0 Hello everyone! 02br 02br 00I was looking for some lyrics from Janis Joplin, then I found this: 02br 02br 00"Nothing don't mean nothin' hon' if it ain't free" 02br 02br 00What does that mean? The full text is in "Me and Bobby Mcgee" Lyrics. I think I lost myself in hon' part. 02br 02br 00Thank you! 0-
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0 I think it means this: 02br 02br 00When I say nothing, I don't mean nothing 02br 00 honey (babe) 02br 00if I'm not free. 0-
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0 I think it means this: 02br 02br 00When I say nothing, I don't mean nothing 02br 00 honey (babe) 02br 00if I'm not free.
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0 "Hon" is indeed short for honey, which is a nickname people often affectionately call one another. I am familiar with this song, and to truly make sense of the line you've singled out, one should look to its context (or in this case, just the line that precedes it). 02br 02br 00"Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose, 02br 00Nothing don’t mean no
0 I thought this didn't sound familiar, so I checked Google and found that the Janis Joplin version of this song is different thatn the Kris Kristofferson version, which is the one I'm familiar with. (Janis may well have written it - my quick Google search didn't make it clear.)In Janis' version, the singer is female and "Bobby" is male. In Kris's version, the singer is male and "Bobby" is fem
0 Funny, for I have the JJ version, and she sings the K's lyrics in it 02br 00"Nothing ain't worth nothing, but it's free 02br 00Feeling good was easy Lord when Bobby sang the blues 02br 00Feeling good was good enough for me, aso..." 02br 00Maybe the versions are quite interchangable? 0-
0 Thank you people, for the those quick replies e excelent explanations. I thought that it was an abbreviation for honor or something. 02br 00But as you said, the sentence fit exactly to the previous one. 0-