Complete Studio Recordings

(page/plant)

Drop down, baby, let your daddy see.
Drop down, mama, just dream of me
Well, my mama allow me to fool around all night long
Well, i may look like i'm crazy, i should know right from wrong
See me comin', throw your man out the door
Ain't no stranger, been this way before
See me comin', mama, throw your man out the door
I ain't no stranger, i been this way before.

Put on your night shirt and your morning gown
You know by night i'm gonna shake 'em down
Put on your night shirt mama, and your morning gown
Well, you know by night i'm gonna shake 'em down
Your custard pie, yeah, sweet and nice
When you cut it, mama, save me a slice
Your custard pie, i declare, it's sweet and nice
I like your custard pie
When you cut it, mama... mama, please save me a slice.

Save me a slice of your custard pie.
Drop down

Her face is cracked from smiling,
All the fears that she's been hiding,
And it seems pretty soon ev'rybody's gonna know.
And her voice is sore from shouting,
Cheering winners who are losing,
And she worries if their days are few
And soon they'll have to go.

*my, my, my, i'm so happy,
I'm gonna join the band,
We are gonna dance and sing in celebration,
We are in the promised land.

She hears them talk of new ways
To protect the home she lives in,
Then she wonders what it's all about
When they break down the door.
Her name is brown or white or black,
You know her very well,
You hear her cries of mercy
As the winners toll the bell.

* chorus

There is a train that leaves the station
Heading for your destination,
But the price you pay to nowhere has increased a dollar more.
Yes, it has!
And if you walk you're gonna get there
Tho' it takes a little longer,
And when you see it in the distance
You will wring your hands and moan.

(page/plant)

Here's a tale of tom
Who worked the railroads long
His wife would cook his meal
As he would change the wheel

Poor tom, seventh son, always knew what's goin on
Ain't a thing that you can hide from tom
There ain't nothing that you can hide from tom

Worked for thirty years
Sharing hopes and fears
Dreamin' of the day
He could turn and say

Poor tom, work's done, been lazin' out in the noonday sun

Ain't a thing that you can hide from tom

His wife was annie mae
With any man a game she'd play
When tom was out of town
She couldn't keep her dress down

Poor tom, seventh son, always knew what's goin on

Ain't a thing that you can hide from tom

And so it was one day
People got to annie mae (?)
Tom stood, a gun in his hand
And stopped her runnin' around

Poor tom, seventh son, gotta die for what you've done

All those years of work are thrown away
To ease your mind is that all you can say?

But what about that grandson on your knee?
Them railroad songs, tom would sing to me

Ain't nothing that you can hide from tom

Keep-a truckin'

Oh oh oh oh oh oh, you don't have to go oh oh oh oh oh
You don't have to go oh oh oh oh oh, baby please don't go.
Ay ay ay ay ay ay, all those tears i cry ay ay ay ay ay
All those tears i cry ay ay ay ay ay, baby please don't go.

Chorus

When i read the letter you wrote, it made me mad mad mad
When i read the news that it brought me
It made me sad sad sad, but i still love you so
I can't let you go, i love you- ooh baby i love you.

Oh oh oh oh oh oh, every breath i take oh oh oh oh oh
Every move i make oh oh oh oh oh, baby please don't go.
Ay ay ay ay ay ay, you hurt me to my soul ay ay ay ay ay
You hurt me to my soul ay ay ay ay ay,
Darling please don't go.

Chorus

Oh oh oh oh oh oh, you don't have to go oh oh oh oh oh
You don't have to go oh oh oh oh oh
(baby please don't go)
(whatever happened to rosie and the originals?)

(jones/page/plant)

Sisters of the way-side bide their time in quiet peace,
Await their place within the ring of calm;
Still stand to turn in seconds of release,
Await the call they know may never come.
In times of lightness, no intruder dared upon
To jeopardize the course, upset the run;
And all was joy and hands were raised toward the sun
As love in the halls of plenty overrun.

Still in their bliss unchallenged mighty feast,
Unending dances shadowed on the day.
Within their walls, their daunting formless keep,
Preserved their joy and kept their doubts at bay.
Faceless legions stood in readiness to weep,
Just turn a coin, bring order to the fray;
And everything is soon no sooner thought than deed,
But no one seemed to question in anyway.

How keen the storied hunter's eye prevails upon the land
To seek the unsuspecting and the weak;
And powerless the fabled sat, too smug to lift a hand
Toward the foe that threatened from the deep.
Who cares to dry the cheeks of those who saddened stand
Adrift upon a sea of futile speech?
And to fall to fate and make the 'status plan'
Where was your word, where did you go?
Where was your helping, where was your bow? bow.
Dull is the armour, cold is the day.
Hard was the journey, dark was the way. way.
I heard the word; i couldn't stay. oh.
I couldn't stand it another day, another day,
Another day, another day.

Touched by the timely coming,
Roused from the keeper's sleep,
Release the grip, throw down the key.

