Black Dog
Hey mama, said the way you move, gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove
Oh child, way you shake that thing, gonna make you burn, gonna make you sting
Hey baby, when you walk that way, watch your honey drip, can't keep away
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 through my head
Hey baby, oh, baby, pretty baby, Tell me won't you you do me now
Didn't take too long 'fore I found out, what people mean by down and out
Spent my money, took my car, started telling 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
All I ask for when I pray, steady rollin' woman gonna come my way
Need a woman gonna hold my hand, won't tell me no lies, make me a happy man
Rock And Roll
It's been a long time since I rock and rolled,
It's been a long time since I did the Stroll
Oh, 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
The Battle Of Evermore
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 morning 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 below,
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
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 morning 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
Stairway To Heaven
There's a lady who's sure all that
glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven
And when she gets there she knows
if the stores are closed
With a word she can get what she came for
There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure
Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings
In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird
who sings sometimes
All of our thoughts are misgiven
There's a feeling I get when I look to the west,
And my spirit is crying for leaving
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who standing looking
And it's whispered that soon if we all call the tune,
Then the piper will lead us to reason
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter
And it makes me wonder
If there's a bustle in your hedgerow
Don't be alarmed now,
It's just a spring clean for the May-Queen
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on
Your head is humming and it won't go
-In case you don't know,
The piper's calling you to join him,
Dear lady can you hear the wind blow
And did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind
And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll
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Misty Mountain Hop
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, he said that his friends would all drop by, oh
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, oh
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, oh
I really don't know
Four Sticks
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, 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
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?
Going To California
Spent my days with a woman unkind, Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine
Made up my mind to make a new start, Going To California with an aching in my heart
Someone told me there's a girl out there with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair
Took my chances on a big jet plane, never let them tell you that they're all the same
The sea was red and the sky was grey, wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today
The mountains and the canyons started to tremble and shake
as the children of the sun began to awake
Seems that the wrath of the Gods
Got a punch on the nose and it started to flow
; I think I might be sinking
Throw me a line if I reach it in time
I'll meet you up there where the path
Runs straight and high
To find a queen without a king,
They say she plays guitar and cries and sings la la la
Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn
Tryin' to find a woman who's never, never, never been born
Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams,
Telling myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems
When The Levee Breaks
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break,
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break,
When the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan,
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan,
Got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home
Don't it make you feel bad
When you're tryin' to find your way home,
You don't know which way to go?
If you're goin' down South
They go no work to do,
If you don't know about Chicago
Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good,
Now, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good,
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move
All last night sat on the levee and moaned,
All last night sat on the levee and moaned,
Thinkin' about me baby and my happy home
Going to Chicago
Sorry but I can't take you
Going down
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