Day 16
Janis Joplin ◆ Cry Baby ◆ Pearl ◆ 1971
原作 Bert Berns。这首歌是Janis Joplin的翻唱，被收录在 Pearl 中。说到 Bert Berns，推荐一部介绍他的纪录片：Bang: The Bert Berns Story。
听完 Janis 的歌会有疲惫感，好像你也像她一样用灵魂燃烧了五分钟。Janis 还没完成这张专辑就去世了，真是太遗憾了。如果她能活到现在，一定是一代教母。她的纪录片里好像提到一个制作人跟她说“保持好状态，继续做原创，我希望在三十年后，在你的巅峰，我们一起做一张专辑”，然而造化弄人，她没有机会做那张巅峰专辑了，她没有机会做任何其他专辑了。如果她能活到那时，她会创造多少伟大的音乐啊。
Cry baby, cry baby, cry baby
Honey, welcome back home
I know she told you
Honey, I know she told you that she loved you
Much more than I did
But all I know is that she left you
And you swear that you just don't know why
But you know, honey I'll always
I'll always be around
If you ever want me
Come on and cry, cry baby
Cry baby, cry baby
Oh honey, welcome back home
Don't you know
Honey, ain't nobody ever gonna love you
The way I try to do?
Who'll take all your pain
Honey, your heartache, too?
And if you need me, you know
That I'll always be around
If you ever want me
Come on and cry, cry baby
Cry baby, cry baby
Oh daddy, like you always saying to do
And when you're walkin' around the world, babe
You said you'd try to look for the end of the road
You might find out later that the road'll end in Detroit
Honey, the road'll even end in Kathmandu
You can go all around the world
Trying to find something to do with your life, baby
When you only gotta do one thing well
You only gotta do one thing well to make it in this world, babe
You got a woman waiting for you there
All you ever gotta do is be a good man one time to one woman
And that'll be the end of the road, babe
I know you got more tears to share, babe
So come on, come on, come on, come on, come on
And cry, cry baby
Cry baby, cry
And if you ever feel a little lonely, dear
I want you to come on, come on to your mama now
And if you ever want a little love of a woman
Come on and baby, baby, baby, babe, babe, baby now
Cry baby yeah