The Led Zeppelin Discography

Presence

Album Cover | Liner Notes | Songs | Lyrics | Discography Index

The Led Zeppelin Discography - Lyrics

ACHILLES LAST STAND

Jimmy Page / Robert Plant

It was an April mornin'
When they told us we should go
And as I turned to you, you smiled at me,
How could we say no?
Whoah the fun to have,
To live the dreams we always had.
Whoah the songs to sing
When we at last return again.

You set me off a glancing kiss
To those who claim they know,
Below the streets the seaman hears,
The devil is in his ho__le.
Whoah to sail away
To sandy lands an' other days.
Whoah to touch the dream
That hides inside and never is seen, yeah.

Into the sun the south the north,
Lies the first of hope.
Th' shackles of commitment fell
In pieces on the ground.
Whoah to ride the wind,
To tread the air above the din.
Whoah to laugh aloud,
With dancin' eyes above the crowds, yeah.

To seek the man whose pointing hand,
The giant step unfolds,
Will guide us from the curving path
That churns up into sto__ne.
If one bell should ring
In celebration for a king,
So fast the heart should beat,
As proud the head with heavy feet, yeah.

Oooh__.

Days went by when you and I
Made an eternal summers glow.
It's far away an' distant,
Our mutual time to gro__w.
Whoah the sweet refrain
Soothes the soul an' calms the pain.
Oh Albion remain,
Sleeping now to rise again.

Wandering, wandering
One place to rest the search.
For the mighty arms of Atlas
Hold the heavens from the Earth.

For the mighty arms of Atlas
Hold the heavens from the Earth.
From the Ea__rth,
Ea__rth.
Ea__rth.
I know the way, know the way,
know the way, know the way.
Ea__rth.
I know the way, know the way,
know the way, know the way.

Ea__rth.
Ea__rth.

Ahh-ah-ah. Ahh-ah-ah.
Ahh-ah-ah. Ahh-ah-ah.
Ahh-ah-ah. Ahh-ah-ah.
Ahh-ah-ah. Ahh-ah-ah.
Ahh-ah-ah. Ahh-ah-ah.
Ahh-ah-ah. Ahh-ah-ah.
Ahh-ah-ah. Ahh-ah-ah.
Ahh-ah-ah. Ahh-ah-ah.
Ahh-ah-ah. Ahh-ah-ah.
Ahh-ah-ah. Ahh-ah-ah.

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

When the mighty arms of Atlas
Hold the heavens from the Earth.
Ohh~ Ahh-ah-ah.
~ohh. Ahh-ah-ah.
Ohh~ Ahh-ah-ah.
~ohh~ Ahh-ah-ah.
~ahh__ Ahh-ah-ah.
__hh__ Ahh-ah-ah. __hh.
Ahh-ah-ah. Ahh-ah-ah.
Ahh-ah-ah. Ahh-ah-ah.
Ahh-ah-ah. Ahh-ah-ah.
Ahh-ah-ah. Ahh-ah-ah.
Ahh-ah-ah. Ahh-ah-ah.

Oooh__.

The Led Zeppelin Discography - Lyrics

FOR YOUR LIFE

Jimmy Page / Robert Plant

Well, well.

Hoh, hoh, hoh!
You said I was the only,
With my lemon in your hand,
Oh-ohh, oh-oh-hohh~ooh-oh.
Exhibition is your habit,
Emotions second hand,
Oh-ohh, oh-ohh.
Had to pull away to save me
Well maybe next time around-a.

Ohh and she said,
Don't you wannit?
A-don't you wannit co-ca, co-ca, cocaine?
Hadn't planned to, could not stand
Try it fri-end na, na, na, na yeah.

Wooh~ooh~ooh~ooh~ooh~ooh!
I heard a call for mercy honey,
In the city of the damned.
Ah-ohh babe, damned.
In the pits you go no lower,
The next stop's underground.
Hoh, how low underground?
You wanna know is it quite over?
To fame it deals a losin' hand.

And I said
Didn't mean to,
I did not-a mean to fluff it.
You didn't plan it,
You overran it__~ahhh~hah~hah~hah~yeah.

Do ya wanna, do ya wanna, do it when ya,
Do it when ya wanna.
Do ya wanna, do ya wanna, do it when ya,
Do it when ya 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 a-fake it right, for yourself babe.
When ya fa-fa-fa-fake it babe,
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 ya wanna.
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it,
Do it when ya wanna.

Oh, like to help ya baby
But I don't know what to do___ yeah.
Sometime baby,
Nothin' I can do___ yeah.

Wanna find myself a crystal.
Payin' through the nose.
Ahh, ahh.
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 sho__w.

