O.k. 
[ Let's go! ] 
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.

Her face is cracked from smilin', 
All the tears that she's been hidin' 
And she wonders pretty soon 
Everybody's gonna know. 
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'!

Thank you. 
In between last time we came an' this time 
we managed to get an' album out called 
"Houses Of The Holy" an'... 
An' this's-a, somethin' that we decided 
was an apt title for a thing that's called 
"The Song Remains The Same". 
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! 
                         A-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', 
                 slidin', slidin', 
                 slidin', slidin', 
                 slidin', slidin', 
                 slidin'... 

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

It is the springtime of my lovin' 
The second season I am to know 
You are the sunlight in my growin' 
So little warmth I felt before. 
Ahhh~it isn't hard to feel me glowin' 
I watched the fire that grew so low. 
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__.

I've been dazed an' confu__sed for so long it's not true. 
I wanted a woman, never bargained for you. 
Now lots of people talkin', pity few of them a-know, 
Soul of a woman was created below, that's right. 
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, 
                      twenty five,   five, 
                      twenty five,   five, 
                      twenty five.   five. 
                                   Ohhh. 

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, 
                      twenty five,   five, 
                      twenty 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-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! 
Ohhh suck it! 
Yeah! 

Ohh! 
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Close the door, put out the light 
You know they won't be home tonight. Oh~ooh~oh~oh. 
The snow falls hard an' don't you know 
The winds of Thor are blowin' cold cold cold col col col... 
They're wearin' steel that's bright an' true oh, oh-hoh-hoh, 
To build a dream for me an' you ah-hah~ah, 
They choose the path where no-one goe__s. 
They hold no quarter, oh hoh, 
They ask, they ask no quarter, no quarter oh. 
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, 
         they ask,  ask, 
         they 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.

This's a song of hope... 
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 - Moby Dick! Dick! Dick! Dick! 
               Dick! Dick! Dick! Dick!  
Instrumental. 
(Yeah!!) 7:18 
John Bonham! 
John Henry Bonham!

A-you need coolin', 
Woman I ain't foolin'. 
I'm gonna say it yeah, 
Go back to schoolin'. 
A-way down inside, 
Woman you need love. 
I'm gonna give ya my love, 
I'm gonna give ya my love. Ohh. 
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! 
           Do 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!