{"id":29228,"date":"2014-04-05T00:25:46","date_gmt":"2014-04-05T00:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=29228"},"modified":"2021-05-22T21:19:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T21:19:01","slug":"etta-james-janis-joplin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=29228","title":{"rendered":"Etta James + Janis Joplin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/etta-james-9542558\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46836\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/etta-james.jpg\" alt=\"etta-james\" width=\"325\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/etta-james.jpg 325w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/etta-james-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/etta-james-150x82.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uZt1xKtPbUQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EqNozcQ3Hcg#t=112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I&#8217;d rather go blind<\/a>&#8216;\u00a0\u00a0\u2191 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>(Montreux 1975)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Something told me it was over<br \/>\nWhen I saw you and that girl talkin&#8217;<br \/>\nSomething deep down in my soul said, &#8216;Cry, girl&#8217;<br \/>\nWhen I saw you and that strange girl walkin&#8217; &#8216;round<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Whoo, I would rather, I would rather be a blind girl, babe<br \/>\nThan to see you walk away from me, baby<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8216;Cause you see, I love you so much<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t wanna watch you leave me, baby<br \/>\nAnd another thing, I just don&#8217;t, I just don&#8217;t wanna be free, no<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now listen, I was just, I was just, I was just<br \/>\nSittin&#8217; here thinkin&#8217; about your kiss and your warm embrace, oh yeah<br \/>\nWhen the reflection in the glass that I held to my lips, baby<br \/>\nRevealed the tears that was on my face, yeah<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Whoo and baby, baby, I&#8217;d rather, I&#8217;d rather be a blind girl<br \/>\nThan to see you walk away from me, yeah<br \/>\nWhoo, baby, baby, baby, I&#8217;d rather be a blind girl &#8230;<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022 \u00a0&#8216;I Just Wanna Make Love To You&#8217; \u00a0\u2193<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I don&#8217;t want you to be no slave;\u00a0\u00a0I don&#8217;t want you to work all day;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I don&#8217;t want you sad and blue, \u00a0 I just wanna make love\u00a0to you.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0Ooooohhooh &#8230;\u00a0Love to you<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And I can tell by the way you walk that walk;<br \/>\nAnd I can hear by the way you talk that talk;<br \/>\nAnd I \u00a0know by the way you treat your girl<br \/>\nThat I could give you all the lovin&#8217; \u00a0in the whole wide world!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">All I want you to do is cook your bread \u00a0just to make sure you&#8217;re well-fed!<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t want you sad and blue! \u00a0I just wanna make love to you . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PIGxhcepiTc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44361\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/I-Just-Want-to-Make-Love-to-You.jpg\" alt=\"I+Just+Want+to+Make+Love+to+You\" width=\"312\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/I-Just-Want-to-Make-Love-to-You.jpg 312w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/I-Just-Want-to-Make-Love-to-You-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/I-Just-Want-to-Make-Love-to-You-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>+ \u00abBorn To Be Wild\u00bb\u00a0\u2191<\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Get your motor runnin&#8217; &#8211;\u00a0Head out on the highway<br \/>\nLookin&#8217; for adventure, or anything that comes my way<br \/>\nHey baby won&#8217;t you make it happen &#8211;\u00a0Put the world in a better state<br \/>\nFire all of your guns at once and explode into space<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I was <strong>born to be wild . . .<\/strong><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fTco5rmYMVQ\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022 \u00a0&#8216;Woman&#8217; \u00a0\u2191<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">W.O.M. A.N. \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0\u00a0woman<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">one little rib taken from the fat old man &#8211;\u00a0<\/span>Oww&#8230; ow &#8230; oww<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now Davy Crockett,\u00a0king of the wild frontier<br \/>\nI could tame him down yeah if he were here<br \/>\nNow Jesse James, the baddest man in the land<br \/>\nI would make him eat out of my hand!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m a woman yeah, a rib taken from the fat old man, yeah<br \/>\nGood girl almighty, yeah!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Now John Dillinger &#8211;\u00a0The woman in red got him<br \/>\nNow teach all you hardies about a W.O.M.A.N.<br \/>\nOww&#8230; ow &#8230; oww<span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">He thrilled a Miss Manila &#8211; he was Mohammed Ali<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">but he might be the greatest but he can&#8217;t go a round with me<br \/>\n&#8216;cause I&#8217;m a woman, yeah yeah<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Oww&#8230; ow &#8230; oww<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m a woman\u00a0yeah \u00a0[&#8230;?]