Hadn't planned to,
Could not stand to fry in there.
I hadn't planned it,
I overran it, fry-in.
For your life.
For your li__fe.

The Led Zeppelin Discography - Lyrics

ROYAL ORLEANS

John Bonham / John Paul Jones / Jimmy Page / Robert Plant

One time love,
Take care how you use it,
An' try to make it last all night.
An' if you take your pick,
Be careful how ya choose it,
Sometimes it's hard to feel it bite.
Feel it bite.

A man that I know,
Went down to Louisiana.
Had himself a bad, bad fire.
An' when the sun beats through,
John Cameron he sees Sandy.
He kissed her whiskers left an' right.
Whiskers!

Now, now, now a fight subsides
Out at a hotel in the Quarter.
Our friendship took a bash tonight.
Now love gets hot.
Look far for a sea with water.
Poor old whiskers set that room alight.
Whiskers!

Down on Bourbon street,
You know it's right.
You can see my friends,
They run around us in the night.
Almost everywhere,
'Til the closet's bare.
Run for the razor, fun,
Doin' up my hair.

New Orleans queens
Sure know how to schmooze it.
Maybe for some that seems alright.
When I step out
I strut down with my sugar.
She better not talk like Barry White.

Now, one time love,
Take care how you use it,
Try to make it last all night.
An' if you take your pick,
Be careful how ya choose it,
Sometimes it's hard to feel it bite-ah.

The Led Zeppelin Discography - Lyrics

NOBODY'S FAULT BUT MINE

Jimmy Page / Robert Plant

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

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

Ohh, nobody's fault but mine,
A-nobody's fault but mine, yeah.
Tryin'a save my soul to li__ght.
Oh, it's nobody's fault but mine.

Devil he told me to roll,
The devil he told me to ro__ll.
How to roll the line tonight.
's nobody's fault but mine yeah.

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

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

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

Brother, he showed me the gun.
My brother, he showed me the ding dong ding dong.
How to kick down (?) lies.
Oh, it's nobody's fault but mine.

That monkey on my back,
The ma-ma-ma-ma-monkey on my back, back, back, back.
Gonna change my ways in li__fe.
Nobody's fault but mine.

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

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

Ah ah ah ahh.
Ah ah ah ahh.
How to kick that long toni__ght.
Na-na-na na-na-na-na no__body's fault!

The Led Zeppelin Discography - Lyrics

CANDY STORE ROCK

Jimmy Page / Robert Plant

Well baby, baby, why don't ya want a man like me?
Whoah baby, baby, I'm just as sweet as anybody could be.
Whoah baby, baby, I wanna look into your eyes of blu__e,
Whoah baby, baby, it's more than anybody else could do.

Well, oh baby, baby, an' when I see ya walkin' down the street,
Oh baby, baby, well ya look-a good enough to eat.
Oh baby, baby, I don't believe I've tasted this befo__re.
Oh baby, baby, I want it now and in a month or more.

Yeah, talkin' about yeah.
Yeah, talkin' about yeah.

Oh baby, baby, you know that I wanted it more.
Oh baby, baby, I'm about to kiss goodbye to this store.
Oh baby, baby, it ain't the wrappin' that sells the goods.
Whoah baby, baby, I got a sweet tooth but my mouth is full.

Yeah, talkin' about yeah.
Ooh yeah, talkin' about yeah.

Yeah, I'm talkin' about yeah.
Ooh yeah, I'm talkin' about yeah.

Ooh~ooh, ooh~ooh baby it's alright, it's alright.
Ooh~ooh, ooh~ooh baby it's alright, oh it's alright.

Well, oh baby, baby, well ya sting me like a bee.
Whoah baby, baby, I like your honey an' it sure likes me.
Oh baby, baby, I got my spoon inside your ja__r.
Whoah baby, baby, don't give me too much, don't make me starve.

Oh baby, baby, sugar sittin' on a silver plate huh.
Oh baby, baby, I'll eat 'em up an' I just can't wait, no.
Oh baby, baby, see the shakin' in my he-he-head.
Oh baby, baby, don't give me clover 'cause it tastes so bad,
tastes so bad,
tastes so bad,
tastes so bad,
tastes so bad.

Ooh~ooh, ooh~ooh baby it's alright, oh it's alright.
Ooh~ooh, ooh~ooh oh baby it's alright, oh it's alright.

Ooh~ooh~hooh~ooh,
Ooh~ooh~hooh~ooh it's alright. It's alright.

Ooh~ooh~hooh~ooh,
Ooh~ooh~hooh~ooh it's alright, It's alright. yeah.

Ooh~ooh~hooh~ooh,
Ooh~ooh~hooh~ooh it's alright, It's alright. yeah.

Wooh~ooh~hooh~ooh~ooh~ooh,
Ooh-ooh ooh-ooh it's alright. It's alright.

