The esteemed singer-songwriter behind “Me and Bobby McGee” and dozens of other hits was also memorable on the big screen in ‘Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore’ and ‘A Star Is Born.’

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      That policeman said Mr. Cool If you’re not drunk then you’re a fool I said if that’s against the law Tell me why I never saw A man locked in that jail of yours Who wasn’t just as lowdown poor as me

      Later on in live version’s he’d change the last line to “who wasn’t either black or as poor as me”.