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.

Drop down, baby, let your daddy see.
Drop down, mama, 'way ya, mistreat poor me
Well, my mama allow me, I 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 all down
Put on your night shirt Mama, and your morning gown
Well, you know by now, sure gonna shake 'em all 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.

I'd sure like a piece of your custard pie
I'd sure like a piece of your custard pie
I'd sure like a piece of your custard pie
I'd sure like a piece of your custard pie

Drop down
Drop down
Drop down
Drop down
Drop down, yeah
Drop down
Drop down

Oh oh oh oh oh oh, You don't have to go oh oh oh oh
You don't have to go oh oh oh oh, you don't have to go.
Ah ah ah ah ah aye, All those tears I cry ah ah ah aye,
All those tears I cry oh oh ah aye, Baby please don't go.

When I read the letter you wrote me, it made me mah mah mad
When I read the words that it told me,
It made me sah sah 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 hey hey, Oh Baby please don't go.
Ah ah ah ah ah aye, You hurt me to my soul oh oh oh oh,
You hurt me to my soul ohh ohh,
Darling please don't go.

When I read the letter you sent me, it made me mah mah mad
When I read the news that it brought me,
It made me sah sah 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, You don't have to go oh oh oh oh,
You don't have to go oh oh oh oh,
Oh baby, baby, please please please please
ah ah ah ah ah baby ah ah I really love you baby
oo oo oo oo oo darlin' oooohhhh oh
Oh baby I still love you so,
Oh baby I still love you so ohohoh, ooo, oh oh oh oh oh yeah
(Why?) ah ah oh ah ah ah oooohhh
(Why?) ah ah ah ah ah, oooooooooooooo
(Why?) Ohhh baby....

Been dazed and confused for so long, it's not true
A-wanted a woman, never bargained for you
Lots of people talkin', few of them know
soul of a woman was created below, yay

You hurt and abuse, tellin' all of your lies
Run 'round sweet baby, lord, how they hypnotize
Sweet little baby, I don't know where you 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

That's not my babe
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Did you ever look-up my woman
Ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ah
Ahh, ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ahhh, ahh
Oh, yeah, alright, alright
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah

Oh, I don't like when you're mystifyin' me
Oh, don't leave me so confused, now
Whoa, baby

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
Tongue wag so much when I send you to Hell, oh, yeah, alright

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ah, ah, ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah

(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 flock
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 ya, 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!

Oh but I love you Darlene
yes I love you, yes I do
I've been working, still I keep working everyday
I've been trying to get home to you

And I love you, Darlene
Yes I love you, I do
I got a pink carnation and a pick-up truck
Save me baby, I'm for you, oh I love you

Dancing days are here again,
As the summer evenings grow.
I got my flower, I got my power,
I got a woman who knows.

I said it's alright,
You know it's alright,
I guess it's all in my heart.
You'll be my only,
My one and only,
Is that the way it should start?

Crazy ways are evident,
By the way you wearin' your clothes.
Sippin' booze is precedent,
As the evening starts to glow.

You know it's alright,
I said it's alright,
You know it's all in my heart.
You'll be my only,
My one and only,
Is that the way it should start?

You told your mother I'd get you home,
But you didn't say I had no car.
I saw a lion, he was standin' alone,
With a tadpole in a jar.

You know it's alright,
I said it's alright,
I guess it's all in my heart, heart, heart.
You'll be my only,
My one and only,
Is that the way it should start?

So dancing days are here again,
As the summer evenings grow.
You are my flower, You are my power,
You are my woman who knows.

I said it's alright,
You know it's alright,
You know it's all in my heart.
You'll be my only,
My one and only,
Is that the way it should start?

Dancing days are here again,
As the summer evenings grow.
I got my flower, I got my power,
I got a woman who knows.

I said it's alright,
You know it's alright,
I guess it's all in my heart.
You'll be my only,
My one and only,
Is that the way it should start?

Crazy ways are evident,
By the way you wearin' your clothes.
Sippin' booze is precedent,
As the evening starts to glow.

You know it's alright,
I said it's alright,
You know it's all in my heart.
You'll be my only,
My one and only,
Is that the way it should start?

You told your mother I'd get you home,
But you didn't say I had no car.
I saw a lion, he was standin' alone,
With a tadpole in a jar.

You know it's alright,
I said it's alright,
I guess it's all in my heart, heart, heart.
You'll be my only,
My one and only,
Is that the way it should start?

So dancing days are here again,
As the summer evenings grow.
You are my flower, You are my power,
You are my woman who knows.

I said it's alright,
You know it's alright,
You know it's all in my heart.
You'll be my only,
My one and only,
Is that the way it should start?

Ooh, I’ve been dazed and confused; so long it’s not true
I wanted a woman, never bargained for you
Lots of people talking, few of them know,
Soul of a woman was created below.

