Janis Joplin
Buried Alive in the Blues lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1971
- Genre
- Rock
- Length
- 2:25
All caught up in a landslide, bad luck
pressing in from all sides
Just got knocked off of my easy ride,
Buried alive in the blues
Sunday morning everybody's in bed, I'm
On the street, I'm talking out of my head,
This dumb brick wall ain't heard a word
That I've said,
I'm buried alive in the blues
I'm buried alive, oh yeah, in the blues
I'm buried alive, somebody help me, in the blues
I beg for mercy, I pray for rain,
I can't be the one to accept all this blame,
Something here's trying to pollute my brain,
I' buried alive in the blues.
It's real hard you know, it's real hard being buried alive
It's real hard being buried alive
When you're buried alive they walk right on by you.
When you're buried alive they never care about you.
When you're buried alive, oh, you reach out for somebody,
And when you're buried alive you get can't seem to press on through
Being buried alive is a bad condition; it's a real weird situation
Being buried alive in the blues, it's a real weird situation
Being buried
Being buried
Being buried
Being buried
Being buried alive in the blues,
It's a real weird situation.
Oh, yeah
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Key vocabulary
- wall
- raised barrierA1
- word
- single spoken unitA1
- blues
- sad feelingsA1
- caught
- captured; noticedA1
- pray
- ask for helpB1
- said
- spoke; toldA1
- somebody
- a personA1
- you're
- you areA1
- easy
- not difficultA1
- head
- part you have on topA1
About this song
Janis Joplin was an American rock and blues singer from Port Arthur, Texas. Known for her powerful, emotionally charged vocal style, she led Big Brother and the Holding Company and later pursued a solo career that defined late-1960s rock, with albums including Cheap Thrills and Pearl released after her death in 1970.