Lyrics: Led Zeppelin II

This page contains my transcription of the lyrics from Led Zeppelin's second album.
Whole Lotta Love / What Is And What Should Never Be / The Lemon Song
Thank You / Heartbreaker / Living Loving Maid / Ramble On / Bring It On Home

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Whole Lotta Love

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
I'm gonna give you my love
Wanna whole lotta love --

You've been learnin' - baby, I mean 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
I'm gonna give you my love
Wanna whole lotta love --

You've been coolin' - baby, I've been droolin'
All the good times, baby, 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 whole lotta love --

Way down inside, woman, you need loooove

Shake for me girl - I wanna be your backdoor man
Keep a-coolin', baby - keep a-coolin', baby --

IconWhat 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 the day
Way up high in the sky
Then the wind won't blow
You really shouldn't go
It only goes to show
That you will be mine
By taking our time - oooh!

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 [etc repeated]

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, yeah

Catch the wind [etc repeated]

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

IconThe Lemon Song

I should have quit you, long time ago
Oh yeah, long time ago
I wouldn't be here, my children
Down on this killing floor

I should have listened, baby, to my second mind
I should have listened, baby, to my second mind
Everytime I go away and leave you, darling
You send me the blues way down the line

Babe - treat me right, baby - my, my, my, my
People tell me baby can't be satisfied
Tryin' to worry me baby
But I never ever got you to myself
People worry baby, I can't keep you satisfied
Let me tell you baby
You ain't nothin but a two-bit, no-good jive

I went to sleep last night - I worked as hard as I can
I bring home my money - you take my money, give it to another man
I should have quit you baby, such a long time ago
I wouldn't be here with all my troubles
Down on this killing floor

Squeeze me baby, till the juice runs down my leg
Squeeze me baby, till the juice runs down my leg
The way you squeeze my lemon
I swear I'm gonna fall right out of bed

I'm gonna leave my children
Down on this killing floor

IconThank 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 - my, my, my
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

IconHeartbreaker

Hey, fellas, have you heard the news?
You know that Annie's back in town?
It won't take long - just watch and see
All 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 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 rollin' along
With the grace of the Lord above

People talkin' 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 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

Worked so hard I couldn't unwind
Get some money saved
Abused my love a thousand times
However hard I tried
Heartbreaker, your time has come
Can't take your evil way
Go away, heartbreaker
Heartbreaker - heartbreaker

IconLiving Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman)

With a purple umbrella and a fifty-cent hat
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman
Miss Cool rides out in her aged Cadillac
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman

Come on babe, on the roundabout
Ride on the merry-go-round
We all know what your name is
So you better lay your money down

Alimony, alimony payin' your bills
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman
When your conscience hits, you knock it back with pills
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman

Come on babe [etc repeated]

Tellin' tall tales of how it used to be
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman
With the butler and the maid and the servants three
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman

Nobody hears a single word you say
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman
But you keep on talkin' till your dying day
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman

Come on babe [etc repeated]

Livin', lovin', she's just a woman --

IconRamble On

Leaves are falling all around
It's time I was on my way
Thanks to you, I'm much obliged
For such a pleasant stay
And now it's time for me to go
The autumn moon lights my way
And now I smell the rain, and with it pain
And it's headed my way
Ah, sometimes I grow so tired
But I know I've got one thing I got to do

Ramble on
And now's the time - the time is now
To sing my song
I'm going 'round the world
I got to find my girl - on my way
Been this way ten years to the day
I gotta ramble on
I gotta find the queen of all my dreams

Got no time for spreadin' roots
The time has come to be gone
And though our health we drank a thousand times
It's time to ramble on

Ramble on [etc repeated]

Mine's a tale that can't be told
My freedom I hold dear
How years ago in days of old
When magic filled the air
Twas in the darkest depths of Mordor
I met a girl so fair
But Gollum, the evil one, crept up
And slipped away with her, her

Ain't nothing I can do, girl
I guess I'll keep on rambling
I'm gonna sing my song
I've gotta find my baby
I'm gonna ramble on - sing my song
Gonna work my way all around the world
Ramble on

IconBring 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
I'll take my seat, right way back
I'll watch this train roll down the track
I'm gonna bring it on home
Bring it on home to you
Watch out, watch out

Tried 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
Messed and got back late
Found a note there waiting
It said: "Daddy, I just can't wait"
Bring it on home - bring it on home
Bring it back home - bring it back home to me, baby

Tell you, pretty baby
You love to mess me around
I'm gonna give you lovin', baby
Gonna move you out of 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 - bring it on home to you

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