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		Atlantic Records 83061 Produced by Jimmy Page Released November 11, 1997 Disc 1: Tracks 1, 2, and 4 recorded March 3, 1969. Tracks 3, 5, and 10 recorded June 16, 1969. Tracks 6-9 recorded June 24, 1969. Tracks 11-14 recorded June 27, 1969. Disc 2: Tracks 1-10 recorded April 1, 1971 at the Paris Theatre, London.
Disc 1: 1. You Shook Me (Willie Dixon) 2. I Can't Quit You Baby (Willie Dixon) 3. Communication Breakdown (Page/Jones/Bonham) 4. Dazed and Confused (Page) 5. The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair (Sleepy John Estes) 6. What Is and What Should Never Be (Page/Plant) 7. Communication Breakdown (Page/Jones/Bonham) 8. Travelling Riverside Blues (Robert Johnson) 9. Whole Lotta Love (Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham) 10. Somethin' Else (Eddie Cochran) 11. Communication Breakdown (Page/Jones/Bonham) 12. I Can't Quit You Baby (Willie Dixon) 13. You Shook Me (Willie Dixon) 14. How Many More Times (Page/Jones/Bonham)		Disc 2: 1. Immigrant Song (Page/Plant) 2. Heartbreaker (Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham) 3. Since I've Been Loving You (Page/Plant/Jones) 4. Black Dog (Page/Plant/Jones) 5. Dazed and Confused (Page) 6. Stairway To Heaven (Page/Plant) 7. Going To California (Page/Plant) 8. That's The Way (Page) 9. Whole Lotta Love Medley (Boogie Chillun'/Fixin' to Die/ That's Alright Mama/A Mess of Blues) 10. Thank You (Page/Plant)

1. You Shook Me

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 bird won't do nothing,
Oh buy a diamond ring.

You know you shook me baby,
You shook me all night long.
I said you shook me baby,
You shook me all night long.
You shook me so hard baby,
You shook me all night long.

2. I Can't Quit You Baby

I can't quit you babe.
So I think I'm gonna put you down for a 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 know I love you babe.
My love for you I could never hide.
You know I love you babe.
My love for you I could never hide.
When I feel you near me little girl,
I know you are my one desire.

When you hear me moaning and groaning babe,
You know it hurts me deep down inside.
When you hear me moaning and groaning babe,
You know it hurts me deep down inside.

When you hear me,
You know you're my one desire.

3. Communication Breakdown

Hey girl stop what you're doing.
Hey girl you'll drive me to ruin.
I don't know what it is about you but I like it a lot.
Oh let me hold you.
Let me feel your loving 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.
Yes I like your charms.

Communication Breakdown,
It's always the same.
I'm having a nervous breakdown,
Drive me insane.

Communication Breakdown,
It's always the same.
I'm having a nervous breakdown,
Drive me insane.

4. Dazed And Confused

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.

You hurt and abused telling all of your lies,
Run arounds sweet baby lord how they hypnotize.
Sweet little baby I don't know where you've been,
God I love you baby here I come again.

Every day I work so hard bringing home my hard earned pay
Try to love you baby but you push me away.
Don't know where you're going 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.
(Did your) tongue wag so much when I sent you the bill?

5. The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair
Whoa, the girl I love
She got long black wavy hair
I do declare
The girl I love,
She got long black wavy hair,
Her mother and her father,
Sure don't like me there.

Well, I'm going back to my baby,
I said I wouldn't lie,
I never saw that sweet woman
Five long years gone by,
Well I'm going home
Well she's a sweet little darling,
I said I been away far too long
I've been away too long

Well she's my baby,
She shakes just like a willow tree
Yes she does
My baby when she walks, you know
She shakes like a willow tree,
That mean mistreater, baby, she knows ya
Humps all over me.

6. What Is And What Should Never Be

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 the day,
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 taking our time.

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.

Catch the wind see us spin,
Sail away leave the day,
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 taking our time.

