Ego Rock (Live at The Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA - April 1970)

Ego Rock (Live at The Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA - April 1970) - Big Brother & The Holding Company/Janis Joplin

I just had to get out on the Texas plane

Lord well it was bringing me down

Yeah I had to get out of Texas baby

Lord it was bringing me down

I been all around the world

But Port Arthur is the worst place that I've ever found

I guess they couldn't understand it there

Honey they'd laugh me off the street

Lord I guess they couldn't understand me baby

Honey they'd laugh I said they'd laugh me right off the street yeah

I said I want to keep on moving baby

Be the last person I ever wanna meet

Yeah yeah yeah

Honey ain't it hard when you're all alone

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Honey ain't it hard Lord when you're all alone

I might die real old lady

But I'd never call Texas my home

No no no oh

You say you come from Texas baby

She says she left Texas with just her name

(That's what she told me )

Yes she's from Texas I tell you

She says she left Texas with just her name

Yes well I swear when that girl came to the big city

Lord she learned a brand new game

Well yeah

Honey I hear you talkin' about sorrow

Baby but you don't know my pain that's right

Mercy Mercy

I hear you talking about my sorrow

You don't know my pain

You know there's an inside kind of sorrow

Lord the women are always singin' the blues

All right All right motherf**ker you sing

You know I I dealt the Ace to the Queen

You know I played scrabble with L B J

Yes I dealt an Ace to the Queen

Didn't I'll tell ya I's playin' scrabble with L B J

Well I don't care what the name of the game is baby I tell you

I always seem to get my way

I used to be a doggone fool

Fall for a woman's story every time

But no more I swear

Well I used to be a be a doggone fool

Fall for that old woman's story every time

Yes I I'm a big boy now

Yeah they gotta come up with some kind of heavy line

Well well yeah

Sounds like I found the man

Who could take care of my time

It ain't me babe it ain't me babe

It appears to me that I found a man

That could take care of my time

Well I got my own trouble I got my own car

I got my own little lady I got my hotel

Oh what are you talking about

Don't try to take it

Somebody talks as fine as he does

Oughta be able to take care of

One two three four five six seven eight nine

Woman woman it just makes me mad

Ahh Ahh Woman Yeah

Woman

Yeah

Woman

Yeah

Woman

Yeah

Woman

Yeah yeah

It just makes me mad

Oh man sh*t man

Yes she played me for the fool I tell ya

Yes and I've got to love every man she's ever had yeah

If I found a man who could put me down the way you do

I mean so handy-like you know what I mean

Yeah I found a man whoa who could put me down the way you do

I mean so easy like it was second nature y'know what I mean man

Ah maybe that man could help me

At least honey I thought I would give you a chance

I said I what I said I could try after the after the show tonight maybe uh

I'm just a working man you know

Ha ha ha ha you don't work too hard baby

You know I ain't no Hollywood star

I'm not Joe Namath you know

I read about that in the papers today

You know I'm just a working man

You don't work too hard baby

I never ran in a football game 200 yards

Ha ha ha ha ha that's the kinda man

I like that's the kinda man I like

But you know I can take care of those country girls

Well I can mess around in that farm-yard

Lord Lord whoaah

Ha ha ha ha Whew Whew Wow

That's getting a little too close too heavy here

That's Nick Gravenites that was a tune called Ego Rock No