Janis Joplin
Work Me, Lord lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1969
- Genre
- Rock
- Length
- 6:36
Work me, Lord, work me, Lord
Please don't you leave me
I feel so useless down here
With no one to love
Though I've looked everywhere
And I can't find me anybody to love
To feel my care
So, oh, oh, work me, Lord
Whoa, use me, Lord
Don't you know how hard it is,
Trying to live all alone?
Every day I keep trying to move forward
But something is driving me, oh, back
Honey, something's trying to hold on to me
To my way of life
So don't you forget me down here, Lord
No, no, no, no, no, no, no...
Ah, ah, don't you forget me, Lord
Well I don't think I'm any very special
Kind of person down here, I know better
But I don't think you're gonna find anybody
Not anybody who could say that they tried like I tried
The worst you can say all about me
Is that I'm never satisfied. Whoa!
Whoa, oh, oh, work me, Lord, hmm, use me, Lord
Please, honey, don't you leave me
I feel so useless down here
I can't find me anybody to love me
And I've looked around
I've looked everywhere, everywhere
And I can't find me anyone to love
To feel my care
So honey, don't you go and leave me, Lord
No, no, no, no, no, no, no...
Honey, don't you go and leave me, Lord
Can I show you how hard it is
Trying to live when you're all alone?
Everyday I keep pushing
Keep trying to move forward
But something is driving me, oh, back
And something's trying to hold on to me
To my way of life, why?
Oh please, please, oh don't you go and
Forget me down here, don't forget me, Lord
I think that maybe you can use me, maybe
Maybe I can help you, say that, whoa
Oh please, please, don't you go and leave me, Lord
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, whoa, whoa please
Hmm please, don't you leave me, Lord
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Key vocabulary
- any
- one or more; not specificA1
- don't
- do notA1
- use
- employ; applyA1
- work
- job or taskA1
- useless
- of no useB2
- i've
- I have
- everywhere
- in all placesA2
- can't
- cannotB1
- anybody
- any personA2
- special
- unusual; uniqueA1
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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.