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Janis Joplin - Tell Mama (Live)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Marcus Daniel
Marcus Daniel
Songwriter
Clarence Carter
Clarence Carter
Songwriter
Wilbur Terrell
Wilbur Terrell
Songwriter

Lyrics

Yeah! Yeah! 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 Tell 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 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, daddy, I swear! Hey! That girl you had didn't have no sense, dear Wasn't worth all the time that you spent And that same man that throwed you outdoors I just heard that he stole 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, baby Tell your mama, babe! Tell your mama, babe! Tell 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 time you gotta cry Well, I'll tell you, dear If you're a woman I can only assume That you already know what ùou're looking for, baby If you ever, if you were lookin', if you were lonely If you were lookin', or lonely I know what you're lookin' for And I figured it out at fourteen years old And I been lookin' for it every since, too, man However, if you happen to be a very young man (Preferably a young man) I'll tell you what you need, man When you wake up an' it doesn't feel right, man Your head don't feel right, nothin' feels right I'll tell ya what you need? You need a sweet lovin' mama, babe Sweet talkin' mama, baby You need a sweet lovin' mama, babe You need someone to listen to you Someone to talk to you Someone to hear you Someone to want you Someone to need you Someone to use you Someone to hold you Want you, talk, listen, hold ya, want you, need you Hold you, need you, want you, need you, hold you Won't you need me mama, mama, mama, mama baby Hey now, mama, mama, mama, mama, baby Lord, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, baby Hey, mama, mama, mama, mama, babe 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, baby, I can do for you Tell your mama, babe Whoa mama babe! Whoa mama babe! Whoa mama babe! Whoa mama babe! Whoa mama babe! Whoa mama babe! Whoa mama babe! Whaa mama babe! Whaa mama babe! Whaa mama babe! Whaa mama babe! Yeah An' I'll make everything alright, yeah! Hey! Alright!
Writer(s): Clarence Carter, Marcus Daniel, Wilbur Terrell Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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