Me and Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin

Busted flat in Baton Rouge

Waiting for a train

And I’s feeling nearly as faded as my jeans.

Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained,

It rode us all the way to New Orleans

I pulled my harpoon

And my dirty red bandanna

I was playing soft

While Bobby sang the blues.

Windshield wipers slapping time

I was holding Bobby’s hand in mine

We sang every song that driver knew

Freedom is just another word

For nothing left to lose

Nothing don’t mean nothing honey

If it ain’t free, now, now.

And 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 the Kentucky coal mines

To the California sun

Hey, Bobby shared the secrets of my soul

Through all kinds of weather

Through everything that we done

Hey Bobby baby kept me from the cold

One day up near Salinas, Lord

I let him slip away

He’s looking for that home

And I hope he finds it

But I’d trade all of my tomorrows

For one single yesterday

To be holding Bobby’s body next to mine.

Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose

Nothing, 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 hmm,

Good enough for me and my Bobby Mcgee.

La la la, la la la la, la la la, la la la la

La la la la la bobby mcgee.

La la la la la, la la la la la

La la la la la, Bobby Mcgee, la.

La la la, la la la la la la,

La la la la la la la la la,

Hey now Bobby now Bobby mcgee yeah.

Na na na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na na na

Hey now bobby now, bobby mcgee, yeah.

Lord, I’m calling my lover, calling my man,

I said I’m calling my lover just the best I can,

C’mon, where is Bobby now, where is Bobby Mcgee, yeah,

Lordy lordy lordy lordy lordy lordy lordy lord

Hey, hey, hey, Bobby Mcgee, Lord!

Yeah! whew!

Lordy lordy lordy lordy lordy lordy lordy lord

Hey, hey, hey, Bobby Mcgee.