Ooh~ooh-yeah,
Wooh~ooh~ooh-yeah it's alright, Alright. oh.

Ooh~ooh~ooh,
Ooh~ooh~ooh yeah. Alright.

The Led Zeppelin Discography - Lyrics

HOTS ON FOR NOWHERE

Jimmy Page / Robert Plant

I was burned in the heat of the mornin',
Though it could'a been the heat of the day.
When I learned how my time had been wasted,
A tear fell as I turned away.
Now I've got friends who will give me their shoulder,
When I should happen to fall.
With time and his bride growin' older,
Got friends who will give me fuck all.

A-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la yeah.
A-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la my baby.
A-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la yeah.
A-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la.

The corner of Bleeker 'n' nowhere
In the land of not quite day.
A shiver ran down my backbone,
The face in the mirror turned grey.
So I looked 'round to a hitch up a reindeer,
Searchin' hard, tryin'a brighten the day.
I turned 'round to look for the snowman,
To my surprise he'd melted away, yeah.

A-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la yeah. [ Yeah. ]
A-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la my baby.
A-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la yeah.
A-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la.

The moon and the stars call the order
It's like the tide stands to ebb an' sway.
The sun in my soul's sinkin' lower
While the hope in my hands turn to clay.
I don't ask that my field's full of clover,
I don't moan at opportunity's door
And if ya ask my advice, take it slower,
Then your story'd be your finest reward.

A-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la yeah.
A-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la my baby.
A-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la yeah.
A-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la. Now do it.

Oh-ohh. Oh-oh-oh-ohh. Oh-oh-oh-ohh.
Oh-oh-oh-ohh. Oh-oh-oh-ohh. Oh-oh-oh-ohh.
Oh-oh-oh-ohh. Oh-oh-oh-ohh. Oh-oh-oh-oh~ooh~oh.
Oh-oh-oh-ohh. Oh-oh-oh-ohh. Oh-oh-oh-ohh.

Lost on the path to attainment.
I search in the eyes of the wise.
When I bled from the heart of the matter,
I started bleedin' without a disguise.
Now everything's finally happened,
Now an' then you gotta take time to pause,
'Cause if you're down on the ground,
Well don't be messin' around,
If you land in a boat without oars.

A-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la yeah.
A-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la my baby.
A-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la yeah.
A-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la.

Hey babe, Oh-oh-oh-ohh.
Hey babe, Oh-oh-oh-ohh.
Hey babe, I lost my way.

Hey babe, Oh-oh-oh-ohh.
Hey babe, Oh-oh-oh-ohh.
I really, really did now.

Hey babe, Oh-oh-oh-ohh.
Hey babe, Oh-oh-oh-ohh.
I don't know where I'm gonna find it.

Hey babe, Oh-oh-oh-ohh.
Hey babe, Oh-oh-oh-ohh.
A-do you wanna know? A-do ya really, really
wanna help me, yeah?

Let me tell ya my babe, Oh-oh-oh-ohh.
Let me tell ya, Oh-oh-oh-ohh.
That it feels so good but it must be right

And my babe, Oh-oh-oh-ohh.
Let me tell ya, Oh-oh-oh-ohh.
If it feels so good then it must be right

And my babe, Oh-oh-oh-ohh.
Let me tell ya, Oh-oh-oh-ohh.
If it feels, if it feels, if it feels,
if it feels

So good, Oh-oh-oh-ohh.
A-so good, Oh-oh-oh-ohh.
So good.
Oh! Yes it.

The Led Zeppelin Discography - Lyrics

TEA FOR ONE

Jimmy Page / Robert Plant

How can twenty four hours
Baby sometimes seem to slip into days yeah?
Oh twenty four hours
A-baby sometimes seem to slip into days yeah.
When a minute seems like a lifetime
Oh baby when I feel this way.

Sittin' lookin' at the clock,
Oh time moves so slow.
I've been watchin' for the hands to move
Until I just can't look no more.

How can twenty four hours
Baby sometimes seem to slip into days?
A minute seems like a lifetime
Baby when I feel this way.

To sing a song for you,
I recall you used to say
"Oh baby a-this one's for we two,"
Which in the end is you anyway.

A-how can twenty four hours
Baby sometimes seem to slip into days?
A minute seems like a lifetime
Oh baby when I fe__el this way.

There was a time that I stood tall
In the eyes of other men,
But by my own choice I left you woman
And now I can't get you back again.

A-how can twenty four hours
Sometimes seem to slip into days yes, well?
Well, well, well, well a minute seems like a lifetime
Baby when I fe__el this wa-ay.
A minute seems like a lifetime
Oh baby a-when I feel this way, I feel this way.