Kozmic Blues

Album: I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)
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  • Time keeps moving on
    Friends they turn away
    I keep moving on
    But I never found out why
    I keep pushing too hard and babe
    I keep trying to make it right
    Through another lonely day, ooh-whoa

    Dawn has come at last
    Twenty-five years, honey, just one night, oh yeah
    Well, I'm twenty-five years older now
    So I know it can't be right
    And I'm no better, babe, and I can't help you no more
    Than I did when just a girl

    Oh, but it don't make no difference babe, no, no
    And I know that I could always try
    It don't make no difference, babe, yeah
    I better hold it now
    I better need it, yeah
    I better use it 'til the day I die, whoa

    Don't expect any answers, dear
    For I know that they don't come with age, no, no
    I ain't never gonna love you any better, babe
    And I'm never gonna love you right
    So you better take it now, right now, oh

    Well, it don't make no difference, babe
    And I know that I can always try
    Well, there's a fire inside of every one of us
    You better need it now
    I get to hold it, yeah
    I better use it 'til the day I die

    Don't make no difference, babe, no, no, no
    And it never ever will, eh
    I wanna talk about a little bit of loving, yeah
    I get to hold it, baby
    I'm gonna need it now
    I better use it, say, ah

    Don't make no difference, babe, yeah
    Ah honey, I'd hate to be the one
    I said you're gonna live your life
    And you better love your life
    Oh, babe, someday you're gonna have to cry
    Yes, indeed, yes, indeed, yes, indeed
    Oh, baby, yes, indeed

    I said you, they're always gonna hurt you
    I said they're always gonna let you down
    I said everywhere, every day, every day
    And every way, every way
    Oh, honey, won't you hold on to what's gonna move
    I said it's gonna disappear when you turn your back
    I said you know it ain't gonna be there
    When you wanna reach out and grab on

    Whoa, babe
    Whoa, babe
    Whoa, babe
    Oh, but keep truckin' on
    Whoa, yeah
    Whoa, yeah
    Whoa, yeah
    Whoa
    Whoa
    Whoa
    Whoa
    Whoa Writer/s: Gabriel Mekler, Janis Joplin
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Wixen Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Heather from Madrid, SpainOne of the best Janis songs, and has one of the greatest beginnings to a song! Such a moving song!!
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