"Ego Rock" Janis Joplin Live (Rare Song about Port Arthur)

Janis sings about the exclusion and pain she experienced in Port Arthur and her search for a man.

Lyrics:
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
[Spoken:] 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 mother fucker, 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, shit, 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 farmyard
Lord, Lord, whoaah!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• janis
• joplin
• egorock
• port
• arthur
• texas
• kozmicblues
• bigbrother
• pearl

[XtinaxFan]

acorcj:

WOW! I'm a big fan of Janis and I've never heard this song...I'm going out right now to find one of the albums with this on it. Do you know if there's a recording anywhere of Janis singing "Fire Down Below"? I heard she sang it but haven't found it - maybe it was a live performance only.

[XtinaxFan]

Hey, sorry I accidentally removed your comment when I was trying to reply @_@

I've never heard of that song before but i'll look around. Someone said that next year the Joplin estate are going to release more early Janis recordings so hopefully it'll be included. If anyone has any Janis song requests (paticularly young Janis) i'll try and find them and upload it.

If you want the mp3 for this just PM me (and I can tell you where to find this album too)

xxx

[plporsche]

I'm a very big Janis fan... where can i get the Typewrite Tapes?

[XtinaxFan]

they haven't been released in their entirity but theres an album called "Janis" (has about 70 songs on it) that has a few old tracks on it and theres another one called "Janis" that has nothing but old tracks has about 12 songs. You can listen to the albums on Last FM

hope that helps the estate should release all the Janis recordings they can find.

[zjkrone]

hey harry

actually your the kind of guy who doesn't know good music when you hear it and you must have no emotion because i'm pretty sure janis sends chills down my spine, so how about you just don't look up THE LEGENDRY MS JANIS JOPLIN videos anymore because your not worthy

[frompatx1972]

I was born and raised in PA and I had a good time growning up. One of the things that effected Janis was her mom When she came home for her class reunion her parents actually left town. Her mom had told Janis that she wished that she had never been born. You just don't tell your child that. Shortly after the reunion is when Janis died

[Sarahsblues]

never call Texas my home.

[hodunker]

Wow! You have some amazing pictures of her, and the song totally rocks!!!! Miss you JJ~~RIP

[79tazman]

They have a version of this song on the blow your blues away box set that I have 9CD's long now that alot or rare Janis come on lol



[gbcallahan]

@FanOfJanis Yes. That's Nick G. This track originally appeared on JOPLIN IN CONCERT...

[HititoHendrix]

<3

[db95018]

you had to love that laugh she was so geninue ....and her and Nick just kicked ass.

[spliffburton]

This was '64 right? with the dude from Airplane? Jorma, what year was this? hahaha

So cool.

[harryupbabble]

@LokiHappy420 well the guitar part is standard blues and it's okay but damn.... janis's way of singing sounds so painful. it's like she is giving birth to a bowling bowl or something. the black guy singing with her is not as annoying.