| | Me & Bobby McGee Lyrics Artist(Band):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 out of 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's 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 we done, Hey Bobby baby? kept me from the cold. One day up near Salinas,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 just one 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, ain`t no bumb on my 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, hey now Bobby yeah, hey now 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. If you find some error in Me & Bobby McGee Lyrics, would you please submit your corrections to me? Thank You. Thanks to Mary for submitting the lyrics. Review about Me & Bobby McGee Feedback | Reviewer: Cindy | 11/18/09 Glad to see a few more posts, and more info on the song. I'm usually so anal about looking things up and figuring out what exactly is...so I guess it has been refreshing to take this song at it's worth and just enjoy it. I am a big music fan, in any genre, and I just love seeing how this song touches other people. I was about to un-bookmark this page, but I guess I'll hang around for awhile, with more fans writing and commenting. It's so interesting to see how other people appreciate or translate something that you love! janis'' | Reviewer: autumn | 10/19/09 hi, janis joplin, was the soul of this song ' there are many singers and styles of this song,but only one sang its true heart , she put her heart into everything she sang and kris must have heard her sing it and was convinced she did it right, there are good writers out there everywhere, but not as many who sing it with so much feeling that way anymore.. its too bad she died so young ,what a loss, so much she could have taught others about that heart of music.. or the way she sang from the blues and jazz style of hers and this is a very well written song . a good song can say so much to you if their well written.. they touch your soul in so many ways, happyness or sadness you get into that mood, if theres a good song and a great singer, it can do that, this is one of many that relax you ,you can relate to your younger days when all was carefree and happy go lucky.. great song!! Harpoon | Reviewer: Paul | 10/17/09 We must remember that this song was originally written by Kris Kristofferson about a GIRL named Bobby McGee, and trust me, even though Kris had long hair back in the day, he did not use anything to tie it back. The harpoon that he pulled out from his dirty bandana is referring to his harmonica, which is also called a Harp, French Harp, Blues Harp, and by Kris, as slang, when he created a new word; Harpoon. People wrap their Harmonicas in bandanas because... Well, as sick as it may sound, they get a bit of spit collected in them. Most pros play with a bandana to absorb this spit, because it's not as gross as allowing the spit to fly all over the place when playing. Another tidbit... Kris was dating Janis at the time of her death, and "Me and Bobby McGee" was released posthumously, so she was never able to see it become her #1 hit. ... | Reviewer: hop | 10/5/09 I've just discovered this song(about a week ago or that), and can't stop listening it. would someone please tell me if it is a popular song (I mean this kinda song that nobody knows who the author is ) or which is the original version? sorry about my english, thanks references | Reviewer: Elvira | 9/26/09 I always remembered it as 'from the coalmines of Kentucky to the California rain' Yes 'rain'...as in irony...as in 'It never rains in Southern California'....but then I was probably too busy tripping with Puff to hear it straight! Reply to Cindy (and Cena) | Reviewer: Dgrieux | 8/29/09 It might make sense on its own, but it doesn't make sens with the next sentence. Please search on youtube for "RARE 1st Studio Recording Of "Me & Bobby McGee" Janis Joplin" and you'll hear her very clearly singing: "I pulled my harpoon OUT OF my dirty red bandana" followed by the words "AND I was playing...". By the way, this word -AND- does not appear in this transcription of the lyrics. For me, this makes a lot more sense. She pulls the harmonica out AND starts playing is more plausible than pulling a hair accessory, which would be a very descriptive gesture for a not so significant action as letting her hair down. Reply to Cena | Reviewer: Cindy | 7/20/09 That makes a lot of sense. Lyrics sound like, "I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna..." which would be fitting if it's something in the hair. Either way, I have no clue, but will always love it. You had a great post!!! One of my favorite songs | Reviewer: Cena | 7/10/09 My aunt taught me this song as a "road-trip" song when I was a teen about 1980. One or two of the lines were a little different, but as a singer, I'm sure that she altered it a word or two herself. We belted it out at the top of our lungs with the windows down driving down the road. As a girl who grew up in the 70's, a harpoon was a short stick you stuck through a piece of leather to pull your hair back. I've known of it to be used with a bandanna, again as a hair containment unit. I'm not disagreeing about it being a harmonica, Lord knows, I don't know. But since the referrence includes the bandanna, I have alwasy seen it as letting her hair down. The version that I know is "I pulled my harpoon and my dirty red bandanna". I sing it to my children. Please people!! | Reviewer: Cindy | 7/6/09 The only lyrics I'm gonna cause a disruption and disagree about are..."I'd trade all my tomorrows..." The way what I have always listened to it, it was, "I'd trade all my tomorrows, FOR ONE SINGLE YESTERDAY..." Other than that, rock on! Maybe I'm just a hippy at heart but this song is too great to get into petty, self-important arguments about!! Let's just take it for what it is and say that whatever the hell she was on, this is one of the best songs ever written, re-recorded, whatever. I fell in love with this song 6 years ago, even though it's before my time. Creativity can be brought about several self-induced ways. Thank goodness she made hers work! Love it and always will!!!!!!! As far as "Lucy", and "Puff", we have all heard the rumors...blah, blah, blah. Guess what, if I was on or off any of that stuff, they became greater hits and classics than many of the intellectualize could have ever written themselves. If you are so great, top it with your own recording and get back to me. At that point, I shall willingly fall on my knees and bow!!! Until then...find something worthwhile to over-intellectualize and get off on, (to your own self-important, too opinionated selves. Great music is great music!!! Harpoon = Harmonica | Reviewer: Dan | 5/24/09 Folks, take it from a long-time (over 60 yrs!) blues lover - many of the old classic blues artists, now long since passed, would have instantly understood the reference to a harmonica as a "harpoon" - it's simply an extension of the nickname "harp", or "mouth harp", and was fairly commonly used in blues circles in the south. Yes, Kris Kristofferson wrote the song, and yes, Roger Miller recorded it. In each case, the lyrics were slightly different, as is the case with Janis' take on it. Again, fairly typical of the blues culture. The song is basically a "lost-love" song, or at least, Janis' version is. Trying to assign drug references to it is foolish and straw-grasping. Yeah, I know, she probably handled more drugs in her tragically short lifetime than a Walgreens pharmacist, but that doesn't mean that everything she sang was drug-related. Just enjoy the music, the soul and emotion. Quit trying to find obscure hidden meanings. Doesn't it annoy you when people try to read stuff into things you say when you had no intention of saying them? Review By Pages: 1 2 3 4 Review the song Me & Bobby McGee The area is only for review, if you want to submit the lyrics or the corrections of the lyrics, please click the link at the end of the lyrics.  Download "Janis Joplin" Music | |
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