美歌手兼歌曲作家Kris Kristofferson尚未正式出道前，除了在唱片公司歌，也同在商用直公司兼差任。某日，他正要唱片公司去直，老Fred Foster打他，已想好了一首歌名 ---《Me and Bobby McGee》，要他在航程中始思作。其，Bobby McGee是同中另外一位音人的女秘的名字。
考了1954的影《La Strada / 大路》的故事，以及歌曲《Why You Been Gone So Long》的旋律，再自己一番的，Kris Kristofferson於完成了此首《Me and Bobby McGee》。1969由Roger Miller首行，在告示牌村及榜分得12及22名。1970，Gordon Lightfoot的版本在村榜第13名 ( 在他自己的家加拿大是No. 1 )。
1970，美迷幻女歌手Janis Joplin也翻唱此曲，收在其《Preal》中，但在此的唱期，Janis Joplin被死於旅房的地板上，死因服用多的海洛因毒品及酒精，享年27。Janis Joplin在1967的「Monterey流行音」上始露角，接著在1969的「Woodstock音」，更成被宣召的重要歌手。或由於她的意外死亡，使得她的首《Me and Bobby McGee》受到更多的注，1971一上了榜的第一名。也是Otis Redding的《Sitting On The Dock of The Bay》之後，第二位身後得榜冠曲的歌手。
也算是一首公路歌曲。是一起流浪、搭便，或是分手各自追理想，感充著自由的息。「Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose」，起似乎自在，但的生活真的很快？可能只有身去後才知道吧……。
Kris Kristofferson和Janis Joplin之前即已，曾，但首歌非是Joplin的。Kristofferson不言，由於Janis Joplin的翻唱此曲，使得他之前不怎的歌唱事，入到了一新的次。
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train
And I's feelin' near as faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained
It rode us all the way to New Orleans
I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna
I was playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues, yeah
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', don't mean nothin' hon' if it ain't free, no no
And, feelin' 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 McGhee
From the Kentucky coal mine to the California sun
There 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, Lord, I let him slip away
He's lookin' for that home, and I hope he finds it
But, I'd trade all of my tomorrows, for a single yesterday
To be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
Nothin', that's all that Bobby left me, yeah
But, feelin' good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues
Hey, feelin' good was good enough for me, mm-hmm
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGhee
La da da
La da da da
La da da da da da da da
La da da da da da da da
Bobby McGhee, yeah
La da da da da da da
La da da da da da da
La da da da da da da
Bobby McGhee, yeah
La da La la da da la da da la da da
La da da da da da da da da
Hey, my Bobby
Oh, my Bobby McGhee, yeah
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
Hey, my Bobby
Oh, my Bobby McGhee, yeah
Well, I call him my lover, call him my man
I said, I call him my lover did the best I can, c'mon
Hey now, Bobby now
Hey now, Bobby McGhee, yeah
Woo
La da, la da, la da, la da, la da, la da, la da, la la
Hey, hey, hey Bobby McGhee, yeah
La da, la da, la da, la da, la da, la da, la da, la
Hey, hey, hey, Bobby McGhee, yeah
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