In The Quiet Morning

Written upon the death of Janis Joplin on October 4, 1970; as written by Mimi Farina, sung by her sister Joan Baez.

All of them, forces to be reckoned with.

In the quiet morning
There was much despair
And in the hours that followed
No one could repair

That poor girl
Tossed by the tides of misfortune
Barely here to tell her tale
Rolled in on a sea of disaster
Rolled out on a mainline rail

She once walked right at my side
I'm sure she walked by you
Her striding steps could not deny
Torment from a child who knew

That in the quiet morning
There would be despair
And in the hours that followed
No one could repair

That poor girl
She cried out her song so loud
It was heard the whole world round
A symphony of violence
The great southwest unbound

La La La La La La La
La La La La La La La
La La La La La La La La La
La La La La
La La La

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[deriter64]

If you think about it, who could have done a lament for Joplin better than the Barefoot Madonna? Just singers I guess but there was something mystic about those times and something doomed as well. Like trying to hold quicksilver and watching it run through your fingers.

[SH000FLY]

@deriter64 There were very few songs written about Janis, and as someone said earlier, it's surprising this one never made the charts. I think of those times as magical, maybe even ethereal, in the presence of some really outstanding work that will stand up to the test of time. Thanks for commenting deriter

[deriter64]

@SH000FLY To this day I can't listen to Bobby McGee without lapsing into reflection about my life, the mistakes I made, the decisions and their outcome. Isn't that the purpose of art, to make us look inside ourselves? They were just songs, I guess, but at that time and that place they said somerthing important. Lost now.

[SH000FLY]

@deriter64 Not lost, you still have the song :) New headbanging stuff will seem like "noise" to the older generation - just like Janis sounded to our parents. Introspection is healthy, and we all make mistakes. Don't beat yourself up too badly. There's always tomorrow...... and Janis is still here, her voice anyway.

[deriter64]

@SH000FLY Shant bother you again, as much as I appreciate your perception. As I said, songs, just songs, but enunciating a piece of our souls. The much maligned We Built This City was the Airplane saying goodbye as was Put A Candle in the Window for CCR. I don;t react in the negative to current music because I know nothing about it. My grandaughters looks at me like I have two heads when I discuss heavy metal with their father. But there was something way back when that remains hard to define.

[SH000FLY]

@deriter64 “How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.” Einstein said it, and it seems true enough. Thanks deriter :)

[Ricco99100]

I always loved this song! I never knew it was written about Janis Joplin. What a shock! Thanks so much for the post.

[cschilli68]

She had a Porsche? Cool

[koismech]

awesome...Janis, have piece.

[deriter64]

@SH000FLY Shant bother you again, although heartfelt thanks for intelligent discourse. Music is just music but sometime it transcends. For instance I believe the much maligned We Built This City was the Airplane saying goodbye.