Me and Bobby McGee

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[intro]

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Busted flat in Baton Rouge, 
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waitin' for a train
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When I's feelin' near as faded as 
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my jeans
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Bobby thumbed a diesel down just
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 before it rained
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And rode us all the way into New 
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Orleans

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I pulled my harpoon out of my 
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dirty red bandana
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I's playin' soft while Bobby sang 
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the blues
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Windshield wipers slappin' time, 
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I was holdin' Bobby's hand in mine
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We sang every song that driver 
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knew

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Freedom's just another word for 
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nothin' left to lose
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Nothin', it ain't nothin' honey, 
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if it ain't free
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And feelin' good was easy, lord, 
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oh, when he sang the blues
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You know feelin' good was good 
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enough for me
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Good enough for me and my Bobby 
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McGee

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>From the Kentucky coal mines to 
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the California sun
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Yeah Bobby shared the secrets of 
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my soul
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Through all kinds of weather, 
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through everything we done
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Yeah Bobby baby kept me from the 
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cold

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One day up near Salinas, lo-ord, 
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I let him slip away
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He's lookin' for that home and I 
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hope he finds it
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Well I'd trade all my tomorrows 
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for one single yesterday
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To be holdin' Bobby's body next to
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 mine

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Freedom's just another word for 
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nothin' left to lose
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Nothin', and that's all that 
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Bobby left me
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Well, feelin' good was easy, 
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lo-o-ord, when he sang the blues
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And feelin' good was good enough 
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for me
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Good enough for me and my Bobby 
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McGee yeah

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La da da, la da daa, la da daa da
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  La da da da daa dadada Bobby 
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McGee-ah
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Laa li daa da daa daa, la da daa
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 da daa
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Laa la laa la daada Bobby 
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McGee-ah yeah

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La di da, ladida LA dida LA di daa,
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 ladida LA dida LA di daa
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  Hey now Bobby now now Bobby 
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McGee yeah
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Lo lo LO lolo LO lo laa, lololo 
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LO lolo LO lolo LO lolo LO la laa
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  Hey now Bobby now now Bobby 
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McGee yeah

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Lord, I called him my lover, I 
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called him my man
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I said I called him my lover, did 
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the best I can
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C'mon, hey now Bobby now, hey now 
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Bobby McGee, yeah
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Lo lo lord, a lord, a lord, a 
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lord, a lord, a lord, a lord oh
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Hey, hey, hey, Bobby McGee, lord

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[instrumental; piano solo]
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[instrumental; guitar solo & 
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a few more "la-di-da"s]          
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