Hesitation Blues - Lyrics - Janis Joplin

Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer-songwriter who first rose to fame in the late 1960s as the lead singer of the psychedelic-acid rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, and later as a solo artist with her own backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band. Her first ever large scale public performance was at the Monterey Pop Festival; this led her to becoming very popular and one of the major attractions at the Woodstock festival and the Festival Express train tour. Joplin charted five singles; other popular songs include: "Down on Me"; "Summertime"; "Piece of My Heart"; "Ball 'n' Chain"; "Maybe"; "To Love Somebody"; "Kozmic Blues"; "Work Me, Lord"; "Cry Baby"; "Mercedes Benz"; and her only number one hit, "Me and Bobby McGee".

Well, a nickel is a nickel, a dime is a dime I need a new man, lord I know I wont mind. Tell me how long, dear, do I have to wait ? Can I get you now, dear, must I hesitate ? Well now, the eagle on the dollar says in God we trust You say you wont obey me, you wanna see that dollar first How long, dear, do I have to wait ? Can I get you now, dear, mm, must I hesitate ? Lord, if the river was made of whiskey an I was a duck, Id just swim to the bottom an Id never come up. How long, dear, mm, do I have to wait ? Why, can I get you now, dear, mm, must I hesitate ? Now theres rocks down in the ocean and theres fish in the sea, I know you mean the whole world to me. How long, dear, must I have to wait ? Can I get you now, dear, mm, must I hesitate ? I got them hesitation stockings, I got them hesitation shoes, Lord knows I got them hesitation blues. Tell me, how long do I have to wait ? Why, can I get you now, dear, mm, must I hesitate ? Yeah! That sounds good! That sounds ...