Held now within the knowing,
Rest now within the peace.
Take of the fruit, but guard the seed.

They had to stay!

Held now within the knowing,
Rest now within the beat.
Take of the fruit, but guard the seed...

(dixon)

I can't quit you babe
Woman i think i'm gonna put you down for a little while
I can't quit you babe
I... think i'm gonna put you down for a while
I said you messed up my happy home
Made me mistreat my only child

You built my hopes so high
Baby then you let me down so low
You built my hopes so high then ya let me down... so low
Don'tcha realize sweet baby?
Woman i don't know... which way to go

Woman i can't quit you babe
I think i'm gonna put you down for a while

(jones/page/plant)

Greasy slicked down body, groovy leather trim
I like the way you hold the road, mama, it ain't no sin

Talkin' 'bout love (x3)

Trouble-free transmission, helps your oil's flow
Mama, let me pump your gas, mama, let me do it all

Talkin' 'bout love (x3)

Dig that heavy metal underneath your hood
Baby, i could work all night, believe i've got the perfect tools

Talkin' 'bout love (x3)

A model built for comfort, really built with style
Specialist tradition, mama, let me feast my eyes

Talkin' 'bout love (x3)

Factory air-conditioned, heat begins to rise
Guaranteed to run for hours, mama it's a perfect size

Talkin' 'bout love (x3)

Groovin' on the freeway, gauge is on the red
Gun down on my gasoline, i believe i'm gonna crack a head.

Talkin' 'bout love (x3)
I can't stop talkin' about...

Come to me for service every hundred miles
Baby, let me check your points, fix your overdrive

Talkin' 'bout love (x3)

Fully automatic, comes in any size
Makes me wonder what i did, before we synchronized

Talkin' 'bout love (x3)

Feather-light suspension, coils just couldn't hold
I'm so glad i took a look inside your showroom doors

Talkin' 'bout love (x3)

Oh, i can't stop talkin' about love.

(page/plant)

Nobody's fault but mine (x 2)
Trying to save my soul tonight
It's nobody's fault but mine

Devil he told me to roll (x2)
How to roll the log tonight
Nobody's fault but mine

Brother he showed me the gong?
Brother he showed me the ding dong ding dong
How to roll, the log tonight
Oh, it's nobody's fault but mine

Got a monkey on my back. (x 2)
Gonna change my ways tonight
Nobody's fault but mine

I will get down rollin' tonight
Nobody's fault

In the days of my youth
I was told what it means to be a man,
Now i've reached the age
I've tried to do all those things the best i can.
No matter how i try,
I find my way into the same old jam.

*good times, bad times,
You know i had my share;
When my woman left home
For a brown eyed man,
Well, i still don't seem to care.

Sixteen: i fell in love
With a girl as sweet as could be,
Only took a couple of days
Till she was rid of me.
She swore that she would be all mine
And love me till the end,
But when i whispered in her ear
I lost another friend, oooh.

* chorus

I know what it means to be alone,
I sure do wish i was at home.
I don't care what the neighbors say,
I'm gonna love you each and every day.
You can feel the beat within my heart.
Realize, sweet babe, we ain't ever gonna part.

(bonham/jones/page/plant)

In my time of dying, want nobody to mourn
All i want for you to do is take my body home

Well, well, well, so i can die easy (x2)

Jesus, gonna make up my dyin' bed.
Meet me, jesus, meet me. meet me in the middle of the air
If my wings should fail me, lord. please meet me with another pair

Well, well, well, so i can die easy (x2)

Jesus, gonna make up.. somebody, somebody...
Jesus gonna make up... jesus gonna make you my dyin' bed

Oh, saint peter, at the gates of heaven... won't you let me in
I never did no harm. i never did no wrong

Oh, gabriel, let me blow your horn. let me blow your horn
Oh, i never did, did no harm.

I've only been this young once. i never thought i'd do anybody no wrong
No, not once.

Oh, i did somebody some good. somebody some good...
Oh, did somebody some good. i must have did somebody some good...

And i see them in the streets
And i see them in the field
And i hear them shouting under my feet
And i know it's got to be real
Oh, lord, deliver me
All the wrong i've done
You can deliver me, lord
I only wanted to have some fun.

Hear the angels marchin', hear the' marchin', hear them marchin',
Hear them marchin', the' marchin'

Oh my jesus... (repeat)

Oh, don't you make it my dyin', dyin', dyin'...

(studio chatter: "that's gonna be the one, isn't it? "
"come have a listen, then. "
Oh yes, thank you.")

Hey, hey, mama, said the way you move
Gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove.
Oh, oh, child, way you shake that thing
Gonna make you burn, gonna make you sting.
Hey, hey, baby, when you walk that way
Watch your honey drip, can't keep away.

*ah yeah, ah yeah, ah, ah, ah., ah yeah, ah yeah, ah, ah, ah.

I gotta roll, can't stand still,
Got a flame in my heart, can't get my fill,
Eyes that shine burning red,
Dreams of you all thru my head.
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah.

Hey, baby, oh, baby, pretty baby,
Tell me what you do me now.
(repeat)

Didn't take too long 'fore i found out
What people mean my down and out.
Spent my money, took my car,
Started tellin' her friends she wants to be a star.
I don't know but i been told
A big legged woman ain't got no soul.

* chorus

All i ask for when i pray,
Steady rollin' woman gonna come my way.
Need a woman gonna hold my hand
And tell me no lies, make me a happy man.

Been dazed and confused for so long it's not true,
Wanted a woman, never bargained for you.
Lots of people talk and few of them know,
Soul of a woman was created below. yeah!
You hurt and abused tellin' all of your lies,
Run around sweet baby, lord how they hypnotize.
Sweet little baby, i don't know where you've been,
Gonna love you baby, here i come again.
Every day i work so hard
Bringin' home my hard earned pay
Try to love you baby, but you push me away.
Don't know where you're goin'
Only know just where you've been,
Sweet little baby, i want you again.
Been dazed and confused for so long, it's not true,
Wanted a woman, never bargained for you.
Take it easy baby, let them say what they will.
Will your tongue wag so much when i send you the bill?

(page/plant)

Then as it was, then again it will be
An' though the course may change sometimes
Rivers always reach the sea
Blind stars of fortune, each have several rays
On the wings of maybe, down in birds of prey
Kind of makes me feel sometimes, didn't have to grow
But as the eagle leaves the nest, it's got so far to go

Changes fill my time, baby, that's alright with me
In the midst i think of you, and how it used to be

Did you ever really need somebody, and really need 'em bad
Did you ever really want somebody, the best love you ever had
Do you ever remember me, baby, did it feel so good
'cause it was just the first time, and you knew you would

Through the eyes an' i sparkle, senses growing keen
Taste your love along the way, see your feathers preen
Kind of makes makes me feel sometimes, didn't have to grow
We are eagles of one nest, the nest is in our soul

Vixen in my dreams, with great surprise to me
Never thought i'd see your face the way it used to be
Oh darlin', oh darlin'

I'm never gonna leave you. i never gonna leave
Holdin' on, ten years gone
Ten years gone, holdin' on, ten years gone

Queen of light took her bow
And then she turned to go,
The prince of peace embraced the gloom
And walked the night alone.
Oh, dance in the dark of night,
Sing to the morn - ing light.
The dark lord rides in force tonight
And time will tell us all.
Oh, throw down your plow and hoe,
Rest not to lock your homes.
Side by side we wait the might
Of the darkest of them all.
I hear the horses' thunder
Down in the valley blow,
I'm waiting for the angels of avalon,
Waiting for the eastern glow.
The apples of the valley hold,
The seas of happiness,
The ground is rich from tender care,
Repay, do not forget, no, no.
Oh,-------dance in the dark of night,
Sing to the morning light.
The apples turn to brown and black, the tyrant's face is red.
Oh the war is common cry, pick up you swords and fly.
The sky is filled with good and bad
That mortals never know.
Oh, well, the night is long, the beads of time pass slow,
Tired eyes on the sunrise, waiting for the eastern glow.
The pain of war cannot exceed
The woe of aftermath,
The drums will shake the castle wall,
The ring wraiths ride in black, ride on.
Sing as you raise your bow,
Shoot straighter than before.
No comfort has the fire at night
That lights the face so cold.
Oh dance in the dark of night,
Sing to the mornin' light.
The magic runes are writ in gold
To bring the balance back, bring it back.
At last the sun is shining, the clouds of blue roll by,
With flames from the dragon of darkness
The sunlight blinds his eyes.

(page/plant)

Well i just got into town today
To find my girl who's gone away
She took the greyhound at the general store
I searched myself i searched the town
When i finally did sit down
I find myself no wiser than before

She said we couldn't do no wrong
No other love could be so strong
She locked up my heart in her bottom drawer
Now she took my heart she took my keys
From in my old blue dungarees
And i'll never go to texas anymore

* chorus: now my baby's gone i don't know what to do
She took my love and walked right out the door
And if i ever find that girl i know one thing for sure
I'm gonna give her something like she never had before

I took her love at seventeen
A little late these days it seems
But they said heaven is well worth waiting for
I took her word i took it all
Beneath the sign that said "u-haul"
She left angels hangin round for more

Chorus

I thought i had it all sewn up
Our love, a plot, a pick-up truck
But folks said she was after something more
I never did quite understand
All that talk about rockin' bands
But they just rolled my doll right out the door
Oh yeah, they just rolled my doll right out the door!

Close the door, put out the light.
No, they won't be home tonight.
The snow falls hard and don't you know?
The winds of thor are blowing cold.
They're wearing steel that's bright and true
They carry news that must get through, oooh
They choose the path where no-one goes.
They hold no quarter, they hold no quarter.
Walking side by side with death
The devil mocks their every step
The snow drives back the foot that's slow
The dogs of doom are howling more
They carry news that must get through
To build a dream for me and you
They choose the path where no-one goes.
They hold no quarter, they ask no quarter.
The pain, the pain without quarter.
They ask no quarter.
Yeah! without quarter, quarter, yeah!
The dogs of doom are howling more!
I hear the dogs of doom are howling more!

