[Verse 1]

Busted flat in

 Baton Rouge w

aitin' for a t

rain
              
Feelin' nearly

             
 faded as my j

eans.

Bobby thumbed 

a diesel down 

just before it

 rained
            
Rode us all th

              
e way to New O

 
rleans.
  
I pulled my ha

rpoon out of m

y dirty red ba

ndanna
            
I was playin' 

              
soft while Bob

            
by sang the bl

ues.
             
Windshield wip

              
ers slappin' t

           
ime, I was hol

din' Bobby's h

and in mine
             
We sang every 

              
song that driv

   
er knew.

[Chorus]
             
Freedom's just

              
 another word 

    
for nothin' le

ft to lose,
             
Nothin' don't 

            
mean nothin' i

           
f it ain't fre


e.
             
Feelin' good w

              
as easy, Lord,

 
 when he sang 

the blues.
             
Feelin' good w

              
as good enough

       -
 for me,
              
Good enough fo

              
r me and Bobby

   
 McGee.

[Verse 2]
         
From the Kentu

cky coal mines

 to the Califo

rnia sun,
              
Bobby shared t

              
he secrets of 

   
my soul.
        
Through all ki

nds of weather

, through ever

ything we done

,
            
Hey, Bobby's b

              
ody kept me fr

       
om the cold.
    
One day up nea

r Salinas, Lor

d, I let him s

lip away,
            
He's lookin' f

              
or that home a

             
nd I hope he f

inds it.
             
But I'd trade 

              
all my tomorro

           
ws for one sin

gle yesterday,
             
To be holdin' 

              
Bobby's body n

       
ext to mine.

[Chorus]
             
Freedom's just

              
 another word 

    
for nothin' le

ft to lose,
             
And nothin' ai

            
n't worth noth

              
in', but it's 


free.
             
And feelin' go

              
od was easy, L

          
ord, when Bobb

y sang the blu

es,
             
And feelin' go

              
od was good en

          -
ough for me
              
Oh, good enoug

              
h for me and m

          
y Bobby McGee.