Writer(s): Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson

Busted flat in baton rouge waitin' for a train

When I's feelin' near as faded as my jeans

Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained

And rode us all the way into New Orleans

all the way in to New Or leans

I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana

I's playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues

Windshield wipers slappin' time, I was holdin' Bobby's hand in mine

We sang every song that driver knew

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose

Nothin', it ain't nothin' honey, if it ain't free

And feelin' good was easy, lord, oh, when he sang the blues

You know feelin' good was good enough for me

Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee

From the Kentucky coal mines to the California sun

Hey Bobby shared the secrets of my soul

Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done

Yeah Bobby baby kept me from the cold

One day up near Salinas, lo-ord, I let him slip away

He's lookin' for that home and I hope he finds it

Well I'd trade all of my tomorrows for one single yesterday

To be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine

Free dom's just an ot her word

for not hin' left to lose

Not hin' that's all

that Bob by left me Yeah

But if fee lin' good was ea sy lord

when he sang the blues

Hey fee lin' good was good eno ugh for me

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Yeah Lord I called him my lov er

Called him my man

I said I called him my lov er

Just the best I can come on

Hey now Bob by now hey now Bob by Mc Gee

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