Hank Lorraine & Bullfrog - Me and Bobby McGee & Folsom Prison Blues 1974
1. Me and Bobby McGee
(Original by Janis Joplin 1970)
Busted flat in baton rouge, headin for the trains,
Feelin nearly faded as my jeans.
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rains,
Took us all the way to New Orleans.
I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana
And was blowin sad while bobby sang the blues,
With them windshield wipers slappin time and
Bobby clappin hands we finally sang up every song
That driver knew.
Freedoms just another word for nothin left to lose,
And nothin aint worth nothin but its free,
Feelin good was easy, lord, when bobby sang the blues,
And buddy, that was good enough for you,
Good enough for ..
2. Folsom Prison Blues
(Original by Johnny Cash 1956)
I hear the train a comin'
It's rolling round the bend
And I ain't seen the sunshine
since I don't know when,
but I'm stuck in Folsom prison,
and time keeps draggin' on.
And I can hear that lonesome whistle
on down to San Antone.
When I was just a baby, my mama told me, "Son,
Always be a good boy; don't ever play with guns."
But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die.
And when I hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry.
(Instrumental)
I bet there's rich folk eatin' from a fancy dining car.
They're prob'ly drinkin' coffee and smokin' big cigars,
But I know I had it comin', I know I can't be free,
And when I hear that lonesome whistle it's that tortures me.
(Instrumental)
If they freed me from this prison, and that railroad train was mine,
I bet him move on over a little farther down the line,
Far from Folsom Prison, that's where I want to stay,
And I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away.
I hear the train a comin'
and it's rolling round the bend
And I ain't seen the sunshine
since I don't know when,
but I'm stuck in Folsom prison,
and time keeps draggin' on.
And I can hear that lonesome whistle
on down to San Antone.