Walkin' in the park just the other day, baby,
What do you, what do you think i saw?
Crowds of people sittin' on the grass with flowers in their hair said,
"hey, boy, do you wanna score?"
And you know how it is;
I really don't know what time it was, woh, oh,
So i asked them if i could stay awhile.
I didn't notice but it had got very dark and i was really,
Really out of my mind.
Just then a policeman stepped up to me and asked us said,
"please, hey, would we care to all get in line,
Get in line."
Well you know,
They asked us to stay for tea and have some fun,
Oh, oh, he said that his friends would all drop by, ooh.
Why don't you take a good look at yourself and describe what you see,
And baby, baby, baby, do you like it?
There you sit, sitting spare like a book on a shelf rustin'
Ah, not trying to fight it.
You really don't care if they're coming, oh, oh,
I know that it's all a state of mind, ooh.
If you go down in the streets today, baby, you better,
You better open your eyes.
Folk down there really don't care, really don't care,
Don't care, really don't
Which, which way the pressure lies,
So i've decided what i'm gonna do now.
So i'm packing my bags for the misty mountains
Where the spirits go now,
Over the hills where the spirits fly, ooh, i really don't know.

You know you shook me,
You shook me all night long.
You know you shook me, baby,
You shook me all night long.
You shook me so hard baby,
Baby, baby, please come home.
I have a bird that whistles,
And i have birds that sing.
I have a bird that whistles,
And i have birds that sing.
I have a baby, won't do nothing, oh!
Oh, oh, buy a diamond ring.
You know you shook me, baby,
You shook me all night long.
I know you really, really, did baby.
I said you shook me, baby.
You shook me all night long.
You shook me so hard, baby.
You shook me all night long.

Hangman, hangman, hold it a little while,
Think i see my friends coming,
Riding a many mile.
Friends, did you get some silver?
Did you get a little gold?
What did you bring me, my dear friends,
To keep me from the gallows pole?
What did you bring me to keep me from the gallows pole?
I couldn't get no silver, i couldn't get no gold,
You know that we're too damn poor
To keep you from the gallows pole.
Hangman, hangman, hold it a little while,
I think i see my brother coming,
Riding a many mile.
Brother, did you get me some silver?
Did you get a little gold?
What did you bring me, my brother,
To keep me from the gallows pole?
Brother, i brought you some silver,
I brought a little gold,
I brought a little of ev'ry thing
To keep you from the gallows pole.
Yes, i brought you to keep you from the gallows pole.
Hangman, hangman, turn your head awhile,
I think i see my sister coming,
Riding a many mile, mile, mile.
Sister, i implore you, take him by the hand,
Take him to some shady bower,
Save me from the wrath of this man,
Please take him,
Save me from the wrath of this man, man.
Hangman, hangman, upon your face a smile,
Pray tell me that i'm free to ride,
Ride for many mile, mile, mile.
Oh, yes, you got a fine sister,
She warmed my blood from cold,
Brought my blood to boiling hot
To keep you from the gallows pole,
Your brother brought me silver,
Your sister warmed my soul,
But now i laugh and pull so hard
And see you swinging on the gallows pole
Keep-a-swingin'!
Swingin' on the gallows pole!

This is the springtime of my loving-
The second season i am to know
You are the sunlight in my growing-
So little warmth i've felt before.
It isn't hard to feel me glowing-
I watched the fire that grew so low.
It is the summer of my smiles-
Flee from me keepers of the gloom.
Speak to me only with your eyes
It is to you i give this tune.
Ain't so hard to recognize-
These things are clear to all from
Time to time. ooooh...
Talk talk-
I've felt the coldness of my winter
I never thought it would ever go
I cursed the gloom that set upon us...
But i know that i love you so
But i know that i love you so.
These are the seasons of emotion
And like the winds they rise and fall
This is the wonder of devotion-
I see the torch we all must hold.
This is the mystery of the quotient-
Upon us all a little rain
Must fall, just a little rain?
Ooooh, yeah yeah yeah!

(page/plant)

It was an april morning when they told us we should go
As i turn to you, you smiled at me
How could we say no?

With all the fun to have, to live the dreams we always had
Oh, the songs to sing, when we at last return again

Sending off a glancing kiss, to those who claim they know
Below the streets that steam and hiss,
The devil's in his hole

Oh to sail away, to sandy lands and other days
Oh to touch the dream, hides inside and never seen.

Into the sun the south the north, at last the birds have flown
The shackles of commitment fell, in pieces on the ground

Oh to ride the wind, to tread the air above the din
Oh to laugh aloud, dancing as we fought the crowd

To seek the man whose pointing hand, the giant step unfolds
With guidance from the curving path, that churns up into stone

If one bell should ring, in celebration for a king
So fast the heart should beat, as proud the head with heavy feet.

