Kozmic Blues

This song is about hope and trying to see the good in situations, but always seeming to come up short - something that is a common Blues theme. This is one of the songs that showcased Joplin's powerful vocals.

[Verse 1] Time keeps moving on Friends they turn away I keep moving' on But I never found out why I keep pushing so hard the dream I keep trying' to make it right Through another lonely day, whoa a Dawn has come at last Twenty-five years, honey just in one night, oh yeah Well, I'm twenty-five years older now So I know we can't be right And I'm no better, baby And I can't help you no more Than I did when just a girl [Chorus] Aww, but it don't make no difference, baby, no, no And I know that I could always try It don't make no difference, baby, yeah I better hold it now, I better need it, yeah I better use it until the day I die, whoa [Verse 2] Don't expect any answers, dear For I know that they don't come with age, no, no Well, I'm never going to love you any better, babe And I'm never going to love you right So you'd better take it now, right now [Chorus] Aww, but it don't make no difference, babe And I know that I could always try There's a fire inside of everyone of us You better need it now, I get to hold it, yeah I better use it until the day I die [Verse 3] Don't make no difference, babe, no, no, no And it never ever will, hey I want to talk about a little bit of loving, yeah I get to hold it, baby I'm going to need it now I'm going to use it, say, aah Don't make no difference, babe, yeah Ah honey, I'd hate to be the one I said you're going to live your life And you're going to love your life Or babe, someday you're going to have to cry Yes indeed, yes indeed, yes indeed Ah, baby, yes indeed I said you, you're always going to hurt me I said you're always going to let me down I said everywhere, every day, every day And every way, every way Ah honey won't you hold on to what's going to move I said it's going to disappear when you turn your back I said you know it isn't going to be there When you want to reach out and grab on [Outro] Whoa babe Whoa babe Whoa babe Oh but keep trucking on Whoa yeah Whoa yeah Whoa yeah Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa