Janis Joplin - Albert Hall Interview (1969) lyrics

This whole thing that's happened to me, you see, this whole success thing, er, it hasn't yet really compromised the position that i took a long time ago in texas, that was to be true to myself Be the person that i f ... that was on inside of me and not play games. you see, actually what i'm trying to do mostly, if i, in the whole world, is to not bullsh** myself, and not bullsh** anyb Lse. to be righteous to myself, i mean to be real, you know what i mean ? and so far, you know i'm, i'm just tryin' to ... i'm doin' that, i am, you know. i'm not wearin' cardboard eyelashes, an D, you know, and girdles, and playin' in las vegas. by still bein' janis, i just happens to be on a slightly different level or somethin' now. and ... you know i suppose it's because i've never Premeditated enough in show-business that i was worried about putting on a, a face, you know what i mean ? so i can sit here and tell you the truth. you know ? otherwise it's slightly inhibiting Lly, it doesn't, it doesn't f Orce a game on me, because i refuse to let it force a game on me. so i can sit here and be just as honest as i would be in a bar, although i'd be a lot happier in a bar!