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Artist: Janis Joplin
Canonical path: /janis-joplin/intruder
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Intruder
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Intruder
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You come around here
Sure you make your demand.
You've got a need, darling,
I've seen it grow and expand.
Yeah, you want to rebuild my life
With your own two hands.
Well, tell me now
What are you trying to do ?
Those holes in your life
Show what you require.
You need and you ask
Oh Lord, honey take any way ?
Yeah you're gonna save us all
Before the next big fire.
Tell me now
What are you trying to do ?
Walked in my life,
Child, and I don?t even know your name.
You put others' lives behind ya
as if they were lame.
You insist this simple feeling
be called insane.
Well, tell me now
What are you trying to do ?
Now I look like I suffer hon ?
N-n-n-n-n-n-now I?m doing fine.
Go on an' look at y-y-yourself baby
Child, I'll drop you a line.
Yeah, you?re gonna take care of yours,
I?ll take care of mine.
What are you trying to do ?
Hey!
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Janis Joplin performs "Intruder", and this lyric page sits inside the Janis Joplin catalog on LyroVerse.
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