Days went by when you and i, bathed in eternal summers glow
As far away and distant, our mutual child did grow

Oh the sweet refrain, soothes the soul and calms the pain
Oh albion remains, sleeping now to rise again

Wandering & wandering, what place to rest the search
The mighty arms of atlas, hold the heavens from the earth

The mighty arms of atlas, hold the heavens from the earth
From the earth...

I know the way, know the way, know the way, know the way (x2)

Oh the mighty arms of atlas, hold the heavens from the earth.

Instrumental

(jones/page/plant)

Oh she's my baby, let me tell you why
Hey, she drives me crazy, she's the apple of my eye
'cause she is my girl, and she can never do wrong
If i dream too much at night, somebody please bring me down

Hey, i love that little lady, i got to be her fool
Ain't no other like my baby, i can break the golden rule
'cause i get down on my knees, oh, i pray that love won't die
And if i always try to please, i don't know the reason why, yeah

If she would come back, only stay with me

Every little bit of my love, etc., i give to you girl

I don't have to go by plane
I ain't gotta go by car
I don't care just where my darling is
People i just don't care how far
I'm gonna crawl
I don't care if i got to go back home
I don't care what i got to stand to her back
I'm gonna crawl
I'm gonna move the car, baby
She give me good lovin
Yes i love her, i guess i love her
I'm gonna crawl.

(jones/page/plant)

Well there's a light in your eye that keeps shining
Like a star that can't wait for the night
I hate to think i've been blinded baby
Why can't i see you tonight?

And the warmth of your smile starts a-burnin'
And the thrill of your touch gives me fright
And i'm shaking so much, really yearning
Why don't you show up, make it all right?
Yeah, it's all right.

And if you promised you'd love so completely
And you said you would always be true
You swore that you would never leave me, baby:
What ever happened to you?

And you thought it was only in movies
As you wish all your dreams would come true
It ain't the first time believe me, baby
I'm standin here feeling blue
Yeah i'm blue

Now i will stand in the rain on the corner
I'll watch the people go shuffling downtown
Another ten minutes no longer
And then i'm turning around

The clock on the wall's moving slower
My heart it sinks to the ground
And the storm that i thought would blow over
Clouds the light of the love that i found

Now my body is starting to quiver
And the palms of my hands getting wet
I've got no reason to doubt you baby,
It's all a terrible mess

I'll run in the rain till i'm breathless
When i'm breathless i'll run till i drop, hey
The thoughts of a fool's kind of careless
I'm just a fool waiting on the wrong block, oh yeah
Light of the love that i found...

whoah, the girl i love, she got long black wavy hair
I do declare!
The girl i love, yeah, she got long black wavy hair,
Ah yeah,
Her mother and her father, lordy,
They sure don't, sure don't allow me there.

Well i, i'm goin' back to my baby, lord i,
I swear i wouldn't lie, yeah
I never saw that sweet woman yeah in-a
A-five long years gone by, yeah.
Well i'm goin' ho__me, i'm goin' home
'cause she's a sweet little darlin', ah
I said i been away, ahh-far too long,
I been away too long.

Take it jimmy!

Well, my baby when...
She shakes just like a willow tree,
Yes she does.
My baby, when she walks, ya know
She shakes like a willow tree, yeah.
Ah-that mean, mistreatin' baby she know she
Hop, hops all over me.
Oooh.

Yeah!
Alright!
Hops over me...

Oh!
Workin' from seven to eleven ev'ry night,
It really makes life a drag,
I don't think that's right.
I've really, really been the best of fools,
I did what i could, yeah
'cause i love you, baby,
How i love you, darling,
How i love you, baby,
How i love you, girl, little girl.
But baby, since i've been loving you, yeah,
I'm about to lose my worried mind, oh, yeah.
Ev'rybody trying to tell me
That you didn't mean me no good.
I've been trying, lord, let me tell you,
Let me tell you i really did the best i could.
I've been working from seven to eleven ev'ry night,
I said it kinda makes my life a drag.
Lord, that ain't right, no no!
Since i've been loving you,
I'm about to lose my worried mind.
Said i've been crying,
My tears they fell like rain,
Don't you hear,
Don't you hear them falling,
Don't you hear,
Don't you hear them falling.
Said i been cryin, yeah!
Oh my tears they felt like rain.
Don't you hear them falling?
Don't you hear them?
Do you remember, mama, when i knocked upon your door?
I said you had the nerve to tell me
You didn't want me no more, yeah
I open my front door, hear my back door slam,
You must have one of them new fangled,
New fangled back door man,
I've been working from seven, seven, seven,
To eleven ev'ry night,
It kinda makes my life a drag, a drag, drag,
Ah, yeah, it makes a drag.
Baby, since i've been loving you,
I'm about to lose,
I'm about to lose, lose my worried mind.
Just one more!
Oh yeah
Since i've been loving you, i'm about to lose my worried mind.

