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

[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