Janis Joplin — Tell Mama Live Version

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 All about it Well, 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 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 he 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, babe Whoaa... rock & roll! ... baby Wasn't worth all the time that you spent And that same man that throwed you outdoors I just heard that he torn 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 Tell your mama, babe! Your mama, babe! Your mama, babe! Your mama, babe! Hey 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 day, Lord And I'd figured I'll tell you, when you go lonely, an' 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 lookin' 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 ain'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 weirdenesses happening to you, you don't know what they are I'll tell ya what you need You need a sweet lovin' mama, babe Honey, sweet talkin' mama, babe You need a sweet lovin' mama, babe Honey, sweet talkin' 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 Someone to want you Someone to need you Someone to hold you Someone to want you Someone to hold you You need a mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, baby Lordy, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama Mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, yeah! Mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, yeah! Mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, yeah! 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 I can do Tell your mama, babe Yeah your mama babe! Whoa mama babe! Whoa mama babe! Whoa mama babe! Whoa mama babe! Whoa mama babe! Whoa mama babe! Whaa mama babe! Yeah An' I'll make everything alright, yeah! Hey! Yeah! Whisperman People come around the window People come around the door People come around and ask me If I can say some more 'Cause I'm a whisperman, yes I am! I can read somebody's back hand, and I can read your mind What you need is body heat, ask for it any time 'Cause I'm a whisperman, yeah, yes I am! I can see up your staircase, and I can see down your hall I can see almost anything, or anything at all 'Cause I'm a whisperman, yeah, yes I am! I can see behind your eyelid I can see behind your head I can only check you on the windshield Write them on your bed 'Cause I'm a whisperman, yeah, yes I am!