Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) (Live, 1970)

Lyrics

[Spoken intro] A while back, was about a year ago, I think it was I had this apartment, San Francisco I lived on the third floor of this little tiny apartment building Had a little two rooms and a dog, right I lived on the third floor and I used to walk around town And I had, you know, a couple of pairs of Levis And a couple T-shirts and I thought I had my shit pretty good together, man, you know I was out on the streets talking and talking, doing all that shit And every time I found a nice piece of talent He went right straight downstairs To the chick on the second floor There was another chick on the second floor, right And I couldn't understand, I couldn't understand I kept thinking, Janis, why are you doing wrong? Suddenly Well I so decided to get up one morning, ha ha ha And check out the chick's action, right Figure out what she had going that I didn't have going I got up at 9:30 in the morning Which I want you to know is an effort on my part And I got up at 9:30 in the morning, I hid in the stairwell Right next to the chick's across from her's apartment, right And I watched her and watched to see what she had, man That I didn't have And I'll tell you what she had man That chick hit the streets at noon I mean I didn't use to get up till three That chick was already in the street hustling, man So I figured out what you gotta do, man Every time you're looking for a little piece of action And you ain't getting none, man Yyou know what you better do, baby You better try harder, man Try, try, try just a little bit harder So I can love, love, love him, I tell myself Well I'm gonna try, oh yeah, just a little bit harder So I won't lose, lose, lose him to nobody else, yeah Hey, I don't care how long it's gonna take you But if it's a dream I don't want (no I don't really want it) Yeah if it's a dream I don't want nobody to wake me I'm gonna try, oh yeah, just a little bit harder So I can give, give, give, give him every bit of my soul I'm gonna try, oh yeah, just a little bit harder So I can show, show, show him love with no control, yeah Hey I don't care how long it's gonna take you But if it's a dream I don't want (no I don't really want it) Yeah if it's a dream I don't want nobody to wake me Hey dig this! Yeah! Yeah-yeah-yeah! [Guitar solo] Yeah, yeah, yeah, all right Try oh yeah, hey, try oh yeah, lord, lord, lord Try oh yeah, try oh yeah, lord, lord, lord Try oh yeah yeah, try, whoa yeah, try oh yeah, lord, lord, lord Push, work, push, work, oh yeah, try, oh yeah hey Try oh yeah, hey try oh yeah Try lord (just a little a bit harder), try, try You ain't trying man (Try just a little bit harder) You're not trying out man, come up with it (Try just a little bit harder) Come on, that's a, just listens to the words, man (Try just a little bit harder) Hey you gotta work all night Hey little girl, gotta push on (Try just a little bit harder) You gotta need work a little more (Try just a little bit harder) Hey, try a little more, need a little more (Try just a little bit harder) Yeah, work on, push on, move on, move on (Try just a little bit harder) You gotta work for it, you gotta work on it (Try just a little bit harder) Push on, need on, work on, move on Work on, hey hey hey (Try just a little bit harder) (Try just a little bit harder) Work it daddy, work it daddy Come on, work it daddy, oh! Yeah, yeah, you better try, try, try, try a little more (Try just a little bit harder) You ain't never gonna get any man If that's all you can do (Try just a little bit harder) Shit, there's lot more talent around than that man (Try just a little bit harder) Try, try, try, try try try You've gotta try, try, try, try (Try just a little bit harder) Try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try (Try just a little bit harder) Try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try (Try just a little bit harder) You gotta try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try (Try just a little bit harder) Try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try (Try just a little bit harder) Lord, try, try, try, try (Try just a little bit harder) Hey, try oh yeah, try oh yeah, lord, lord, lord Try oh yeah, hey, try whoa, try oh yeah Try oh yeah Try oh yeah, lord, lord, lord Try oh yeah Try oh yeah, hey, hey, hey Try oh yeah Try oh yeah, lord, lord, lord, oh lord And don't you forget! [Announcer:] Janis Joplin [Janis Joplin spoken] José Cuervo Quiet, quiet! I tell you one thing It sure turned a train of freaks into a party, man! Ha ha ha ha Didn't it, boys? Alright Alright, now what should I do? Alright, I'll do a song, man And I'll tell you You could apply it to, well just about anything you want to But could almost be even called the truth I wouldn't go that far I wouldn't heavy up on anybody like that I'll tell you one thing Song's got something to say, you can dig it It's talkin' about everybody's life, man And what passes by you And what you miss and what you grab, man It's a song called: Get It While You Can Cos it ain't gonna be there when you wake up, man