Tell Mama Lyrics - Janis Joplin

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. 

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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 ¡ ª 

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!