Janis Joplin - Work Me Lord (1969-04: Swedish TV) Lyrics

Lyrics Work Me Lord (1969-04: Swedish TV) - Janis Joplin



Work me, Lord,
Work me, Lord.
Please don't you leave me,
I feel so useless down here
With no one to love
Though I've looked everywhere
And 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 is
Trying 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 special
Kind 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 me
Is 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 me
And I've looked around,
I've looked everywhere, everywhere
And 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 is
Trying to live when you're all alone.
Every day I keep pushing,
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, why.
Oh, please, oh whoa, oh whoa.
Oh please, please don't you go and forget me, Lord
Now don't forget me, Lord
No, 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 wanna
I said I wanna hold on to you
Well, you're never there
You don't turn me off, man,
I said reach out to hold on to my man
I said daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy,
Don't you go
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Honey don't you leave me
I said when I wanted to pay now
Oh daddy when I want to leave me now
Don't you go and leave, leave, leave
I'm talkin' to my, my man, yeah!
And my man
Ask my daddy now now
If that's what my daddy wants
I said don't you leave
Oh, I said my love.
Thank you very much.
Ladies and gentlemen? Janis Joplin! Come on, lady! Come on!



Writer(s): Nick Gravenites


Janis Joplin - Blow All My Blues Away: A Retrospective 1962 - 1970

1 Psyche
2 Light Is Faster Than Sound (live: 1968-06-23: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)
3 Summertime (live: 1968-06-23: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)
4 Mr. Natural (cuts out) (live: 1968-06-23: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)
5 Bye Bye Baby (live: 1968-xx-xx: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)
6 Women Is Losers (live: 1968-xx-xx: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)
7 All Is Loneliness (live: 1968-xx-xx: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)
8 Call on Me (live: 1968-xx-xx: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)
9 Ball & Chain (live: 1968-xx-xx: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)
10 So Sad to Be Alone (live: 1965-xx-xx)
11 Stealing (late 1962 or early 1963: [unknown coffeehouse], Grant Avenue, North Beach, San Francisco, CA, USA)
12 San Francisco Bay Blues (live: 1963-xx-xx: San Francisco, CA, USA)
13 Careless Love (late 1962 or early 1963: [unknown coffeehouse], Grant Avenue, North Beach, San Francisco, CA, USA)
14 I Ain't Got a Worry (1966-xx-xx: James Gurley reel)
15 Silver Threads & Golden Needles (1963-xx-xx: Reel #1: Austin, Texas)
16 Catch Me Daddy (live: 1968-04-xx: New Generation Club, New York City, NY, USA)
17 Piece of My Heart (live: 1968-04-xx: New Generation Club, New York City, NY, USA)
18 Down on Me (live: 1966: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)
19 No Reason for Living (1964-xx-xx: Reel #2: Austin, Texas)
20 Summertime (live: 1968-10-26: Hollywood Palace, CA, USA)
21 I Need a Man to Love (live: 1968-10-26: Hollywood Palace, CA, USA)
22 Combination of the Two (1968-xx-xx: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
23 Farewell Song (1968-xx-xx: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
24 Piece of My Heart (live: 1968-08: Newport Festival)
25 Summertime (live: 1968-08: Newport Festival)
26 Coo Coo (live: 1968-08: Newport Festival)
27 Combination of the Two (live: 1968-08: Newport Festival)
28 Ball & Chain (live: 1968-08: Newport Festival)
29 Down on Me (live: 1968-08: Newport Festival)
30 Hesitation Blues (1964-06-25: The Typewriter Tape: Jorma Kaukonen's mother's house, San Jose, CA, USA)
31 Piece of My Heart (reprise) (live: 1968-08: Newport Festival)
32 Piece of My Heart (1969-04: Swedish TV)
33 Long Black Train Blues (1964-06-25: The Typewriter Tape: Jorma Kaukonen's mother's house, San Jose, CA, USA)
34 Summertime (1969-04: Swedish TV)
35 Work Me Lord (1969-04: Swedish TV)
36 Mary Jane (1965-xx-xx: San Francisco, CA, USA)
37 Stay With Me (live: 1969-03-21: Winterland, San Francisco, CA, USA)
38 Call on Me (1967: Mainstream LP Session outtake)
39 Bye, Bye Baby (1967: Mainstream LP session outtake)
40 It's a Deal (1968-03-19: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
41 To Love Somebody (1969-07-xx: Dick Cavett Show)
42 Easy Once You Know How (1968-03-19: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
43 Roadblock (1968-03-25: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
44 Little Girl Blue (1969-12-xx: Tom Jones Show)
45 Flower in the Sun (1968-03-25: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
46 Raise Your Hand (1969-12-xx: Tom Jones Show)
47 Misery'n (1968-03-25: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
48 Kozmic Blues (live: 1969-12-11: Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA)
49 Catch Me Daddy (1968-03-25: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
50 Farewell Song (1968-03-25: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
51 Summertime (1968-03-28: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
52 Mercedes Benz (live: 1970-08-12: Harvard Stadium)
53 Misery'n (1968-04-01: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
54 Try (live: 1970-08-12: Harvard Stadium)
55 Catch Me Daddy (1968-04-01: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
56 My Baby (live: 1970-08-12: Harvard Stadium)
57 Harry (1968-06-12: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
58 My Baby (1970-03-xx: Dick Cavett Show)
59 Magic of Love (1968-03-01 or 1968-03-02: The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI, USA)
60 Down on Me (1968-03-01 or 1968-03-02: The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI, USA)
61 Piece of My Heart (1968-03-01 or 1968-03-02: The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI, USA)
62 Ball and Chain (1969-04-01: Amsterdam, Netherlands)
63 One Night Stand (take 1) (1970-03-28: studio session) (outtake)
64 One Night Stand (take 2) (1970-03-28: studio session) (outtake)
65 Get It While You Can (1970-06-25: Dick Cavett Show, ABC TV)
66 Call on Me (live: 1967-02-12: California Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA)
67 Combination of the Two (live: 1967-02-12: California Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA)
68 Blow My Mind (live: 1967-02-12: California Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA)
69 Down on Me (live: 1967-02-12: California Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA)
70 All Is Loneliness / Drum Solo (live: 1967-02-12: California Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA)
71 Road Block (live: 1967-02-12: California Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA)
72 Light Is Faster Than Sound (live: 1967-02-12: California Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA)
73 Bye Bye Baby (live: 1967-02-12: California Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA)
74 Goin' to Brownsville (live: 1967-02-12: California Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA)
75 Ball and Chain (live: 1967-02-12: California Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA)
76 I Know You Rider (live: 1967-02-12: California Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA)
77 Gospel Ship (live: Fall 1962: San Francisco, CA, USA)
78 Stealin' (live: Fall 1962: San Francisco, CA, USA)
79 Daddy Daddy Daddy (live: Fall 1962: San Francisco, CA, USA)
80 Careless Love (live: Fall 1962: San Francisco, CA, USA)
81 Mary Jane (live: 1962-12-xx: Folk Theater, San Jose, CA, USA)
82 Trouble in Mind (1964-xx-xx: Jorma Kaukonen's House, San Jose, CA, USA)
83 Combination of the 2 (cuts in) (live: 1968-06-23: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)
84 I Need a Man to Love (live: 1968-06-23: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)
85 Flower in the Sun (live: 1968-06-23: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)




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