Lyrics: Honeydrippers Volume One

This page contains my transcription of the lyrics of the songs on this mini album.
I Get a Thrill / Sea of Love / I Got a Woman / Young Boy Blues / Rockin at Midnight

It also contains my lyric transcriptions for the following songs recorded by Robert Plant ...
Rude World / Little Hands / Life Begin Again / It's Really Got To Be This Way
The Only One / Red For Danger

... and for the following songs recorded by Robert Plant with Alison Krauss.
Polly Come Home / Fortune Teller / Nothin'

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I Get A Thrill

I get a thrill, thrill, thrill --
Thrill at you from my head down to my toes

She make me feel so good all night long
Really rock till I'm almost gone
Get a thrill, thrill, thrill --
Thrill at you from my head down to my toes

Oh baby, make me feel so good
She hold me - oh, drive me mad
Do the little things you do, ooh, ooh --
I thrill at you from my head down to my toes

She got me crazy - on my knees
My baby - me and my baby
She keep moanin', moanin' - don't stop now
Gotta have love - ooh, wow
Get a thrill, thrill, from my head down to my toes

She treat me tender - arms open wide
Sits around with her lips to mine
I get a thrill, thrill, thrill --
I thrill at you from my head down to my toes
I get a thrill, thrill, thrill --
Chill, chill, chill --

IconSea Of Love

Do you remember when we met?
That's the day I knew you were my pet
I wanna tell you how much I love you

Come with me, my love
To the sea, the sea of love
I wanna tell you just how much I love you

Come with me to the sea of love

Do you remember when we met?
That's the day I knew you were my pet
I wanna tell you, oh, how much I love you

Come with me to the sea of love

Come with me, my love
To the sea, the sea of love
I wanna tell you just how much I love you
I wanna tell you, oh, how much I love you

IconI Got A Woman

I got a woman - way over town
She's good to me - oh yeah
Well I got a woman - way over town
She's good to me - oh yeah
She's mine when I'm in need
She's kind - a friend indeed
Yeah I got a woman - way over town
She's good to me - oh yeah

She saves her loving - early in the morning
Just for me - oh yeah
She saves her loving - early in the morning
Just for me
Oh, she saves her loving just for me
Oh, she loves me so tenderly
Yeah I got a woman - way over town
She's good to me - she's good, she's good, she's good

She's there to love me both day and night
Never grumble about the fussing - always treat me right
Never runnin' in the streets - no leaving me alone
She knows a woman's place is right back there in the home

I got a woman - way over town
She's good to me - oh yeah
Now I got a woman - way over town
She's good to me - oh, oh
She's my baby - don't you understand?
I'm her loving man
Yeah I got a woman - way over town
She's good to me - oh yeah

Don't you think she's alright?
Don't you think she's alright?
She's alright - she's alright now
She's my little Diane
No Runaround Sue
She ain't no Mata Hari
No, no - no, no --
She's alright - she's alright
She's alright - she's alright now

IconYoung Boy Blues

Every time I kiss somebody new
I make believe I'm kissing you
But I can't kid my aching heart
'Cause my heart knows we're still apart
And each night is like a thousand years
Since I got these young boy blues

I wanna cry when I hear your name
If I cry I feel ashamed
So I let my pride be my guide
I keep those tears inside
And each night is like a thousand years
I can't lose these young boy blues

Don't know where to go
Don't know what to do
I'm so lost and lonely since I lost you

Every time I kiss somebody new
I make believe I'm kissing you
But I can't kid my aching heart
'Cause my heart knows we're still apart
And each night is like a thousand years
Since I got these young boy blues

Don't know where to go
Don't know what to do
I'm so lost and lonely since I lost you

Every time I kiss somebody new
I make believe I'm kissing you
But I can't kid my aching heart
'Cause my heart knows we're still apart
And each night is like a thousand years
I can't lose these young boy blues
Each night is like a thousand years
Since I got these young boy blues
Each night is like a thousand years
I can't lose these young boy blues

IconRockin' At Midnight

Have you heard the news?
There's good rockin' at midnight
I'm gonna hold my baby with all my might
What a wonderful time we had that night
Hey, hey, there's good rockin' at midnight