(page/plant)

I was burned in the heat of the moment,
Though it couldn't have been the heat of the day
When i learned how my time had been wasted,
(and a) tear fell as i turned away

Now i've got friends who will give me their shoulder,
Event i should happen to fall
Time and his bride growing older
I've got friends who will give me fuck all

(on the) corner of bleeker and nowhere
In the land of not quite day
A shiver runs down my backbone
Face in the mirror turns grey

So (i) looked round to hitch up the reindeer
Searching hard trying to brighten the day
I turned around to look for the snowman
To my surprise he'd melted away.

As the moon and the stars call the order
Inside my tides dance the ebb and sway
The sun in my soul's sinking lower
While the hope in my hands turns to clay
I don't ask that my field's full of clover
I don't moan at opportunity's door
And if you ask my advice, take it slower
Then your story'd be your finest reward.

Lost on the path to attainment
Search in the eyes of the wise
When i bled from the heart of the matter
I started bleeding without a disguise

Now everything's fine under heaven
Now and then you've got to take time to pause
When you're down on the ground, don't be messin' around
Or you'll land in a boat without oars
Hey babe, hey babe, hey babe,
I lost my way.

Hey babe, hey babe,
I don't know where i'm gonna find it.

Hey babe, hey babe,
Do you wanna know,
Do you really, really, wanna help me, yeah?

Let me tell you now, babe
Let me tell you
That it feels so good that it must be right

Now my babe,
Let me tell you
That it feels so good that it must be right...

It's been a long time since i rock and rolled,
It's been a long time since i did the stroll.
Ooh, let me get it back, let me get it back,
Let me get it back, baby, where i come from.
It's been a long time, been a long time,
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time.
Yes it has.
It's been a long time since the book of love,
I can't count the tears of a life with no love.
Carry me back, carry me back,
Carry me back, baby, where i come from.
It's been a long time, been a long time,
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time.
Seems so long since we walked in the moonlight,
Making vows that just can't work right.
Open your arms, opens your arms,
Open your arms, baby, let my love come running in.
It's been a long time, been a long time,
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time.

Hey fellas, have you heard the news?
You know that annie's back in town?
It won't take long just watch and see
How the fellas lay their money down.
Her style is new but the face is the same
As it was so long ago,
But from her eyes, a diff'rent smile
Like that of one who knows.
Well, it's been ten years and maybe more
Since i first set eyes on you;
The best years of my life gone by,
Here i am alone and blue.
Some people cry and some people die
By the wicked ways of love;
But i'll just keep on rollin' along
With the grace of the lord above.
People talkin' all around 'bout the way you left me flat,
I don't care what the people say, i know where their jive is at.
One thing i do have on my mind, if you can clarify please do,
It's the way you call me by another guy's name when i try to make love to you!
I try to make love but it ain't no use.
Give it to me, give it!
(guitar solo)
Work so hard i couldn't unwind,
Get some money saved;
Abuse my love a thousand times,
However hard i tried.
Heartbreaker, your time has come,
Can't take your evil way;
Go away,
Heartbreaker.
Heartbreaker!

(bonham/jones/page/plant)

Darlene, oooh darlene, oooh darlene,
Darlene, oh oh darlene, oh oh darlene
Oooh come on baby give me some

When i see you at that dance with your tight dress on
Whatcha got it sure is fine
I wanna get me some

Darlene, woooh baby baby darlene, oooh be my baby darlene,
Ooh, come on baby... be my baby

Darlene, ooh, darlene, hey! hey! darlene, oh oh
Come back and be my sweet little girl
When i see you on the street, it makes my heart go flitter
I see you walkin with all those guys
It makes me feel so sick

And i don't care what people say
And i don't care what they do
Sweet child i gotta make you mine
You're the only thing that i want: you!
Baby baby when you walk down the block,
See the people (????)
Woooh! child! oh ya drive me wild!
I gotta do it really gonna try

Oh baby, i got my car
I'll take you as far
I'm gonna take you every place
I'm gonna boogie-woogie-woogie-woogie that's fine

I'm gonna prove it, darlene
I'm gonna make ya my girl
I'm gonna boogie, darlene
I'm gonna send ya in another world

Cause i love darlene, i gotta love 'er, yes i do
I've been savin all my money
I've been workin all day long
I gotta give it all back to you!

(page/plant)

You said i was the only, with my lemon in your hand
Exhibition is your habit, emotion second hand.
Had to pull away to save me, maybe next time around
And she said, 'don't you wanna'?
Don't you wanna cook it, cook it, cook it?
Hadn't planned to, could not stand to try it, fry it, na na na yeah.

