Tell Mama (Live, 1970) lyrics

[Announcer:]
Janis Joplin!

[Intro]
Yeah, yeah
Whoa, yeah

[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
I want you to, well, tell mama, yeah, 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! and I'll make everything alright

[Verse 2]
Girl you had, she didn't have no sense, babe
Wasn't worth all the time that you spent
That same man he threw you outdoors
I just heard that he quartered your clothes, hey
[Chorus]
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
I'll make everything alright, that I swear

[Guitar solo]
Whoa! Rock & roll

[Verse 2]
You had, she didn't have no sense, babe
Wasn't worth all the time that you spent
That same man he threw you outdoors
I just heard that he quartered your clothes, hey

[Chorus]
Yeah, 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
Anything I can do
Anything I can do for you, babe
Tell mama babe, tell mama babe
Tell mama babe, tell mama babe
Tell mama babe, tell mama babe
Tell mama babe, tell mama babe, hey
[Post-Chorus]
Everybody get lonely, lonely, lonely
Everybody get lonely sometimes
Everybody get lonely, lonely, lonely
Everybody get lonely sometimes
Everybody got to cry, cry, cry
Everybody got
Everybody got to cry, cry, cry
Everybody got to cry

[Breakdown]
And I'll tell you, dear, if you're a woman
I can only assume
That you already know what you're looking for
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 ever since too
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 you, 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
[Chorus]
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, mama babe
Whoa mama babe, whoa mama babe
Whoa mama babe, whoa mama babe, yeah
An' I'll make everything alright, yeah, hey