The song is about Janis Joplin, and was written after her death, so I suspect it's matter-of-fact, but with a twist. And, having listened to a lot of LC, could he finish off a song like that without intending to leave a twist?
LC occasionaly introduces the song with the following tale:
He and Joplin had been staying in the Chelsea (in New York) and had been passing each other in the halls and running into each other in the elevators. In one of these encounters, Joplin, well into her cups, asked Cohen if he had seen Kris Kristofferson (who wrote Me and Bobby McGee). Cohen said he was Kristofferson.
Debauchery apparently ensued.
I am an unabashed Cohen fan. I just spent way too much time reading through lyrics of his songs.
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Date: 2008-03-12 01:25 am (UTC)LC occasionaly introduces the song with the following tale:
He and Joplin had been staying in the Chelsea (in New York) and had been passing each other in the halls and running into each other in the elevators. In one of these encounters, Joplin, well into her cups, asked Cohen if he had seen Kris Kristofferson (who wrote Me and Bobby McGee). Cohen said he was Kristofferson.
Debauchery apparently ensued.
I am an unabashed Cohen fan. I just spent way too much time reading through lyrics of his songs.