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The song was written by Kris Kristopherson and covered by The Grateful Dead among others and it was Janis Joplin's only number one song to top the charts which she did posthumously an achievement she shares with Otis Redding as the only two artists to ever reach that plateau. Otis did it with sittin' on the dock of the bay.

Me and Bobbie McGee

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The song was written by Kris Kristopherson and covered by The Grateful Dead among others and it was Janis Joplin's only number one song to top the charts which she did posthumously an achievement she shares with Otis Redding as the only two artists to ever reach that plateau. Otis did it with sittin' on the dock of the bay.

Me and Bobbie McGee

Of course.

George

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This song was also the # 1 single on the Pop Charts, as well as the # 1 song on the easy listening charts.. [Personally, I didn't know there're were any] before it became #1 on the Canadian Charts. It was performed by an Canadian actor and eventually reached # 21 on the country charts where it belonged.

He lay face down in the desert sand

Clutching his six-gun in his hand

Shot from behind, I thought he was dead

But under his heart was an ounce of lead

But a spark still burned so I used my knife

And late that night I saved his life

The days went by, he mended fast

Then from dawn till settin' sun

He practiced with that deadly gun

And hour on hour I watched in awe

No human being could match his draw

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He lay face down in the desert sand

Clutching his six-gun in his hand

Shot from behind, I thought he was dead

But under his heart was an ounce of lead

But a spark still burned so I used my knife

And late that night I saved the life

I nursed him till the danger passed

The days went by, he mended fast

Then from dawn till setting sun

He practiced with that deadly gun

And hour on hour I watched in awe

No human being could match the draw

ne day we rode the mountain crest

And I went east and he went west

I took to law and wore a star

While he spread terror near and far

With lead and blood he gained such fame

All throught the West they feared the name

Here's a little more lyrics. The actor who sang it was mainly a television actor, however, he did do some movies. He was a narrator of a sort / singer. According to Wiki he put out 10 of these narrator/singer type albums. Known for his deep resonant voice.

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He lay face down in the desert sand

Clutching his six-gun in his hand

Shot from behind, I thought he was dead

But under his heart was an ounce of lead

But a spark still burned so I used my knife

And late that night I saved the life

I nursed him till the danger passed

The days went by, he mended fast

Then from dawn till setting sun

He practiced with that deadly gun

And hour on hour I watched in awe

No human being could match the draw

ne day we rode the mountain crest

And I went east and he went west

I took to law and wore a star

While he spread terror near and far

With lead and blood he gained such fame

All throught the West they feared the name

Here's a little more lyrics. The actor who sang it was mainly a television actor, however, he did do some movies. He was a narrator of a sort / singer. According to Wiki he put out 10 of these narrator/singer type albums. Known for his deep resonant voice.

I'm having trouble putting the video's up I want but here's the link to the song.

~Loren Greene~ Ringo

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  • 4 weeks later...

There were two versions? Didn't know that.

I forgot Elton John did one. It's a song by "The Who" to me.

But George is correct that Sir Reginald Dwight's version

included this section. So, correct.

And I'm sorry I didn't have a curveball for you there.

People keep expressing shock that the Pinball Wizard could

play without being able to see or hear,

and that he plays by "intuition" and "sense of smell."

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When she kissed me I was born, and she said goodbye

And I knew right away I was born to cry

Now I'm happy, and the joke's on her...

She took my love, said she's not comin' back

So my world and my sky was all turnin' black

Now I see the light, I'm wise to her...

A walkin' around thinkin' about her

Never thought I could live without her

She broke my heart, I really showed it

Look at me now, you'd never know it

George

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When she kissed me I was born, and she said goodbye

And I knew right away I was born to cry

Now I'm happy, and the joke's on her...

She took my love, said she's not comin' back

So my world and my sky was all turnin' black

Now I see the light, I'm wise to her...

A walkin' around thinkin' about her

Never thought I could live without her

She broke my heart, I really showed it

Look at me now, you'd never know it

George

I don't think I'm familiar with this one George.

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Whole song, with title excised:

When she kissed me I was born and she said goodbye

And I knew right away I was born to cry

Now I'm happy and the joke's on her

Cause I found that place for [TITLE]

She took my love, said she's not comin back

So my world and my sky was all turnin black

Now I see the light, I'm wise to her

Cause I found that place for [TITLE]

A walkin around thinkin about her

Never thought I could live without her

She broke my heart, I really showed it

Look at me now, you'd never know it

Now my story can be told with a smiling face

I'm the luckiest guy in the human race

My dreams have gone for her

Cause I found that place for [TITLE]

Wo wo wo yeah, she took my love you see

Yeah, she doesn't bother me

Yeah I found that place to be

Yeah, ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Yeah walkin around thinkin about her

I never thought I could live without her

She broke my heart, I really showed it

Look at me now, you'd never know it

Now my story can be told with a smiling face

I'm the luckiest guy in the human race

All my lovin dreams have gone for her

Cause I found that place for [TITLE]

George

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I, I love the colorful clothes she wears

And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair

I hear the sound of a gentle word

On the wind that lifts her perfume through the air

George

Isn't this something about "the flower girl"? At least that's what I've got in my head. Flowers in her hair, flowers everywhere.

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