Janis Joplin
Hesitation Blues lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1989
- Genre
- Rock
- Length
- 3:58
Well, a nickel is a nickel, a dime is a dime
I need a new man, lord I know I wont mind.
Tell me how long, dear, do I have to wait?
Can I get you now, dear, must I hesitate?
Well now, the eagle on the dollar says in God we trust
You say you wont obey me, you wanna see that dollar first
How long, dear, do I have to wait?
Can I get you now, dear, mm, must I hesitate?
Lord, if the river was made of whiskey an I was a duck,
Id just swim to the bottom an Id never come up.
How long, dear, mm, do I have to wait?
Why, can I get you now, dear, mm, must I hesitate?
Now theres rocks down in the ocean and theres fish in the sea,
I know you mean the whole world to me.
How long, dear, must I have to wait?
Can I get you now, dear, mm, must I hesitate?
I got them hesitation stockings, I got them hesitation shoes,
Lord knows I got them hesitation blues.
Tell me, how long do I have to wait?
Why, can I get you now, dear, mm, must I hesitate?
Yeah!
That sounds good!
That sounds ...
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Key vocabulary
- whole
- completeA2
- dime
- ten-cent coinB2
- hesitate
- pause before actingB2
- nickel
- five-cent coinB2
- obey
- follow rules or ordersB2
- trust
- believe and relyB2
- need
- must haveA1
- never
- not at any timeA1
- new
- not old; recentA1
- ocean
- large body of salt waterA1
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.