\u00a0one rib taken from the fat old man yeah<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Ooh! Good God! Oh yeah &#8211; yeah &#8211; yeah<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Women comin&#8217; all shakin all fun<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">and I dig it, short and tall, [&#8230;?] and fat, yeah<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Me and my man yeah &#8230;\u00a0Now shake your booter . . .yeah, be proud<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Good Lord, do you hear me now? \u00a0Yeah<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">If all you fellows care about it anyway . . .\u00a0in &amp; out, yeah<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">side to side &#8211;\u00a0round and square &#8211;\u00a0oh yeah &#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Hear me and all you wanna do it &#8211; Shake your booter&#8230;if you can girl<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Do you hear me now?<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Shake it to the east &#8211; shake it to the west<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Shake to the one end you love best<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Shake &#8211; shake &#8211; shake &#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uQ15dMt4GBM\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022 \u00a0&#8216;I Sing The Blues&#8217; \u00a0\u2191<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;ll do anything that you want me to do. &#8211;\u00a0There ain&#8217;t nothing baby I wouldn&#8217;t do for you.<br \/>\nIf you want it bad enough it&#8217;s catch-as-catch-can.\u00a0Oh, when I want it hard enough, you&#8217;ll be my man.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">While I sing the blues.\u00a0I sing the blues.\u00a0I sing the blues.\u00a0Late in the midnight hour.<br \/>\nMy daddy sang the blues to my mamma.<br \/>\nYeah!\u00a0I sing the blues.\u00a0I sing the blues to you.\u00a0I sing the blues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you want to talk about it,\u00a0I&#8217;ll hang around.<br \/>\nAND If you want to fight about it., come on and let&#8217;s get down.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll tell you what I&#8217;m thinking iIf you wanna know<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll tell where I&#8217;m going if I want you to go.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Baby and I sing the blues.\u00a0I sing the blues.\u00a0And I sing the blues.<br \/>\nEarly in the morning honey I sing the blues.<br \/>\nMy daddy sang the blues to my mamma.<br \/>\nAnd baby I&#8217;ll sing the low down dirty blues to you.<br \/>\nHey alright!<br \/>\n<em>\u00a0(Harmonica solo)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;ll do anything that you want me to do.<br \/>\nThere ain&#8217;t nothing baby I wouldn&#8217;t do for you.<br \/>\nIf you want it bad enough it&#8217;s catch-as-catch-can.<br \/>\nOh, when I want it hard enough you&#8217;ll be my man.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Well I sing the blues.\u00a0I sing the blues, blues.<br \/>\nI sing the blues, baby, late in the midnight\u00a0Midnight hour.<br \/>\nMy daddy sang the blues to my mamma.<br \/>\nYeah!\u00a0I sing the blues\u00a0I sing the blues to you.<br \/>\nLate in the&#8230;\u00a0Late in&#8230; alright honey.<br \/>\nAnd I sing the blues.\u00a0I sing the blues all night long.<br \/>\nEarly in the morning.\u00a0Late in the midnight hour. \u00a0I sing the blues.<br \/>\nWith my Daddy must have sang the blues to your mamma<br \/>\nHe must have sang it all night long, all night long<br \/>\nI sing the blues &#8211;\u00a0Low down dirty sing the blues to you.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u25ca \u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/34286523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0&#8216;Misty Blue<\/a>&#8216; \u00a0\u2193<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3HgE_HctLLo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Oh, It&#8217;s, been a long long time &#8211;\u00a0Looks like I got you off of my mind<br \/>\nBut I can&#8217;t, just the thought of you&#8230; turns my whole world misty blue<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Just the mention of your name\u00a0, yeah, turns a flicker to a flame<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Listen to me good\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I think of the things&#8230; we used to do\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And that&#8217;s when my whole world turns&#8230; misty blue<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I should forget you &#8211;\u00a0Heaven knows I&#8217;ve tried\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>But when I said that I&#8217;m glad we&#8217;re through<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>My heart I know I&#8217;ve lied &#8230; I&#8217;ve lied &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Oh, It&#8217;s, been a long long time &#8211;\u00a0Looks like I got you off of my mind<br \/>\nBut I can&#8217;t, just the thought of you&#8230; turns my whole world misty blue<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u25ca \u00a0&#8216;Baby What You Want Me To Do&#8217; \u00a0\u2193<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m7QU-NbNPBI\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8230;Must have been cold &#8230; Mamma cut the chicken &#8211; she thought it was a duck &#8211; she put it on a table with her legs cut up. I love you baby &#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<address>You got me runnin&#8217;, you got me hidin&#8217; \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0You got me runnin&#8217; round hidin&#8217; runnin&#8217; anyway you want it.