I Like it
Oh, Ooh, Oh Yea
Ah

Everybody’s been talking low,
And I swear they’ve been talkin’ trash.
Ooh, Sweet
Sweet
Sweet
Sweet
Sweet
Sweet
Sweet Babe, I can’t take too much of that
C’mon, C’mon,
C’mon, C’mon, show me the way
I wanna make love to you, little girl,
Twenty-five hours a day.

Oh, that’s all I want

Said You hurt and abuse tellin all of your lies
O sweet, sweet baby love, how they hypnotyze
Take it easy baby, let them say what they will
Your tongue wag so much, when I send you the bill?

Haa
Oh oh oh oh oh…
Do it do it do it…
Oh no, oh no…
Doit Doit Doit Doit….ah
Ohh, oh…
ahhhhhhhhhh

[Jimmy Page pulls out his violin bow]…

Do the Crunge
Ahhhhhh…
Yea yea yea yea yea…
Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh…

Let’s ride
Everybody’s been talkin low, ‘nd I swear they’ve been talking trash
Oh, the way you push me babe, I can’t take too much of that
C’mon, C’mon
Show me the way
I wanna make love to you, little girl
Twenty-five hours a day. That’s all I want

Oooooooooh, no no no no no…
Ow, ow, ow…
Yea, yea, yea…
Ahuh, ahuh…
Ay, ay, ay…
Ah ah ah ah…
Oooh, ooooh…
Ah, ah, ah

Yea! Oh!

Page/Plant)

Down by the seaside. See the boats go sailin'
Can the people hear, What the little fish are sayin'

Oh, oh, people turned away. Oh, people turned away

Down in the city streets, see all the folk go racin', racin'
No time left, to pass the time of day

People turned away. People turned away
So far away, so far away

See how they run, see how they run, see how they run, see how they run.

Do you still do the twist
Do you find you remember things that well
I wanna tell you... Some go twistin' every day
though sometimes it's awful hard to tell

Out in the country, hear the people singin'
Singin' 'bout the growin', knowin' where they're goin'

Oh, oh, oh, oh, people turned away
Yes, the people turned away

Sing loud for the sunshine, pray hard for the rain
And show your love for Lady Nature. And she will come back again The people turned away
people turned away

Page/Plant)

Down by the seaside. See the boats go sailin'
Can the people hear, What the little fish are sayin'

Oh, oh, people turned away. Oh, people turned away

Down in the city streets, see all the folk go racin', racin'
No time left, to pass the time of day

People turned away. People turned away
So far away, so far away

See how they run, see how they run, see how they run, see how they run.

Do you still do the twist
Do you find you remember things that well
I wanna tell you... Some go twistin' every day
though sometimes it's awful hard to tell

Out in the country, hear the people singin'
Singin' 'bout the growin', knowin' where they're goin'

Oh, oh, oh, oh, people turned away
Yes, the people turned away

Sing loud for the sunshine, pray hard for the rain
And show your love for Lady Nature. And she will come back again The people turned away
people turned away

(Jones/Page/Plant)


Oh, baby

Well there's a light in your eye that keeps shining
Like a star that can't wait for a 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, all right

And if you promised you'd love so completely
And you said you would always be true
You swore that you never would 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, hey
It ain't the first time believe me, baby
I'm standin' here feeling blue, blue
Ha, yeah, I'm blue, hoh, baby

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, 'round
The clock on the wall's moving slower
Oh, 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, found
Light of the love that I found
Light of the love that I found
Ohhhh, that I found

Hey babe

Oooh, hand that ticks on the clock
Just don't seem to stop
When I'm thinking it over

Oooh, tired of the light
I just don't seem to find
Have you wait, get away

Whoa oooh, I see it in my dreams
But I just don't seem to be with you
You I gotta get it all
Gotta get it all, gotta get it all
I've got to get all

(Guitar Solo)

Ooh, now my body is starting to quiver
And the palms of my hands getting wet, ohh
I've got no reason to doubt you baby
It's all a terrible mess
An' 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, ohhhhhh yeah
Hey now, ohhhhhh-hoh

Light of the love that I found
Light of the love that I found
Light of the love that I
Light of the love that I found
Light of the love, hey now
Light of the love, hey now
Light of the love that I found
Light of the love that I found

(Page/Plant)

Well, well, oh, hoh, hoh
You said I was the only, with my lemon in your hand
Uh-oh, uh-oh-hoh
Exhibition is your habit, emotion second-hand
Uh-oh, uh-oh
Had to pull away to save me
Well, maybe next time around-a, oh

And she said
"Don'tcha want, a-don'tcha want go get, go get cocaine"
Hadn't planned to, could not stand'a try it, fry it, ow
Now, now, now, now, yeah

Wooo-oooh-oooh-oooh-ooh-ooh
Heard a cry for mercy, uh, in the city of the damned-a
Uh-oh, baby, damned
In the pits you go no lower, the next stop's underground
A-ho, how low underground
You wanna know, is it quite over
To fame it deals a losin' hand

