Tell Mama Lyrics by Janis Joplin

Tell Mama Lyrics

    Janis joplin!!

    Three, four.

    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.


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    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 you'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 ¡º

    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!

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