<br \/>\nYeah yeah yeah \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0You got me doing what you want me &#8211;\u00a0Baby honey what you want me to do.<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\">Got me going up, I&#8217;m going down \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0I&#8217;m going up, down, down, up anyway you want it.<br \/>\nLet it roll! \u00a0\u00a0Yeah, you got me doing what you want me &#8211;\u00a0Baby what you got ready for me to do.<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>Oh baby, honey, you don&#8217;t have to go &#8211;\u00a0Oh baby, baby, honey you don&#8217;t have to go.<\/address>\n<address>I&#8217;m gonna pack my bag, \u00a0down the road I go.<\/address>\n<address>Play the blues &#8230;<\/address>\n<address>My baby don&#8217;t stand no cheating, my baby&#8230;<\/address>\n<address>You don&#8217;t stand none of this midnight creeping<\/address>\n<address>Whoa! \u00a0She&#8217;s a cool little baby, she&#8217;s my baby &#8230;<\/address>\n<address>Whoa! . . . Hey! \u00a0\u00a0I&#8217;m gonna pack and down I go.<\/address>\n<h6 id=\"watch-headline-title\">\u2666 \u00a0&#8216;Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)&#8217; \u2193<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HV-cyOCKsag\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rockets, moon shots<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span>Spend it on the have nots<br \/>\nMoney, we make it<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span>&#8216;Fore we see it, you take it<\/p>\n<p>Oh, make you wanna holler<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span>The way they do my life<br \/>\nMake me wanna holler<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span>Way they do my life<\/p>\n<p>This ain&#8217;t livin&#8217;, this ain&#8217;t livin&#8217;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0<\/span>No, no, baby, this ain&#8217;t livin&#8217;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span>No, no, no, no, no<\/p>\n<p>Inflation, no chance\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0t<\/span>o increase \u00a0the finance<br \/>\nBills piled up sky high<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span>Send that boy off \u00a0to die<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oh, make me wanna holler<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span>The way they do my life<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0. . .\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hang ups, let downs<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span>Bad breaks, setbacks<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Natural fact is, honey that<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span>I can&#8217;t pay my taxes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Oh, make me wanna holler<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span>Throw up both my hands<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Yeah, it makes me wanna holler<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span>Throw up both my hands<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Crime is increasing<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span>Trigger happy policing<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Panic is spreading<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span>God knows where we&#8217;re heading<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Oh, make me wanna holler<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span>Throw up both my hands<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Yeah, it makes me wanna holler<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span>Throw up both my hands<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rockets, moon shots<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span>Spend it on the have nots<br \/>\nMoney, we make it<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span>&#8216;Fore we see it you take it<\/p>\n<p>Oh, make you wanna holler<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span>Throw up both my hands<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0. . .\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v8UtSNYQckk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> &#8216;If You Want Me To Stay&#8217; <\/a>\u21d0 (Sly)\u21d2<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/ettajames\/ifyouwantmetostay.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[lyrics]<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u25ca \u2192\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/jamesbrown\/itsamansmansmansworld.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00abIt&#8217;s A Man&#8217;s, Man&#8217;s, Man&#8217;s World\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0\u2193 \u00a0[J. Brown]<\/b><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9YryQTTQMXQ\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=au_ZtVKus_Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-46837\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/purple_rain.jpg\" alt=\"purple_rain\" width=\"214\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/purple_rain.jpg 177w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/purple_rain-150x116.