Oooh yeah, it's been a long time since I rock an' rolled.
It's been a long time since I did the stroll.
Ooh baby, let me get it back, let me get back, let me get back,
Baby where I come from.

It's been a long time, been a long time,
Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time. Yes it has.

It's been quite a while since we walked in the moonlight,
A-makin' vows that just wouldn't work right.
Ooh baby, open your arms, open your arms, open your arms,
Baby let my love come runnin' in.

It's been a long time, been a long time,
Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time. Rock it!

It's been quite a while since the book of love.
I can't stand the tears of a life with no love.
Ooh baby, carry me back, carry me back, carry me back
Baby where I come from.

It's been a long time, been a long time,
Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time. Sure has.

Ooh-yeah, ooh-yeah.
Ooh-yeah, ooh-yeah.
Ooh-yeah, ooh-yeah.
Ahh rock it! Rock it!

Ooh-yeah, ah~ooh-yeah.
Ooh-yeah, ah~ooh-yeah.

It's been a long time, been a long time,
A-lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time.

And her voice is sore from shoutin',
Cheerin' winners who are losin'
And she wonders if their days are few
An' soon they'll have to go.

My, my, my, I'm so happy,
I'm gonna join the band.
An' we're gonna sing an' dance in celebration.
A-we're in the promised land.

She hears them talk of new ways
To protect the home she lives in
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.
Ya hear her cries of mercy
As the winners toll the bell.

My, my, I'm so happy,
I'm gonna join the band.
An' we're gonna dance an' sing in celebration.
A-we're in the promised land.

There's a train that leaves the station,
Headin' for your destination,
But the price ya pay to nowhere
Has increased a dollar more.

And if ya walk you're gonna get there
Although it takes a little longer
An' when ya see it in the distance
You will wring your hands an' moan.

Ohh yeah a-you will moan,
                  a-you will moan,
                  a-you'll kneel an' moan.
Ohhh yeah! It's alright!

Good evenin'!

I had a dream oh now
Crazy dream oh~oh hoh~oh.
Anything I wanted to know,
Any place I needed to go.

Hear my song.
People won't ya listen now?
Sing along yeah,
You don't know what you're missin' now.
Any little song that ya know
Everything that's small has to grow
And it always grows.
Push, push, yeah! Ahhh.

California sunlight,
Sweet Calcutta rain
Honolulu starbright
The song remains the sa__me.
Ooh~ooh yeah! Ooh yeah!
                            Ooh yeah!
                        &nbspA-ooh yeah!

C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon!
A-do it! Do it! Do it! Do it!
A-push! Push! A-push!

Ahh dig it! Dig it!

People!

Sing out Hare Hare,
Dance the Hoochie Koo.
City lights oh so bright,
As we go slidin', slidin',
                &nbspslidin', slidin',
                &nbspslidin', slidin',
                &nbspslidin', slidin',
                &nbspslidin'...

Ahhh here we go.
C'mon!
Push! Push! Push! Push! Push!
Ahhh__.

Ah-hoh~oh~oh.
Ah-hoh~oh~oh. Ahh-oh.

It is the summer of my smiles
Flee from me Keepers of the Gloom.
Speak to me only with your eyes hohh
It is to you I give this tune.
It isn't hard to recognise hoh~oh~oh
These things are clear
To all from time to time. Ah-hoh~oh~oh.

Talk, talk to me, talk to me.
Now listen!
I felt the coldness of my winter ooh~ooh-yeah~yeah!
I never thought it would ever go__
I cursed the gloom that set upon us, upon us
But I know a-that I love you so
Ohh-yeah an' it feels good, it feels good now.
But I know that I love you so.

These are the seasons of emotion
And like the wind they rise and fall
This is the wonder of devotion
I see the torch we all must hold.
An' people this is the mystery of the quotient
Upon us all, ahh~ah a little rain must fall.
Juh- juh- juh- just a little rain ohh~yeah I know

Ahhh__.

Yes it was, yes it was.

Oh everybody's been talkin', Lord,
    I swear they been talkin' trash!   trash!
The way that ya push, push, push, push, push, push me darlin',
    I can't take too much a that.
So c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon whoah darlin' show me the way.
I wanna make love to ya little girl twenty five,
                                                            &nbsptwenty five,   five,
                                                            &nbsptwenty five,   five,
                                                            &nbsptwenty five.   five.
                                                            &nbspOhhh.

