Janis Joplin - Tell Mama Lyrics
Alright!!!Alright!!!I'm ready, man!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 toWell, tell mamaAll about it.Well, tell mamaWhat you needTell your mama, babe,What you want.Tell your mama, babe.What you needWhat you want.What you needWhat you wantWhoa! 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 mamaAll about it.Tell mamaWhat you need.Tell your mama, babe,What you wantTell your mama, babe.What you needWhat you wantWhat you needWhat 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 mamaAll about itTell mamaWhat you needTell your mama, babeWhat you wantTell your mama, babeWhat you needWhat you wantWhat you needWhat you wantAnything i can doAnything 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 figuredI'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 womanMan if you're really a womanYou already know what you need, man.You already know what you're looking for,Man, i found out out at fourteen years oldAnd 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 aboutIf 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 headYou got those strange little weirdenesses happening to you, you don't know what they areI'll tell ya what you need ¡ºYou 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 youSomeone to need youSomeone to use youSomeone to want youSomeone to need youSomeone to hold youSomeone to want youSomeone to hold youYou need a mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, babyLordy, 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 itTell mama all about itWhat you need, what you wantWhat you need, what you wantAnything i can doAnything i can doTell your mama, babeYeah your mama babe!Whoa mama babe!Whoa mama babe!Whoa mama babe!Whoa mama babe!Whoa mama babe!Whoa mama babe!Whaa mama babe!YeahAn' i'll make everything alright, yeah!Hey! yeah!This is a song i heard years ago by the great nina simone, and i always wanted to do it, so i did it, and i'm gonna do it again right now.