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I never meant to cause you any sorrow &#8211;\u00a0I never meant to cause you any pain<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I only wanted one time to see you laughing &#8211;\u00a0I only want to see you laughing in the purple rain<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Purple rain, purple rain . . .\u00a0I only want to see you bathing in the purple rain<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I never wanted to be your weekend lover &#8211;\u00a0I only wanted to be some kind of friend<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Baby, I could never steal you from another, oh no &#8211;\u00a0Such a shame our friendship had to end<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Purple rain, purple rain . . .\u00a0I only want to see you underneath the purple rain<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Honey, I know, I know times are wasted<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">It&#8217;s time we all reach out for something new and that means you too<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">You say you want a leader but you can&#8217;t seem to make up your mind<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I think you better close it, well, let me guide you to the purple rain<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Purple rain, purple rain . . .\u00a0I only want to see you underneath the purple rain<\/span><\/p>\n<h6>\u2665 \u00a0\u2192\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KzdUK9SxRtI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Life, Love &amp; The Blues<\/a>\u00a0\u2193<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yqDgd5qRorE\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Life, love and the blues.\u00a0Hey, i&#8217;ve got something to tell you &#8211; Say, I wanna tell you about these three things.<br \/>\nFirst you have life.\u00a0You open your eyes and you have life.<br \/>\nNext, you look around and then you\u00b4re in love.\u00a0I mean love.<br \/>\nAnd then see that nothing lasts forever &#8211; The big b comes around and sucks you &#8211;\u00a0That is the mighty blues.<\/p>\n<p>I lived my life with passion &#8211;\u00a0I love the way I feel<br \/>\nWhat if I did it any other way, it wouldn&#8217;t be me.<br \/>\nSome say the road is easy &#8211;\u00a0Others find it hard,<br \/>\nBut I am here to tell you the news &#8211;\u00a0Wouldn&#8217;t mean nothing without the blues.<br \/>\nI said life, love and the blues.\u00a0Life, love and the blues.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been loved, been loved, left alone.\u00a0I&#8217;ve been had &#8216;cause i&#8217;ve been bad,<br \/>\nBroke some hearts in my own.\u00a0I know the blues got me through,<br \/>\nI\u00b4m here to tell you, when you got the blues,\u00a0Oh, you&#8217;re never, never alone.<br \/>\nI said, life, love and the blues &#8211;\u00a0Ain&#8217;t nothing like life, sweet love and the blues.<\/p>\n<p>First you have life,\u00a0You open your eyes and you&#8217;re alive,<br \/>\nAnd then, next, you look around and then you\u00b4re in love.\u00a0I mean love.<br \/>\nAnd then here comes, here comes the big b,\u00a0The blues.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah &#8211;\u00a0Ain&#8217;t nothing like, nothing like love and the blues.<br \/>\nSaid life, sweet love and the blues &#8211;\u00a0Ain&#8217;t nothing like, ain&#8217;t nothing like the blues.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve been in love, been in love &#8211;\u00a0Left alone.<br \/>\nAin&#8217;t nothing like &#8211;\u00a0Nothing like life, sweet love, and the blues.<br \/>\nWhen you got the blues &#8211;\u00a0Ain&#8217;t nothing like, ain&#8217;t nothing like the blues<br \/>\nWouldn&#8217;t mean nothing without the blues<br \/>\nI said life, sweet love and the blues.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m here to tell you about life, love and the blues.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?=144&amp;v=S-cbOl96RFM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-53820\" src=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/At-Last.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/At-Last.jpg 340w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/At-Last-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/At-Last-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h5>\u2666 \u00a0with B B King \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0&#8216;Something&#8217;s Got A Hold On Me&#8217;<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DFmHOCUKTfM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Oh oh, sometimes I get a good feeling, yeah<br \/>\nI get a feeling that I never, never, never, never had before, no no<br \/>\nAnd I just gotta tell you right now that I\u00a0believe, I believe, I believe &#8230;<br \/>\nSomething\u2019s got a hold on me, yeah &#8211;\u00a0Oohoh, something\u2019s got a hold on me right now, child<\/p>\n<p>Let me tell you &#8211;\u00a0I never felt like this before &#8211;\u00a0Something\u2019s got a hold on me that won\u2019t let go<\/p>\n<p>Believe I&#8217;d fly if I only could &#8211;\u00a0Sounds so strange, it sure is good<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><i>[Chorus]<\/i><br \/>\n<strong>I said, oh, oh, oh, oh \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0heyyyy baby \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0<strong>Oh, it must be love\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let me tell you now &#8211;\u00a0Something\u2019s got a hold on me right now<\/p>\n<p>Let me tell you\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0I never felt like this before<\/p>\n<p>Something\u2019s got a hold and won\u2019t let