Have you heard the news?
There's good rockin' at midnight
I'm gonna hold my baby with all my might
What a wonderful time we had that night
Hey, hey, there's good rockin' at midnight

Now sweet Georgia Brown and sweet Lorraine
They got caught on Caledonia's land
Sioux City Sue then told it all
Those girls got drunk and they had a ball
Crying hey, hey, good rockin' at midnight

Now I'll tell you all about how deacon Joe
Got so high they had to take him home
Hear the news about Elliot Brown
He stole a chicken and he ran out of town
Crying hey, hey, there's good rockin' at midnight

Now Caledonia got drunk - squealed like a pig
She fell down and she lost her wig
Georgie Brown she laughed - she got sick
Caledonia got mad and grabbed a brick
Crying hey, hey, there's good rockin' at midnight

Want to tell you all about how deacon Joe
He got so high they had to take him home
Hear the news about Elliot Brown
He stole our chickens and he ran out of town
Crying hey, hey, there's good rockin' at midnight

Now Caledonia got drunk - squealed like a pig
She fell down - lost her wig
Georgie Brown she laughed - she got sick
Caledonia got mad and grabbed a brick
Crying hey, hey, there's good rockin' at midnight

We're gonna rock, we're gonna rock
We're gonna rock, we're gonna rock --
There's good rockin' at midnight, midnight

Now sweet Georgia Brown and sweet Lorraine
They got caught on Caledonia's land
Sioux City Sue then told it all
Those girls got drunk and they had a ball
Crying hey, hey, there's good rockin' at midnight

We're gonna rock, we're gonna rock
We're gonna rock, we're gonna rock --


IconRude World

You must be proud of yourself to take a stand
Against the world ruled by man
With your fist in the air metaphorically
You take on the world, girl
Like Muhammed Ali
I'm sorry about that

People are roaming round and round
Drifters drifting - town to town
Forgetting their friends - forgetting their names
Overlook me now, but you can't skip James
I'm sorry about that
I'm sorry about that

I don't mean this to be a shock
I'm telling you honey, 'cause you know it rocks
A smiling sniper taking aim
It gives him pleasure to give pain
In a rude world, baby
In a rude world, baby

I'm sorry about that
I'm sorry about that
So sorry about that --

IconLittle Hands

Little hands clapping - children are laughing
Little hands clapping all over the world
Piper is piping - drummers are drumming
Little hands clapping all over the world

Little hands clapping - children are sharing
Little loves loving, all boys and all girls
Children are singing - truths that they're bringing
Freedom is ringing all over the world
Come let us meet them
Yes we will greet them

Little hands clapping - children are caring
Piper is calling all over the world
Out in the street now - sick that you meet now
How many new friends do you call your own?
Come let us meet them
Yes we will greet them

Little hands clapping - truth that they're grasping
A world with no pain for one and for all
Children are learning - souls they are yearning
A nice place to play and no place to fall
Come let us meet them
Yes we will greet them

IconLife Begin Again

This is the English part of the lyric sung by Robert Plant

This is the day and the hour
The time when the changing begins
The land and the sky fall quiet
Silence moves over the plain

The heat of Gwynmer(?) still burning
The heart still beating within
Her songs echoing the fallen
For life to begin again

This is the day and the hour
The time when the changing begins
The land and the sky fallen silent
Fire moves o'er the plain
Fire moves o'er the plain
The silence moves over the plain

The land and sky fall quiet
The heart is beating within
Her song echoes the calling
For life to begin again
For life to begin again

IconIf It's Really Got To Be This Way

If it's really got to be this way
I will take it - I don't know
I'll just carry on day to day
Till I make it on my own

Oh, I'll cry - I'll get by
I'll forgive you girl, by and by
And I'll forget you some day
If it's really got to be this way

If this is what you think you need
Go ahead, girl, and do it
Doesn't make a lot of sense to me
But if it's what you want, I'll live through it

Oh, I'll cry [etc repeated]

In my heart
There will always be a place for you
In my heart
I will always believe we could have made it, you and me

