Song Title

[Annie W]

Can anyone tell me which song the following line comes from:
"Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose"
Also who sang it. I read the words in a book.

[1955]

Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin

[puternut]

I agree Janis Joplin is one of the more 'famous' as it was released just after her death and then went to #1 but it has been recorded by many many more artists
The song was written by Kris Kristofferson and was (alledgedly) originally offered to The Statler Brothers but Roger Miller managed to record and release it (1969) before they could!


* 1969 Roger Miller on the album Roger Miller 1970
* 1969 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition on the album Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town
* 1970 Ramblin' Jack Elliott on the album Bill Durham Sacks & Railroad Tracks
* 1970 Gordon Lightfoot on the album Sit Down Young Stranger
* 1970 Kris Kristofferson on his debut album Kristofferson (Kristofferson's version also appears in the film "Two-Lane Blacktop")
* 1970 Bill Haley & His Comets on the album Rock Around the Country. (According to the biography Bill Haley by John Swenson, Kristofferson gave Haley's version his seal of approval.)
* 1970 Sam The Sham from the Atlantic single "Me And Bobby McGee/Key To The Highway" (Atlantic #2757)
* 1971 Janis Joplin U.S. number-one single, and on the album Pearl
* 1971 & 1972 Jerry Lee Lewis (flip side to "Would You Take Another Chance on Me") and on "The Killer Rocks On"
* 1971 Dottie West on the album Have You Heard...
* 1971 The Grateful Dead on the album Skull & Roses
* 1971 Loretta Lynn on the album I Wanna Be Free
* 1972 Johnny Cash on the live Pa Osteraker
* 1973 Waylon Jennings on the album Lonesome, On'ry and Mean
* 1973 Thelma Houston on Thelma Houston
* 1973 Olivia Newton-John on the album Let Me Be There
* 1975 Lonnie Donegan
* 1999 LeAnn Rimes on the album LeAnn Rimes
* 2000 Sleepy LaBeuf on the album Larger than Life 3
* 2003 Jerry Jeff Walker on the album To Old To Change
* 2004 Pink on the album Live in Europe
* 2005 Dolly Parton on the album Those