go<\/p>\n<div>Believe I&#8217;d fly if I only could &#8211;\u00a0Sounds so strange, sure it&#8217;s good<\/div>\n<p><strong>I said, oh, oh, oh, oh \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0heyyyy baby<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Oh, it must be love (you know it must be love)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let me tell you now<br \/>\nMy heart feels heavy, my feet feel light \u00a0&#8211;\u00a0 I shake all over, but I feel alright<br \/>\nI never thought it could happen to me &#8211;\u00a0Got me heavy without the misery<br \/>\nI never thought it could be this way &#8211;\u00a0Love\u2019s sure gonna put a hurting on me<\/p>\n<p><strong>I said, oh, oh, oh, oh \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0heyyyy baby<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Oh, it must be love (you know it must be love)<\/strong><i><br \/>\n<\/i> Yeah, he walks like love \u00a0. . . He talks like love<br \/>\nMakes me feel alright \u00a0in the middle of the night<\/p>\n<p>La na la la \u00a0. . . \u00a0(la la la la)<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h6>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2665 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/janis-joplin-9357941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">JANIS JOPLIN<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 [1843-1970]<\/span><\/h2>\n<h6 id=\"watch-headline-title\"><\/h6>\n<h6>\u221e\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sfjon-ZTqzU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Me and Bobby McGee&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0 \u21d0 \u00a0 [K. Kristofferson]<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5Cg-j0X09Ag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-55331\" src=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mebobbymcgee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mebobbymcgee.jpg 900w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mebobbymcgee-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mebobbymcgee-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mebobbymcgee-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mebobbymcgee-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin\u2019 for a train<br \/>\nAnd I\u2019s feelin\u2019 near as faded as my jeans<br \/>\nBobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained<br \/>\nIt rode us all the way into New Orleans<br \/>\nI pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana<br \/>\nI\u2019s playin\u2019 soft while Bobby sang the blues, yeah<br \/>\nWindshield wipers slappin\u2019 time, I\u2019s holdin\u2019 Bobby\u2019s hand in mine<br \/>\nWe sang every song that driver knew, yeah<\/p>\n<p><strong>Freedom\u2019s just another word for nothin\u2019 left to lose<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Nothin\u2019 don\u2019t mean nothin\u2019 hon\u2019 if it ain\u2019t free, no no<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And feelin\u2019 good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>You know, feelin\u2019 good was good enough for me<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From the Kentucky coal mine to the California sun<br \/>\nThere Bobby shared the secrets of my soul<br \/>\nThrough all kinds of weather, through everything we done<br \/>\nYeah, Bobby baby kept me from the cold<br \/>\nOne day up near Salinas, Lord, I let him slip away<br \/>\nHe\u2019s lookin\u2019 for that home and I hope he finds it<br \/>\nBut I\u2019d trade all o\u2019 my tomorrows for one single yesterday<br \/>\nTo be holdin\u2019 Bobby\u2019s body next to mine<\/p>\n<p><strong>Freedom\u2019s just another word for nothin\u2019 left to lose<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Nothin\u2019, that\u2019s all that Bobby left me, yeah<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>But feelin\u2019 good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Hey, feelin\u2019 good was good enough for me, mm-hmm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>La-da-da La-da-da-da La-da-da da-da da-da<br \/>\nLa-da-da da-la-da la-da, Bobby McGee, yeah!\u00a0La-da-la-da-la-da La-da-la-da-da . . .<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u25ca \u2192 \u00a0&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=guKoNCQFAFk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Summertime&#8217;\u00a0<\/a> \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0[live]<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Vsk6WLUFkk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Summertime&#8230; \u00a0\u00a0Child, the living&#8217;s easy.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Fish are jumping out \u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And the cotton, Lord,\u00a0Cotton&#8217;s high, Lord, so high.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Your daddy&#8217;s rich and your ma, honey <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I think she&#8217;s mighty good-lookin&#8217;, baby,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>She&#8217;s looking pretty good to me now,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Hush, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>No, no, no, no, don&#8217;t you cry.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don&#8217;t you cry!\u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cry!<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>One of these mornings, child,\u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>You&#8217;re gonna rise, rise up singing,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I said, you&#8217;re gonna go, you&#8217;re gonna spread your wings,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Child, and then take, take to the sky \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0<\/strong><strong>Lord, the sky.