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.

Catch the wind see us spin,
Sail away leave the day,
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 taking our time.

Everybody I know seems to know me well,
But does anybody know I'm gonna move like hell?

7. Communication Breakdown

Asked sweet mama,
Let me be her kid.
She said "You might get hurt,
If you don't keep it hid."
Well I know my baby,
If I see her in the dark.
I said I know my rider,
If I see her in the dark.

Now I going to Rosedale,
Take my rider by my side.
Still barrelhouse,
If it's on the riverside.
I know my baby,
Is really sloppy drunk.
I know my mama,
A brownskin but she ain't no plum.

See my baby tell her,
Tell her hurry home.
Had no loving since,
My baby been gone.
See my baby,
Tell hurry on home.
I ain't had my right mind,
Since my rider's been gone.

Hey she promises,
She's my rider.
I wanna tell you,
She's my rider.
I know you're mine,
She's my rider.
She ain't but sixteen,
But she's my rider.

I'm going to Rosedale,
Take my rider by side.
Anybody argue with me man,
I'll keep them satisfied.
Well see my baby tell her,
Tell her the shape I'm in.
Ain't had no loving,
Since you know when.

She's a kindhearted lady,
She studies evil all the time.
She's a kindhearted woman,
She studies evil all the time.

Squeeze my lemon,
Till the juice runs down my leg.
Squeeze it so hard,
I fall right out of bed.
Squeeze my lemon,
Till the juice runs down my leg.
The way that you squeeze it girl,
I swear I'm gonna fall right out of bed.

She's my kindhearted lady,
I'm gonna take my rider by my side.
I said her front teeth are lined with gold.
She's gotta mortgage on my body,
Gotta lien on my soul.
She's my brownskin sugar plum.

9. Whole Lotta Love

You need cooling,
Baby I'm not fooling.
I'm gonna send you,
Back to schooling.
Way down inside,
Honey you need it.
I'm gonna give you my love,
I'm gonna give you my love.

Wanna whole lotta love.

You've been learning,
Baby I been learning.
All them good times,
Baby baby I've been yearning.
Way way down inside,
Honey you need I.
I'm gonna give you my love,
I'm gonna give you my love.

Wanna whole lotta love.

You've been cooling,
Baby I've been drooling.
All the good times,
I've been misusing.
Way way down inside,
I'm gonna give you my love.
I'm gonna give you every inch of my love,
Gonna give you my love.

Wanna whole lotta love.

Way down inside woman,
You need love.

10. Somethin' Else
Hey, look a-here
What's all this?
There's a car made just for me
To own that car would be a luxury
A brand new convertible is out of my class
I'll buy that car and I'll go riding around
But that ain't no harm in thinking to myself
That's fine lookin' man, it's something else

Hey, look a-here
What's all this?
I never thought I'd see this look before
But here I am a-knockin' on her door
The car's out front and it's all mine
Just a '41 Ford, '69
That ain't stopping me from thinking to myself
It's okay, baby, it's a-something else

Hey, look a-here
I guess it's right
I see that girl walking down the street
She's the sweet I'd like to meet
I guess I'll ask if she'll come for a walk
Maybe we'll go walking in the park
And then I know right to myself
She's okay, baby, yes, I said, she's somethin' else

Oh, she's somethin' else
Oh, she's somethin' else

11. Communication Breakdown

How many more times,
Treat me the way you wanna do.
How many more times,
Treat me the way you wanna do.
When I give you all my love,
Please please be true.

I'll give you all I've got to give,
Rings pearls and all.
I'll give you all I've got to give,
Rings pearls and all.
I've got to get you together baby,
I'm sure you're gonna crawl.

I was a young man I couldn't resist.
Started thinking it all over just what I had missed.
Got me a girl and I kissed her and then,
Whoops oh lord well I did it again.
Now I got ten children of my own.
I got another child on the way that makes eleven.
But you know I'm in constant heaven.
I know it's all right in my mind.
I got a little schoolgirl and she's all mine.
I can't get through to her because it doesn't permit.
But I'm gonna give her everything I've got to give.

