Janis Joplin
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Work Me, Lord

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Page type: lyric reference Artist: Janis Joplin Canonical path: /janis-joplin/work-me-lord Related lyric paths: 6
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Work Me, Lord

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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 ah 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, 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, no

Honey, don't you go off and leave me, Lord

Can't 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 ease me

Maybe I can help you, said uh 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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