And I said, "Didn't mean to, did not a-mean to fluff it
You didn't plan it, you overran it, aah-ha-ha-how, yeah"

Do you wanna, do you want, do ya, d-do
Do you, would you wanna
Do you wanna, do you wanna, do you, d-do
Do it when you wanna

When you blow it, babe, you got to blow it right
Baby, if you fake it, mama, baby, fake with all your might
When you fake it, mama
please-a, a-fake it right for yourself, babe
When ya fa-fa-fa-fake it, baby
You're fakin' it for your life, for your life
for your life, for your life

Do you, do you, do you, do you, do you
Do you, would you wanna
Do you, do you, do you, do you, do you
Do it when you wanna

Oh, like to help ya, baby
but I don't know what to do-ooh-ooh, yeah
Sometime, baby
Nothin' I can do-ooh-ooh, yeah

With the fine lines of the crystal payin' through your nose
And when they couldn't resist ya
I said, "Just go with the flow"
And now your stage is empty
Pull down the curtain, baby, please
Fold up your show

Hadn't planned to, could not stand to fry in it
I hadn't planned it, I overran it
Fry it for your life, for your life

(Page/Plant)

Well, well, oh, hoh, hoh
You said I was the only, with my lemon in your hand
Uh-oh, uh-oh-hoh
Exhibition is your habit, emotion second-hand
Uh-oh, uh-oh
Had to pull away to save me
Well, maybe next time around-a, oh

And she said
"Don'tcha want, a-don'tcha want go get, go get cocaine"
Hadn't planned to, could not stand'a try it, fry it, ow
Now, now, now, now, yeah

Wooo-oooh-oooh-oooh-ooh-ooh
Heard a cry for mercy, uh, in the city of the damned-a
Uh-oh, baby, damned
In the pits you go no lower, the next stop's underground
A-ho, how low underground
You wanna know, is it quite over
To fame it deals a losin' hand

And I said, "Didn't mean to, did not a-mean to fluff it
You didn't plan it, you overran it, aah-ha-ha-how, yeah"

Do you wanna, do you want, do ya, d-do
Do you, would you wanna
Do you wanna, do you wanna, do you, d-do
Do it when you wanna

When you blow it, babe, you got to blow it right
Baby, if you fake it, mama, baby, fake with all your might
When you fake it, mama
please-a, a-fake it right for yourself, babe
When ya fa-fa-fa-fake it, baby
You're fakin' it for your life, for your life
for your life, for your life

Do you, do you, do you, do you, do you
Do you, would you wanna
Do you, do you, do you, do you, do you
Do it when you wanna

Oh, like to help ya, baby
but I don't know what to do-ooh-ooh, yeah
Sometime, baby
Nothin' I can do-ooh-ooh, yeah

With the fine lines of the crystal payin' through your nose
And when they couldn't resist ya
I said, "Just go with the flow"
And now your stage is empty
Pull down the curtain, baby, please
Fold up your show

Hadn't planned to, could not stand to fry in it
I hadn't planned it, I overran it
Fry it for your life, for your life

Oh, Baby, it's cryin' time, Oh, Baby, I got to fly.
Got to try to find a way, Got to try to get away,
'Cause you know I gotta get away from you, Babe.
Oh, Baby, the river's red, Oh, Baby, in my head.
There's a funny feelin' goin' on, I don't think I can hold out long.

*And when the owls cry in the night,
Oh, Baby, Baby, when the pines begin to cry,
Baby, Baby, Baby, how do you feel?
If the river runs dry, Baby, How do you feel?

Craze, Baby, the rainbow's end, Mmm, Baby, it's just a den
For those who hide, Who hide their love to depths of life
And ruin dreams that we all knew so, Babe.

* Chorus

Bright light, almost blindin'
Black night still there shinin'
I can't stop, keep on climbin'
looking for what I knew

Had a friend, she once told me
You got love, you ain't lonely
Now she's gone and left me only
lookin' for what I knew

Ah-ahh, ah-ahh, ah-ah-ahh, ah-ahh

Mmm, I'm tellin' you now
the greatest thing you ever can do, now
is trade a smile with someone who's blue, now
It's very easy, just-a

Met a man on the roadside cryin'
Without a friend, there's no denyin'
you're incomplete, there'll be no findin'
lookin' for what you knew

So anytime somebody needs ya
don't let them down, although it grieves ya
Someday you'll need someone like they do
lookin' for what you knew

Ah-ahh, ah-ahh, ah-ah-ahh, ah-ahh

Mmm, mm, I'm tellin' you, now
the greatest thing you ever can do, now
is trade a smile with someone who's blue, now
It's very easy, just-a, oh, yeah
Ah, nah, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, yeah

I'm tellin' you, now
the greatest thing youever can do, now
is tradeasmile with someone who's blue, now
It'svery easy, i-it's very easy
It's very easy, it's easy, easy, yeah, yeah