Janis Joplin 曾经这么评价自己，“我是全美国最伟大的歌者，也是全世界最伟大的歌者！”

如果你听过这位传奇歌手的歌，那么你一定会被这位60年代的迷幻女杰所震惊，自信、性感、直率、嘶哑、甚至邋遢肮脏的方式以及触电般的舞台表演，征服了亿万观众，迄今无人能比，她被称为最伟大的白人摇滚女歌手和伟大的布鲁斯歌手。

你似乎很难想象女歌手会有如此粗犷有力的嗓音，甚至可以说她是真正地把歌词喊叫出来，现场观众曾这样描写她：她不仅是一位歌手，而是一种原始力量。……当她歌唱时，她愤怒地跺脚，不顾一切地甩她的黑发，以致一缕缕头发抽打在她脸上。有时，她浑身颤抖，使用她那粗糙的布鲁斯声音和在表现极度痛苦时迸发出来的激动的高声呼喊和尖叫声，而在她的呻吟和耳语中仍然有着更加强烈的感情表露。

但Janis的生活始终沉浸在吸毒、酗酒、性交中，毒瘾和酒瘾越来越大，人际关系也越来越不稳定，这些都影响了她的现场演出。Janis只好再次解散乐队，设法求医戒毒。1970年10月4日，Janis因吸食过量海洛因突然死亡。Janis Joplin去世时才27岁，正式的唱歌生涯也只有几年，却给人留下了难以磨灭的印象。


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Cry-y-y ... ha ha ha ha ... baby, cry baby, cry baby,
Welcome back home.

I know she told you,
I know she told you that she loved you
Much more than I do,
But I know she left you,
And you swear that you just don't know why,
Well, you know that I'll always be round
If you ever want me
Come on and cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry baby, yeah,
Oh, like you always seem to do.

Don't you know,
Honey, nobody ever gonna love you
The way I try to do.
Who'll be willing to take your pain
And all your heartache, too ?
Honey, I swear I'll always, I'll always be around
If you ever want me
Come on and cry, cry baby, cry baby yeah, cry baby, yeah,
Oh daddy, welcome back home, yeah.

I know when you're sharp and round, babe,
Seems like the grass always looks greener,
When you're looking over there in somebody else's back-yard
So I know what you're tryin' to tell me
When you say, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama,
I've gotta go out shopping for my life
I've gotta find my, my own true third eye,
Hare Krishna identity out there on the road there.

And although it may be comfortable here
Sleeping in all your nice bed with all those satin sheets
And all that nice fur, eatin' all that chicken
Gettin' stoned, havin' a good time I have to go and rough it
I have to go to Africa
Or I have to go to Omaha, or some place like that,
I have to find myself, you know what I mean ?
So there's this stud, man, walkin' around the fuckin' highways of America with a pack on his back
Lookin' for his identity, right ?

Well, I want to say baby don't you know you left your mama here all alone ?
You left your good lovin' mama right at home
And that should be identity enough for any man, ha ha ha!
So I said baby, I know that you're gonna come home to me some day
And I'll be able to tell when you walk in my front door
I do, I just do believe that I can be lookin' in your eyes
So Lord, you finally realize
So you can put your head on my shoulder, babe,
'Cause I know you got some more tears to share,
Come on, let it go,
So come on, come on, come on, come on, come on,
Honey, cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry,

Honey when you got some more tears to shed
Honey I won't let a man stand in your way, babe,
You have to snap all your fear from the door house away dear
You just gotta let it go, baby, come on,
Honey cry, oh, cry to me baby.

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