Heard a cry for mercy, in the city of the damned
Oh oh babe, damned. down in the pits you go no lower
The next stop's underground. oh, hello underground.
Wine and roses ain't quite over, fate deals a losing hand
And i said: didn't mean to... did not mean to fail
You didn't plan it, you over-ran it

You wanna do it, you wanna
You wanna do it when you wanna
You wanna do it, do it when you wanna

When you blow it, babe, you got to blow it right
Oh baby, if you fake it, mama, baby, fake with all your might
When you fake it, mama, please fake it right (for yourself babe)

When you fake it baby,
You're fakin' it for your life, for your life, for your life, for your life
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it when you wanna
Do it, do it, do it, do it when you wanna

Oh, i can have you, baby, but i don't know what to do, yeah
Sometime, baby, nothin' i could do
On the balance of a crystal, payin' through the nose
And when they couldn't resist you, i thought you'd go with the flow.

And now your stage is empty, bring down the curtain, baby please.
Fold up your show
Hadn't planned to, could not stand to fry in it
Hadn't planned it, i over-ran it, (fryin)
For your life, for your life.

Leaves are falling all around,
It's time i was on my way.
Thanks to you, i'm much obliged
For such a pleasant stay.
But now it's time for me to go,
The autumn moon lights my way.
For now i smell the rain,
And with it pain,
And it's headed my way.
Ah, sometimes i grow so tired,
But i know i've got one thing i got to do,

*ramble on,
And now's the time, the time is now
To sing my song.
I'm goin' 'round the world,
I got to find my girl, on my way.
I've been this way ten years to the day, ramble on,
Gotta find the queen of all my dreams.

Got no time to for spreadin' roots,
The time has come to be gone.
And tho' our health we drank a thousand times,
It's time to ramble on.

* chorus

I ain't tellin' no lie.
Mine's a tale that can't be told,
My freedom i hold dear;
How years ago in days of old
When magic filled the air,
T'was in the darkest depths of mordor
I met a girl so fair,
But gollum, and the evil one crept up
And slipped away with her.
Her, her....yea.
Ain't nothing i can do, no.

* chorus

Gonna ramble on, sing my song
Gotta keep-a-searchin' for my baby...
Gonna work my way, round the world
I can't stop this feelin' in my heart
Gotta keep searchin' for my baby
I can't find my bluebird!
I'd listen to my bluebird sing but i can't find my blue bird
A-keep-a ramblin' baby...

I don't know how i'm gonna tell you
I can't play with you no more,
I don't know how i'm gonna do what mama told me,
My friend, the boy next door.
I can't believe what people saying
You're gonna let your hair hang down,
I'm satisfied to sit here working all day long,
You're in the darker side of town.
And when i'm out i see you walking,
Why don't your eyes see me,
Could it be you've found another game to play,
What did mama say to me.

*that's the way,
Oh, that's the way it ought to be,
Yeah, yeah, mama say
That's the way it ought to stay.

And yesterday i saw you standing by the river,
And weren't those tears that filled your eyes,
And all the fish that lay in dirty water dying,
Had they got you hypnotized?
And yesterday i saw you kissing tiny flowers,
But all that lives is born to die.
And so i say to you that nothing really matters,
And all you do is stand and cry.
I don't know what to say about it,
When all you ears have turned away,
But now's the time to look and look again at what you see,
Is that the way it ought to stay?
That's the way
That's the way it oughtta be
Oh don't you know now
Mama said.. that's the way it's gonna stay, yeah.

I can't quit you, baby,
So i'm gonna put you down for awhile.
I said i can't quit you, baby,
I guess i gotta put you down for awhile.
Said you messed up my happy home,
Made me mistreat my only child.
Yessir, you did!
Said you know i love you, baby,
My love for you i could never hide.
Oh, you know i love you, baby,
My love for you i could never hide.
Oh, when i feel you near me little girl
I know you are my one desire.
When you hear me moaning and groaning, baby,
You know it hurts me deep down inside.
When you hear me moaning and groaning, baby,
You know it hurts me deep down inside.
Oh, when you hear me, honey, baby,
You know you're my one desire.
Yes, you are.

As i walk down the highway all i do is sing this song,
And a train that's passin' my way helps the rhythm move along.
There is no doubt about the words are clear,
The voice is strong, is oh so strong.
I'm just a simple guy, i live from day to day.
A ray of sunshine melts my frown and blows my blues away,
There's nothing more that i can say but on a day like today
I pass the time away and walk a quiet mile with you.

*all i need from you is all your love,
All you got to give to me is all your love,
All i need from you is all your love,
All you got to give to me is all your love.

Oooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah, oh yeah.
I'm so glad i'm living and gonna tell the world i am,
I got me a fine woman and she says that i'm her man,
One thing that i know for sure gonna give her all the loving
Like nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody can.
Standing in the noonday sun trying to flag a ride,
People go and people come, see my rider right by my side,
It's a total disgrace, they set the pace, it must be a race
And the best thing i can do is run.

* chorus

(page/plant)

I've been to london, seen seven wonders. i know to trip is just to fall
I used to rock it, sometimes i'd roll it. i always knew what it was for.

