Led Zeppelin : How the West Was Won

Hard Rock / Royaume-Uni
(2003 - Atlantic Records)
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DISC 1

1. L.A DRONE

(Instrumental)


2. 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 threshing 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 threshing 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 of all your losing.


3. HEARTBREAKER

Hey fellas, have you heard the news?
You know that Annie's back in town?
It won't take long just to 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 is a diff'rent smile
Like that of one who knows.

Well, it's been ten years and maybe more
Since I first put 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 rollin' along
With the grace of the Lord above.

People talkin' all around 'bout the way you left me flat,
I don't care what 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!
I try to make love but it ain't no use.
Give it to me, give it!

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.


4. BLACK DOG

Hey hey, mama, said, the way you move
Gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove
Ah ah, child, the 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 flamin' heart, can't get my fill
Eyes that shine burnin' red
Dreams of you all through my head

Hey, baby, whoa, baby, pretty baby
Darlin', can't you do me now
Move the way you're movin', now

Didn't take too long 'fore 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-leg woman ain't got no soul

All I ask for, all 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

Gotta move you, now, babe, babe, move, you move
Push, push, babe, push, babe, push, babe
I'm gonna get you groovin', now, gonna get you groovin', now


5. OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY

Hey lady--you got the love I need
Maybe more than enough.
Oh Darling... walk a while with me
You've got so much...

Many have I loved - Many times been bitten
Many times I've gazed along the open road.

Many times I've lied - Many times I've listened
Many times I've wondered how much there is to know.

Many dreams come true and some have silver linings
I live for my dream and a pocketful of gold.

Mellow is the man who knows what he's been missing
Many many men can't see the open road.

Many is a word that only leaves you guessing
Guessing 'bout a thing you really ought to know, ooh!
You really ought to know...


6. SINCE I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU

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

Everybody's trying to tell me that you didn't mean me no good.
I've been trying, Lord, let me tell you, let me tell you I really did the best I could.
I've been working from seven to eleven every night, I said it kinda makes my life a drag.
Lord, that ain't right...
But 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 ?
You had the nerve to tell me you didn't want me no more.
I open my front door, hear my backdoor slam.
I must have one of them new-fangled backdoor man.

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


7. 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 all 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 stand 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.

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.

And she's buying a stairway to heaven.


8. 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...
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.


9. THAT'S THE WAY

I don't know how I'm gonna tell you, I can't play with you no 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 in 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, Oh, That's The Way it ought to be,
Yeah, yeah, 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 ?

And 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 oughtta be.
Oh don't you know now, mama said... that's the way it's gonna stay, yeah.


10. BRON-YR-AUR STOMP

Ah caught you smiling at me, That's the way it should be,
Like a leaf is to a tree, so fine.

Ah all the good times we had, I sang love songs so glad
Always smiling, never sad, so fine.

As we walk down the country lanes, I'll be singing a song,
Hear me calling your name.
Hear the wind within the trees, Telling Mother Nature 'bout you and me.

Well if the sun shines so bright, Or on our way it's darkest night
The road we choose is always right, so fine.

Ah can your love be so strong When so many loves go wrong
Will our love go on and on...

My, my la de la come on now it ain't too far,
Tell your friends all around the world,
Ain't no companion like a blue eyed merle.

Come on now well let me tell you,
What you're missing, missing, 'round them brick walls.

So of one thing I am sure, It's a friendship so pure,
Angels singing all around my door, so fine.
Yeah, ain't but one thing to do Spend my natural life with you,
You're the finest dog I knew, so fine.

When you're old and your eyes are dim, There ain't no "Old Shep" gonna happen again.
We'll still go walking down country lanes, I'll sing the same old songs,
Hear me call your name.


DISC 2

1. DAZED AND CUNFUSED

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 abuse tellin' all of your lies
Run around sweet baby, Lord how they hypnotize
Sweet little baby, I don't know where you've 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

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 the bill ?


2. WHAT IS AND WHAT SHOULD NEVER BE

And 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 today, 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 takin' 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.

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.

Oh the wind won't blow and we really shouldn't go, and it only goes to show.
Catch the wind, we're gonna see it spin, we're gonna...sail, little girl.
Everybody I know seems to know me well
But they're never gonna know that I move like hell.


3. DANCING DAYS

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

[Chorus]
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, In the way that you're wearing your clothes
Sippin'' booze is precedent as the evening starts to glow.

[Chorus]

I told your mamma I'd get you home but I didn't tell her I had no car
I saw a lion he was standing alone with a tadpole in a jar.

[Chorus]

Dancing days are here again as the summer evening grows
You are my flower, you are my power
You are my woman who knows.

[Chorus]


4. MOBY DICK

(Instrumental)


DISC 3

1. WHOLE LOTTA LOCE - MEDLEY

You need coolin', baby, I'm not foolin'.
I'm gonna send you back to schoolin'.
Way down inside, honey you need it.
I'm gonna give you my love...

Wanna whole lotta love

You've been learnin', baby, I've been learnin'.
All them good times, baby, baby, I've been yearnin'.
Way, way down inside honey, you need it.
I'm gonna give you my love...

Wanna whole lotta love.

You've been coolin', baby, I've been droolin'.
All the good times, I've been misusin'.
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 love lotta love.

Way down inside... woman... You need... looooove.

Shake for me, girl. I wanna be your backdoor man.
Keep it coolin', baby.


2. 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.
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.

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.


3. THE OCEAN

"We've done four already but now we're steady
and then they went: One, two, three, four"

Singing in the sunshine, laughing in the rain
Hitting on the moonshine, rocking in the grain
Ain't no time to pack my bag, my foots outside the door
Got a date, I can't be late, for the high hopes hailla ball.

Singing to an ocean, I can hear the ocean's roar
Play for free, play for me and play a whole lot more, more!
Singing about good things and the sun that lights the day
I used to sing on the mountains, has the ocean lost it's way.

Sitting round singing songs 'til the night turns into day
Used to sing on the mountains but the mountains washed away
Now I'm singing all my songs to the girl who won my heart
She is only three years old and it's a real fine way to start.


4. BRING IT ON HOME

Baby, baby, I'm gonna bring it on home to you
I've got my ticket, I've got that load
Got up, gone higher, "all aboard"
Take my seat, right way back
Watch this train roll down the track
I'm gonna bring it on home, bring it on home to you
Watch out, watch out...

Try to tell you baby, "what you tryin' to do ?"
Tryin' to love me baby, love some other man too
Bring it on home, bring it on home

Went a little walk downtown, honey, messed and got back late
Found a note there waiting, it said, "Daddy, I just can't wait"
Bring it on home, bring it back home to me baby

Tell you, pretty baby, you love to mess me `round
I'm gonna give you lovin', baby, gonna move you outta town
Bring it on home, bring it on home

Sweetest little baby, daddy ever saw
I'm gonna give you lovin' baby, I'm gonna give you more
Bring it on home, bring it on home

Bring it on home, bring it on home to you

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