oh use me Lord,Can't I show how hard it isTrying to live when you're all alone.Every day I keep trying to move forward,But something is driving me, oh, back,Something's trying to hold on to me,To my way of life.So, oh don't you forget me down here, Lord,No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,Ah, don't you forget me, Lord.Well I don't think I'm any very specialKind of person down here, I know better,But I don't think you're gonna find anybody,Not anybody who can say that they tried like I tried,The worst that you can say all about meIs that I'm never satisfied, whoa, whoa, whoa.Whoa, oh, oh, work me, Lord,Oh daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, use me, Lord.Please, honey, don't you leave me,I feel so useless down here.I can't find me anybody to love meAnd I've looked around,I've looked everywhere, everywhereAnd I can't find me anyone to love,To feel my care.So honey don't you go and leave me, Lord,No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,Oh, Lord.Can't I show you how hard it isTrying to live when you're all alone.Every day I keep pushing,I keep trying to move forwardBut something is driving me, oh, back,Something's trying to hold on to me,To my way of life, why.Oh, please, oh whoa, oh whoa.Oh please, please don't you go and forget me, LordNow don't forget me, LordNo, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.Whoa, whoa, please, oh daddy, no, no, no, no, please, ah,Oh no, no, no, no, don't you go and leave me,Honey I wanna reach out, I wannaI said I wanna hold on to youWell, you're never thereYou don't turn me off, man,I said reach out to hold on to my manI said daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy,Don't you goNo, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, noHoney don't you leave meI said when I wanted to pay nowOh daddy when I want to leave me nowDon't you go and leave, leave, leaveI'm talkin' to my, my man, yeah!And my manAsk my daddy now nowIf that's what my daddy wantsI said don't you leaveOh, I said my love.Thank you very much.Ladies and gentlemen — Janis Joplin! Come on, lady! Come on!!
Lyrics by Janis Joplin
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