There can be no denyin' that the wind 'll shake 'em down
And the flat world's flyin'. there's a new plague on the land

If we could just join hands (x3)

Traversed the planet when heaven sent me. i saw the kings who rule them all
Still by the firelight and purple moonlight. i hear the rested rivers call
And the wind is crying, from a love that won't grow cold
My lover, she is lying, on the dark side of the globe

If we could just join hands (x3)

You got me rockin' when i ought to be a-rollin'
Darlin', tell me, darlin', which way to go
You keep me rockin', baby, then you keep me stolen
Won't you tell me, darlin', which way to go... that's right

Oh how i wonder, oh how i worry and i would dearly like to know
I've all this wonder of earthly plunder will it leave us anything to show

And our time is flyin' see the candle burnin' low
Is the new world rising, from the shambles of the old

If we could just join hands.

hey lady--you got the love i need
Maybe more than enough.
Oh darling... walk a while with me
Ooh, you've got so much...
Many have i loved, many times been bitten
Many times i've gazed, along the open road.
Many times i've lied, many times i've listened
Many times i've wondered, how much there is to know.
Many dreams come true, and some have silver linings
I live for my dream, and a pocketful of gold.
Mellow is the man, who knows what he's been missing
Many many men, can't see the open road.
Many is a word, that only leaves you guessing
Guessing 'bout a thing, you really ought to know, ooh!
You really ought to know, i really ought to know!
Oooh, you know i should, you know i should, you know i should...

Baby, baby
I'm gonna bring it on home to you.
I've got my ticket, i've got that load.
Got up, gone higher, all aboard.
Take my seat, right way back. ooh yeah
Watch this train roll down the track.
I'm gonna bring it on home, bring it on home to you.
Watch out, watch out, man move
Try to tell you baby, what you tryin' to do?
Tryin' to love me baby, love some other man too.
Bring it on home...
Went a little walk downtown, messed and got back late.
Found a note there waiting, and it said, "daddy, i just can't wait."
Bring it on home..., bring it back home to me baby...
Tell you, pretty baby, you love to mess me `roun'.
I'm gonna give you lovin', baby, gonna move you out o' town.
Bring it on home...
Sweetest little baby, daddy ever saw.
I'm gonna give you lovin' baby, i'm gonna give you more.
Bring it on home..., all right.
Bring it on home, bring it on home to you...

(bonham/jones/page/plant/mrs. valens/stewart)

Been in town, my baby, we just got to rock on
Yeah, darling, we just got to go home
I don't want no tutti-frutti, no lollipop
Come on, baby, just rock, rock, rock.

Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah, honey
We've been shakin' all night
Oh, darlin', we just got to roll right
Ooh, my head... rock on.

Hey babe, hey babe (repeat)

I don't want no tutti-frutti, no lollipop
Come on baby, just rock, rock, rock.

Hey, girl, stop what you're doin'!
Hey, girl, you'll drive me to ruin.
I don't know what it is that i like about you,
But i like it a lot.
Won't let me hold you,
Let me feel your lovin' charms.

*communication breakdown,
It's always the same,
I'm having a nervous breakdown,
Drive me insane!

Hey, girl, i got something i think you ought to know.
Hey, babe, i wanna tell you that i love you so.
I wanna hold you in my arms, yeah!
I'm never gonna let you go,
'cause i like your charms.
* chorus
I want you to love me all night...
* chorus
I want you to love me all night
I want you to love me
I want you to love...yeah! i want you to love!

With a purple umbrella and a fifty cent hat,
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.
Missus cool rides out in her aged cadillac.
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.

*come on, babe on the round about,
Ride on the merry-go-round,
We all know what your name is,
So you better lay your money down.

Alimony, alimony payin' your bills,
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.
When your conscience hits, you knock it back with pills.
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.

* chorus

Tellin' tall ( helen told ??) tales of how it used to be,
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.
With the butler and the maid and the servants three ( servantry ? ).
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman, oh, you got it.
Nobody hears a single word you say.
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.
But you keep on talkin' till your dyin' day.
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.

* chorus

Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.

And if i say to you tomorrow,
Take my hand, child, come with me.
It's to a castle i will take you,
Where what's to be, they say will be.

*catch the wind, see us spin,
Sail away, leave today,
Way up high in the sky.
But the wind won't blow,
You really shouldn't go,
It only goes to show
That you will be mine
By takin' our time. ooh!

And if you say to me tomorrow,
Oh what fun it all would be,
Then what's to stop us, pretty baby,
But what is and what should never be.

* chorus

So if you wake up with the sunrise,
And all your dreams are still as new,
And happiness is what you need so bad,
Girl, the answer lies with you, yeah.

* chorus

Hey, oh
Oh the wind wont blow and we really shouldn't go
And it only goes to show-ow-ow.
Catch the wind, we're gonna see it spin
We're gonna...sail, little girl
Do do do, bop bop a do-oh
My my my my my my yeah
Everybody i know seems to know me well
--but does anybody know i'm gonna move like hell
--but they're never gonna know cause i move like hell.
(pick one...heh)