Janis Joplin — Tell Mama

[Intro] Alright, alright I'm ready, man Whoa, yeah [Verse 1] 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 [Pre-Chorus] I want you to Well, tell mama All about it Well, tell mama What you need Tell your mama, babe What you want Tell your mama, babe [Chorus 1] What you need What you want What you need What you want Whoa! and I'll make everything alright [Chorus 2] That girl you didn't have no sense, babe Wasn't worth all the time that you spent That same man he threw you outdoors I just heard that he quartered your clothes, hey [Pre-Chorus] [Chorus] [Bridge] Whoa! Rock & roll [Chorus 2] [Pre-Chorus] [Chorus] [Verse 2] Tell your mama, babe [x8] Every time you get lonely, lonely, lonely [x4] Every time you got to cry, cry[x3] Every day, Lord And I'd figured I'll tell you, when you go lonely, and I figure everybody does, right? Because as a matter of fact everybody does I figure if you're a woman Man, if you're really a woman You already know what you need, man You already know what you're looking for Man, I found out out at fourteen years old And I been looking for it every since, too, man But, if you happen to be a young cat You know like about seventeen years old, just about If you happen to be a young cat and you haven't figured it out yet I'll tell you what you need, baby When you got those strange thoughts in your head You got those strange little weirdness happening to you You don't know what they are I'll tell ya what you need You need a sweet loving mama, babe Honey, sweet talking mama, babe You need a sweet loving mama, babe Honey, sweet talking mama, babe You need someone to listen to you {Someone to want you Someone to hold you Someone to need you Someone to use you} [x2] You need a mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, baby [x5] [Pre-Chorus] [Bridge] Yeah, your mama babe! [x8] [Outro] Yeah And I'll make everything alright, yeah! Hey, yeah!