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>But until that morning<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Honey, no &#8211; nothing&#8217;s going to harm you now,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I said honey I&#8217;m never ever gonna let you down<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don&#8217;t you cry \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0<strong>Cry<\/strong><\/strong><\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u03a6 \u00a0 &#8216;Turtle Blues&#8217; \u00a0\u2193<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xiX1ZnyceNI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Ah, I&#8217;m a mean, mean woman\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0<strong>And I don&#8217;t mean no one man, no good, no.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I&#8217;m a mean, mean woman,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>I don&#8217;t mean no one man, no good.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I just treats em like I wants to<\/strong>&#8211;<strong>I never treats em, honey like I should.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Oh, lord, I once had a daddy,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>He said he&#8217;d give me everything in sight.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Once had a daddy,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Said he&#8217;d give me everything in sight.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Yes, he did<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>So I said, honey, I want the sunshine,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>You take the stars out of the night.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Come on and give em to me, babe, cause I want em right now.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I ain&#8217;t the kind of woman\u00a0who&#8217;d make your life a bed of ease, ha ha ha ha!<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I&#8217;m not the kind of woman, no,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>To make your life a bed of ease.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Yeah, but if you, if you just wanna go out drinkin&#8217;, honey,<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Won&#8217;t you invite me along please.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Oh, I&#8217;ll be so good to ya babe, yeah!<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Whoa, go on!<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I guess Im just like a turtle<\/strong>\u00a0t<strong>hat&#8217;s hidin&#8217; underneath it&#8217;s horny shell.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Whoa, whoa, oh yeah, like a turtle<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>hidin&#8217; underneath it&#8217;s horny shell.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>But you know Im very well protected <\/strong><strong>I know this goddamn life too well.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Oh! now call me mean, you can call me evil, yeah, yeah,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I&#8217;ve been called much of some things around,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Honey, don&#8217;t ya know I have!<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Whoa, call me mean or call me evil<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ive been called much of some things, all things around,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Yeah, but I&#8217;m gonna take good care of janis, yeah,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Honey, ain&#8217;t no one gonna dog me down.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Alright, yeah.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2666 \u00a0&#8216;Ball &amp; Chain&#8217; \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0[Monterrey_1967]<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r5If816MhoU\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>S-sitting down by my window, just looking out at the rain.<br \/>\nOh, sitting down by my window,\u00a0just looking out at the rain,<br \/>\nSome came along, honey, grabbed a hold of me,<br \/>\nand it felt like a ball and chain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/janisjoplin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-31872\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/J_Joplin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"142\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>Whoa! Tell me why all the bloody things go so wrong<\/div>\n<div>I say, people, honey, all go wrong,\u00a0Yeah!<\/div>\n<div>And tell me why would everything go wrong<\/div>\n<div>Babe, baby yeah!<\/div>\n<div>With you you&#8217;re gonna see, and I want you to love you<\/div>\n<div>I want to love you, but so long! Oh yeah!<\/div>\n<div>Oh-oh-oh! Honey, it ain&#8217;t bad, honey it ain&#8217;t \u00a0bad what you do<\/div>\n<div>I said, honey, what you&#8217;re doing to me, No &#8211; no &#8211; no<\/div>\n<div>&#8230;And honey, it ain&#8217;t bad oh people it ain&#8217;t bad what you do<\/div>\n<div>No &#8211; no &#8211; no -no<\/div>\n<div>Here you gonna see I want to love you, love you<\/div>\n<div>but oh-oh-oh like you do<\/div>\n<div>I&#8217;m not gonna tell you, baby &#8211; Yeah!<\/div>\n<div>S-sitting down by my window, just\u00a0looking out at the rain.<br \/>\nOooh! Sitting down by my window,\u00a0just looking out at the rain,<br \/>\nSome came along, honey, grabbed a hold of me,<br \/>\nand it felt like a ball and chain [ . . .]