Said you hurt an' abused tellin' all of your lies.   lies.
I try to quit you baby, baby, baby but ya keep me
    ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mesmerised.
So c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon say what you will.
I still wanna make love to ya little girl twenty five,
                                                                    &nbsptwenty five,   five,
                                                                    &nbsptwenty five.   five.

That's all I want.
That's what you do all day.

Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma.

If you're goin' to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.
If you're goin' to San Francisco
You're gonna meet a lotta gentle people there oh~oh

Everywhere, everywhere, everywhere, oh~oh.

I know, I know, I know, I know, I kno__w
Whoah~ooh~oh~oh. Whoah~ooh~oh~oh.
Ahh, ahhh__, ahhh__.
Ahhh__~ooh.
Ooh, ooh,   ooh,   ooh. Ah~ah.   Ah~ah.   Ah.
Ah.   Ah.   Ah.   Ah.   Ahh.

I know.

BOW-SECTION

Ahhh__.
Ah~ah.   ~ah.   Ah.   Ah.   Ah.   Ah.
Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, ahh, ahhh, ahhh.
Ah, ah~ah~ah~ah~ahhh~ah~ah.
Push, push, push, push, push, push,
            push, push, push, push. Ah, ah!
Ahh.
Ah.
Uhh, uhh, uhh, uhh, uhh, uhh, uhh. Ahh, ahhh.
Oh.

GUITAR SOLO

Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh.
Ah-ah-ahh. Ah-ah-ahh-ahhh.
Ahhh__. Ahhh__. Ahhh__. Ahhh__.
Ah no, push, push.
A-suck it, suck it! Do me, do me, do me ohh.

Do it!

GUITAR / VOCAL

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ahhh.
Ah-nah-nah-nahh-nahh-nah-nah-nah-nah-nahhh.
Mm-bah-nah.          -bah-nah.
Mm-bah-nah.          -bah-nah.
Mm-bah-nah~ah.   -ah~ah. 
Ah, ahhh.

Ahhh.
Ahhh.
Ahhh.
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah.
A-push!
I can, I can, I can, I can, I can, I can.

Oh everybody's been talkin', Lord,
    I swear they been talkin' trash!   trash! trash!
The way that ya push me darlin',
    ya know I couldn't take too much a that.
So c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon show me the way.
I wanna make love to ya little girl twenty five,
                                                          a-twenty five,   five,
                                                              twenty five,   five,
                                                              twenty five.   five.

Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ahh!

Ah~ah, ah~ah, ah~ah, ah~ah.
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.

Ma-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my!
Ohhh suck it!
Yeah!

Ohh!
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Walkin' 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 howlin' more more more more more...
They carry news that must get through
To build a dream for me an' you ahh yes they do,
A-they choose the path where no-one goe__s.
They hold no quarter,
They ask,   ask,   they ask,  ask,
                              &nbspthey ask,  ask,
                              &nbspthey ask   ask   no quarter.   ...arter.

Oh what misery without quarter.
Oh the pain, the pain without quarter. Oh-oh-oh.
Ooh yeah   Ooh,   ooh yeah,   ooh yeah,   ooh yeah.   ooh yeah.
Ahh give me quarter, quarter, quarter.   quarter.
Oh give me...   Oh give me...

John Paul Jones the piano.

There's a lady who's sure
All that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven.
An' when she gets there she knows
If the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for.

Ooh~ooh~ooh ooh~ooh~ooh~ooh~ooh.
And she's buying a stairway to heaven.

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 that sings
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.

An' I think you can see that.
Ohh.

And it makes me wonder, sure does.
Oh hoh-hoh, hoh~ooh-oh~ooh~oh~ooh yes sir.

There's a feelin' 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 stand looking.

Ah-hah. Ah-hah.
Ah-hah. Ah-hah. Ahhh~ahh~oh~ooh~oh~ooh
                                                   ~oh~ooh~oh~ooh
                                                   ~oh~ooh~oh~ooh~oh~oh~oh.

And it's whispered that soon
If we all call the tune
A-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.

Does anybody remember laughter?

Baby, oh yes!
Just give it to me, give it to me, give it to me.

Sure does, sure does.
But I got some good news, listen...

