Small town Texas girl from Port Arthur,
Misunderstood and an outsider amongst her peers,
Refuge, she sought in blues music and supporting society\'s outcasts,
Her creative artistic nature and liberal outlook met with jeers.
She hit the Swinging Sixties with sensational style,
The \'ugly duckling,\' became San Francisco\'s Haight Ashbury\'s blues goddess and queen,
Big Brother and the Holding Company and Janis triumphed in 67 at the Monterey Pop Festival,
Rock and roll witnessed a sensational rock goddess on the music scene.
Her stunning vocals led to a solo career,
Men and women she both adored and loved with her whole heart
The rollercoaster world of \'rock and roll,\' took its toll on her sensitive soul,
In her self - destruction, drugs and alcohol played an active part.
1970, a new decade emerged,
Sadly, that year Janis lost her life,
She died from an overdose of heroin
An immortal legend was born, freed from the world and its strife.