What Good Can Drinkin Do
by 
Janis Joplin 
recording of 19 
from 
From the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture "Janis" (Columbia 467 4D6-2) 
What good can drinkin' do, what good can drinkin' do? 
Lord, I drink all night but the next day I still feel blue 
There's a glass on the table, they say it's gonna ease all my pain, 
And there's a glass on the table, they say it's gonna ease all my pain 
But I drink it down, an' the next day I feel the same 
Gimme whiskey, gimme bourbon, give me gin 
Oh, gimme whiskey, give me bourbon, gimme gin 
'Cause it don't matter what I'm drinkin', Lord, as long as it drown this sorrow I'm in 
I start drinking Friday, I start drinking Friday night 
Lord, I start drinking Friday, start drinking Friday night 
But then I wake up on Sunday, child, there ain't nothin' that's right 
My man he left me, child, he left me here 
Yeah, my good man left me, went away and left me here 
Lord, I'm feelin' lowdown, just give me another glass of beer 
What good can drinkin' do, what good can drinkin' do? 
Well, I drink all night but the next day I still feel blue!