Busted flat in baton rouge   Waitin' for a train   But I was feelin' near as faded as my jeans   Bobby flagged the diesel down   Just before it rained   And wrote a song on the way to New Orleans      Now I pulled my harpoon and my dirty red bandanna   And I was playing soft while Bobby sang the blues, yeah   Wind shield wipers slappin' time   I was holdin' bobby's hand in mine   And we sang every song that driver knew      And freedom was just another word for nothin' left to lose   Nothin's and that's all that bobby left me, yeah   And feeling good was easy Lord   When he sang the blues   Feelin' good was good enough for me   Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee      From the Kentucky coal mines to the California sun   Now Bobby shared the secrets of my soul   Through all kinds of weather   Through everything we done   Now Bobby baby helped me hold it over      One day out near Salinas, Lord   I let him slip away   He's lookin' for that home and I hope he finds it   'Cause I'll trade all my tomorrows   For one single yesterday   To be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine      And freedom was just another word for nothin' left to lose   Nothin' and it's all that Bobby left me, yeah   And feeling good was easy Lord   When he sang the blues   You know feelin' good was good enough for me   Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee      Bobby McGee   Bobby McGee, yeah   Hey now Bobby, Bobby, Bobby McGee, yeah   Hey now Bobby, Bobby, Bobby McGee, yeah      Lord I call you my lover   I call you my man   I said I call you my lover just as fast as I can   Come on, hey Bobby now, hey Bobby McGee, yeah      Bobby McGee, yeah