Janis Joplin Lyrics
Tell Mama

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 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!
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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!