19-Year-Old Janis Joplin’s “So Sad To Be Alone” Will Make You Want To Hug Her

19-Year-Old Janis Joplin’s “So Sad To Be Alone” Will Make You Want To Hug Her | Society Of Rock Videos

“It’s Sad, So Sad To Be Alone.”

Despite the success she achieved during her relatively short career, it’s no secret that Janis Joplin was actually an incredibly lonely woman, shouldering a great deal of pain – the kind that comes with being too brilliant and too far beyond your years. ‘So Sad To Be Alone’ dealt largely with the fact that inevitably, we’re all alone at our darkest moments, a fact Janis knew fairly intimately.

It was a brief glimpse into the mind and heart of Janis at age 19 – struggling with not fitting in in college but not really knowing where she belongs, you can even hear it in that voice that’s almost too shy to recognize as belonging to Janis!

Fun Fact: ‘So Sad To Be Alone’ is one of Janis’ first home recordings, from sometime in 1962 during her stint at the University of Austin.

If this doesn’t make you want to reach out and hug that shy, self-effacing college kid that Janis used to be, I’m not sure what will. It’s a definite must-listen, and a moment in Janis history that you won’t want to miss!

+ So Sad To Be Alone lyrics +

It’s sad, so sad to be alone
It’s sad, so sad to be alone
No friends to help you, no family no home
It’s sad, so sad to be alone

The dusty road calls you, come again
The dusty road calls you, come again
The dusty road calls you, you walk till the end
It’s sad, so sad to be alone

You look at other people through your tears
You look at other people through your tears
They know nothing of sorrow, of saddness or fear
It’s sad, so sad to be alone

You sit and sing in darkened rooms
You sit and sing in darkened rooms
Your song fills the air with increasing gloom
It’s sad, so sad to be alone

It’s sad, so sad to be alone
It’s sad, so sad to be alone
No friends to help you, no family, no home
It’s sad, so sad to be alone

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