<\/div>\n<div>Say, whoa, whoa, honey, this can&#8217;t be\u00a0baby [ . . . ]<\/div>\n<div>And I want somebody to tell me, come on, tell me what, once in a while,<\/div>\n<div>oh, baby, tell me what love is like&#8230; was like a ball and a chain<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C3Fzql-3_zM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Little Girl Blue&#8217;<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 \u21d0\u00a0 [1969]<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ju9yFA1S7K8\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>\u2666 \u00a0\u25ca \u00a0\u2191\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/janisjoplin\/getitwhileyoucan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0&#8216;Get It While You Can&#8217;\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0\u2193<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mtj9w2gYzV4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30083 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/H_M.jpeg\" alt=\"H_M\" width=\"206\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/H_M.jpeg 206w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/H_M-150x144.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dFCpaDEM3Mc\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Half moon, night time sky,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Seven stars, heaven&#8217;s eyes.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Seven songs on seven seas<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Just to bring all your sweet love home to me.\u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Hey, you fill me like the mountains,\u00a0Yeah, yeah, yeah<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>You fill me like the sea, Lord, Not coming past but still at last<\/strong><\/address>\n<div>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Your love brings life to me, \u00a0Your love brings life to me, \u00a0hey!\u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Rings of cloud and arms aflame,<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Wings rise up to call your name.<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Sun rolls high, Lord, it burns the ground<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Just to show about the first true love of mine.\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Yeah, you fill me like the mountains,\u00a0Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">You fill me like the sea, Lord,\u00a0Not coming past but still at last<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Your love brings life to me,\u00a0Your love brings life to me.<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Oh oh oh oh oh!\u00a0<\/address>\n<\/div>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u25ca \u00a0&#8216;Mercedes Benz&#8217; \u2193<\/h6>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00abI&#8217;d like to do a song of great social and political import. It goes like this&#8230;\u00bb<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C-GFqhCq2HA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Oh lord won&#8217;t you buy me a Mercedes Benz.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>My friends all drive porsches, I must make amends.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>So oh lord won&#8217;t you buy me a Mercedes Benz<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Oh lord won&#8217;t you buy me a color TV.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Dialing for dollars is trying to find me.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I wait for delivery each day until 3.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>So oh lord won&#8217;t you buy me a color TV.<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Oh lord won&#8217;t you buy me a night on the town.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I&#8217;m counting on you lord, please don&#8217;t let me down.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Prove that you love me and buy the next round.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Oh lord won&#8217;t you buy me a night on the town.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Oh lord won&#8217;t you buy me a Mercedes Benz<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>My friends all drive porsches, I must make amends.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>So oh lord won&#8217;t you buy me a Mercedes Benz<\/strong><\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eihw2hu65S0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022 \u00a0&#8216;MOVE OVER&#8217; \u00a0\u2191<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2022\u2192 &#8216;I&#8217;d rather go blind&#8216; \u2191 (Montreux 1975)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Something told me it was over When I saw you and that girl talkin&#8217; Something deep down in my soul said, &#8216;Cry, girl&#8217; When I saw you and that strange girl walkin&#8217; &#8216;round<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Whoo, I would [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":29229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[193],"tags":[102,313],"class_list":["post-29228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blues","tag-lyrics","tag-america","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29228"}],"version-history":[{"count":73,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55332,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29228\/revisions\/55332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}