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
And there's still time to change the road you're on. I hope so.

Ooh.   Ahh baby make ya,
                  don't it make ya,
                  don't it make ya,
                  don't it make ya,
                  don't it make ya.
A-wait a minute, a-wait a minute.

Your head is hummin' and it won't go
In case ya don't know,
The piper's callin' you to join him,
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow
And did you know
Your stairway lies on the whisperin' wind?

Ahh-hah-hah~ahhh.

And as we wind on down the road
Our shadow's taller than our soul.
There walks a lady we all kno__w
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold yeah
And if-a you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last.
When all is one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll, not to roll.
Don't make me roll.

An' she's buying a stairway to heaven.
Ah~ahhh~oh~ah~oh.

John Bonham!
John Henry Bonham!

Wanna whole lotta love.
Wanna whole lotta love.
I wanna whole lotta love.
I wanna whole lotta love.

A-you've been yearnin',
Baby I been learnin', learnin', learnin'.
All them good, good, good times
I've been mis-earnin'.
A-way, way down inside,
Woman you need love.
I'd like to give ya every inch of my love,
I'd like to give everybody my love ahh!

I wanna whole lotta love.
I wanna whole lotta love.
Wanna whole lotta love.
Wanna whole lotta lo__

__~ay, ay, ay.
Mm do it, do it, do it, do it,
                  do it, do it, do it.
Alright, alright, alright.

Yoh!!

I'm just tryin'a find the bridge.
Has anybody seen the bridge?

Ah!

Ahhh, ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh,
            ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh,
            ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh,
Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay,
       ay, ay, ay, ay, ay,
       ay, ay, ay, ay, ay. Ay!
Ahhh, ahhh__,   ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh,
                              ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh,

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
        oh, oh, oh, oh,
        oh, oh, oh, oh,
        oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it!
          &nbspDo it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it!

Ahh!   ahh, ahh   Ahh!   ahh   Ahh!   ahh, ahh, ahh
Ahh!   ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh
Ahhh   ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh
Ahhh!!   ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh
Ah,   ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.

You've been learnin',
Baby I've been yearnin'.
All them good, good, good times,
I've been mis-earnin'.
A-way, way down inside,
Woman you need love,
I'd like to give ya every inch of my love,
Oh!

Wanna whole lotta love.
Wanna whole lotta love.
Wanna whole lotta love.
Wanna whole lotta love.
Wanna whole lotta lo__ve ve ve ve ve ve...

One night...
I believe I've told ya this before.
But one night,
One night I was layin' down, down
I hear my mom an' papa talkin'
I hear them say Lord
Oh~ooh, oh~ooh ~oh~ooh ~oh~ooh.
Oh~oh~oh~ooh~s...
So many roads-ah
Oh I hear them say Lord, I hear them say
Oh, that little boys' reached the age a twenty four
An' I don't believe he's a baby anymore,
    anymore, anymore, anymore, anymore~oh~ooh~oh~ooh.

We gotta let that boy, we gotta let that boy.
We gotta let that boy, we gotta let that boy.
We gotta let that boy, we gotta let that boy.
We gotta let that boy, we gotta let that boy.

He's gotta boogie,
He's gotta boogie.
A-boogie b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b... boogie.
So he did
An' he kept on boogiein'
An' on an' on boogiein'
Ahh have mercy.

Well mama she told me, papa did too.
Way that ya move, it's no good for you, ya gotta
A-boogie mama.
A-boogie mama.
Boogie mama.
Boogie all night long.

Baby told me late last night
Way that ya move it's just a little too tight, ya gotta
Shake it baby,
Shake it baby,
Shake it baby,
Shake it one time for Elvis alright.

Rock it! Rock it!

Eat it.

Woman, woman, woman, woman
A-way do__wn inside,
You__ need it.

Lo__rd!!!   ord ord ord ord
Push!!!   Push!!!
Push!!!   Push!!!
Push! Push! Push! Push!
'S alright.

Ooh yeah.
Shake for me girl.
I wanna be your backdoor man.
Sure know 'bout you now,
Sure know 'bout you.

Keep it coolin' baby.
Keep it coolin' baby.
A-keep it coolin' baby.
Ahh push it, push it, push it yeah.
Mm give it to me.
I can.
Ahhh now yeah!

Alright!
Ahhh__.

New York, good night!

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