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Artist: Janis Joplin
Canonical path: /janis-joplin/oh-sweet-mary
Related lyric paths: 6
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Oh, Sweet Mary
Read Oh, Sweet Mary lyrics by Janis Joplin on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Oh, Sweet Mary
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Yeah!
Oh, sweet Mary, child of confusion, she runs the hills to cry
Past the willows or an illusion, Lord, tell me the reason why.
Tell me why, why is it all so hard ?
Breathing in the air Breathe in the air
Anyone to care.
Oh!
(Alright, yeah!)
Oh, sweet Mary, in our story, have we nothing left to give ?
But don't we all know, babe, if we're pressed to, that that's the way we live.
Tell me why, why is it all so hard ?
Breathing in the air Breathing in the air
Anyone to care, oh, yeah!
Hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now,
Hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, whoa, yeah!
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Janis Joplin performs "Oh, Sweet Mary", and this lyric page sits inside the Janis Joplin catalog on LyroVerse.
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