Oh, I'll cry [etc repeated]

If it's really got to be this way --

IconThe Only One

This all fits - it's all it ever really, really was
'Cause it's the only one
To walk us back - can you explain?
It's just to some extent you linger on and on again
And it's the only one

Well I can't sit down but it looks like I'm moving baby

And there we sit - we ought to try
I try to minimise, minimise, minimise
Get out at night - and if I do
I count a thousand smiles that turn around at you
'Cause it's the only one

Well I can't sit down but it looks like I'm moving baby

And so it is - I think I know
I might have finally, finally quantified, quantified
Well it's the only one
I give my word - my lips are sealed
Do you ever really wonder how I really feel?
You're the only one

Turning, turning - turning, turning
Well I can't sit still - it looks like I'm moving, yeah
What is it about you that I feel inside? Well I can't explain
What is it about you that I feel inside but I can't explain?

Oh, no - honey, it fits
Baby, it's all it ever really was

Talk, talk, talk, talk - talk, talk, talk, talk
Well I can't sit still when you know that I'm moving, yeah

This all fits - that's all it ever really, really was
Could you resist?
'Cause it's the only one
Your time has gone - can you explain?
It's just to some extent you linger on and on again
It's very strange - it's very strange

Turning, turning - turning, turning
No, I can't sit still when you know that I'm moving now
What is it about you that I feel inside? Well I can't explain
What is it about you that I feel inside but I can't explain?

IconRed For Danger

Can you feel my heart beat?
Across a crowded room
Oh, why don't you get close to me?
Gonna taste the cheap perfume
Can you feel my eyes on you?
Why don't you look my way?
I've come to not talk - too late soon
Ain't gonna need to say

Red for danger - green for go
Dancing in the danger zone
I've got your number - got something that you need to know
Red for danger - green for go
All dressed up - nowhere to go
Look at me now, dancing in the danger zone

But what you see there
Through my open door
Wanna get you running scared
And having to take you by force
Am I coming on strong with you?
Can you see through my disguise?
You know what I wanna do, babe
Take a look through my eyes

Oh, it's red for danger - green for go
Dancing in the danger zone
I've got your number - I've got something that you need
Red for danger - green for go
All dressed up - nowhere to go
Look at me now, dancing in the danger zone

Red for danger [etc repeated]


IconPolly Come Home

If the wild bird could speak
He'd tell of places you have been
He's been in my dreams
And he knows all the ways of the wind

Polly, come home again
Spread your wings to the wind
I felt much of the pain as it begins

Dreams cover very much time
Still they leave blind the will to begin
I searched for you there
And now look for you from within

Polly, come home again [etc repeated]

Polly, come home again [etc repeated]

IconFortune Teller

I went to the fortune teller
To have my fortune read
I didn't know what to tell her
I had a dizzy feeling in my head

She took a look at my palm
She said: "Son, you feel kind of warm"
She looked into her crystal ball
She said: "You're in love"

How could that be so?
I thought of all the girls I know
She said when the next one arrives
You'll be looking into her eyes

I left there in a hurry
Looking forward to my big surprise
The next day I discovered
That the fortune teller told me lies

I hurried back down to that woman
As mad as I could be
I said I didn't see nobody
Why had she made a fool out of me

Then something struck me
As if it came from up above
While looking at the fortune teller
I fell in love

Now I'm a happy feller
'Cos I'm married to the fortune teller
And I'm as happy as we can be
And now I get my fortune told for free

IconNothin'

Hey mama, when you leave
Don't leave a thing behind
I don't want nothin'
I can't use nothin'

Take care into the hall
And if you see my friends
Tell them I'm fine
Not using nothin'

Almost burned out my eyes
Threw my ears down to the floor
I didn't see nothin'
I didn't hear nothin'

I stood there like a block of stone
Knowin' all I had to know
And nothin' more
Man, that's nothin'

Being born is going blind
And bowing down a thousand times
To echoes strung
On pure temptation

Sorrow and solitude
These are the precious things
And the only words
That are worth remembering

Hey mama, when you leave
Don't leave a thing behind
I don't want nothin'
I can't, I can't use nothin'

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