Oh Rosie,
Oh, girl.
Oh Rosie,
Oh, girl.
Steal away now, steal away.
Steal away baby, steal away.
Little Robert Anthony wants to come and play.
Why don't you come to me baby.
Steal away.

They call me the hunter,
That's my name.
They call me the hunter,
That's how I got my fame.
Ain't no need to hide.
Ain't no need to run.
Because I've got you in the sights of my gun.

How many more times,
Barrelhouse all night long.
How many more times,
Barrelhouse all night long.
I've got to get to you baby.
Please come home.
Why don't you please come home.
Why don't you please come home.

1. Immigrant Song

We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
The hammer of the gods,
Will drive our ships to new lands,
To fight the horde singing and crying:
"Valhalla I am coming!"

On we sweep,
With thrashing oar.
Our only goal will be the western shore.

We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
How soft your fields so green,
Can whisper tales of gore,
Of how we calmed the tides of war,
We are your overlords.

On we sweep,
With thrashing oar.
Our only goal will be the western shore.

So now you'd better stop and rebuild all your ruins,
For peace and trust can win the day despite all your losing.

2. Heartbreaker

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 different 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 rolling along
With the grace of the lord above.

People talking all around,
About 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.

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.

3. Since I've Been Loving You

Working seven to eleven every night,
It really makes my life a drag.
I don't think that's right.
I've really been the best of fools,
I did what I could.
Beause I love you baby.
But baby, since I've been loving you,
I'm about to lose my worried mind.

Everybody trying to tell me,
That you didn't mean me no good.
I've been trying let me tell you,
Let me tell you I really did the best I could.
I've been working seven to eleven every night,
It kinda makes my life a drag.
Lord you know it ain't right.
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?

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.
I open my front door hearing my back door slam.
You must have one of them new fangled,
New fangled back door man.

I've been working from seven to eleven every night,
It kinda makes my life a drag.
Since I've been loving you,
I'm about to lose my worried mind.

4. Black Dog

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.

I gotta roll can't stand still,
Got a flaming heart can't get my fill.
Eyes that shine burning red,
Dreams of you all through my head.

Hey baby,
Oh baby,
Pretty baby.

Hey baby,
Oh baby,
Pretty baby.

Didn't take too long before I found out,
What people mean by down and out.
Spent my money took my car,
Started tellin' her friends she gonna 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,
And tell me no lies make me a happy man.

5. Dazed And Confused

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

There's a sign on the wall,
But she wants to be sure,
Because 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.
It makes me wonder.

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 stand looking.
It makes me wonder.

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.

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.
And it makes me wonder.

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.

And she's buying a stairway to heaven.

7. Going To California

Spent my days with a woman unkind,
Smoked my stuff and drank of 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.
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.

8. That's The Way

I don't know how I'm gonna tell you,
I can't play with you know 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 on 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,
That's the way it ought to be.
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?

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 ought to be.
Mama say,
That's the way it ought to stay.

9. Whole Lotta Love Medley
See album lyrics for Whole Lotta Love.

10. Thank You

If the sun refused to shine,
I would still be loving you.
When mountains crumble to the sea,
There will still be you and me.

Kind woman,
I give you my all.
Kind woman,
Nothing more.

Little drops of rain,
Whisper of the pain,
Tears of loves lost in the days gone by.
My love is strong,
With you there is no wrong,
Together we shall go until we die.
Inspiration's what you are to me,
Inspiration, look see.

And so today,
My world it smiles,
Your hand in mine we walk the miles.
Thanks to you it will be done,
For you to me are the only one.
Happiness, no more be sad,
Happiness, I'm glad.

If the sun refused to shine,
I would still be loving you.
When mountains crumble to the sea,
There will still be you and me.