Presence

©1976 Flames of Albion Music Inc. / Warner-Chappell Music Ltd.

Lyrics have been accumulated from various sources including song books etc., and may not be 100% accurate.  

For Your Life (Page/Plant)

You said I was the only, With my lemon in your hand Exhibition is your habit, Emotion second hand. Had to pull away to save me, Maybe next time around And she said, 'don't you wanna'? 

Don't you wanna cook it, cook it, cook it? Hadn't planned to, could not stand to try it, fry it, na na na yeah.

Heard a cry for mercy, In the city of the damned Oh oh babe, damned. Down in the pits you go no lower The next stop's underground.  Oh, hello underground. Wine and roses ain't quite over, fate deals a losing hand

And I said: didn't mean to... did not mean to fail You didn't plan it, you over-ran it You wanna do it, you wanna You wanna do it when you wanna You wanna do it, do it when you wanna When you blow it, babe, You got to blow it right Oh baby, if you fake it, mama, Baby, fake with all your might

When you fake it, mama, Please fake it right  (for yourself babe) When you fake it baby, You're fakin' it for your life, for your life, for your life, for your life

Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, Do it when you wanna Do it, do it, do it, Do it when you wanna Oh, I can have you, baby, But I don't know what to do, yeah

Sometime, baby, nothin' I could do On the balance of a crystal, Payin' through the nose And when they couldn't resist you, I thought you'd go with the flow. And now your stage is empty, bring down the curtain, baby please.

Fold up your show Hadn't planned to, Could not stand to fry in it Hadn't planned it, I over-ran it, (fryin) For your life, For your life.

Royal Orleans (Bonham/Jones/Page/Plant)

One time love, ake care how you use it Try to make it last all night, And if you take your pick Be careful how you choose it, Sometimes its hard to feel it bite Feel it bite.

A man I know, went down to Louisiana, had himself a bad, bad fight And when the sun peeked through and shone down on his Suzanna, He kissed the whiskers, left & right Whiskers!

Now, now, now, fright subsides Out at a hotel in the quarter, our friends check in to pass the night Now love gets hot, but fire preceeded water Poor whiskers set the room alight. Whiskers! One time love, ake care how you use it Try to make it last all night, And if you take your pick Be careful how you choose it, Sometimes its hard to feel it bite Feel it bite.

Nobody's Fault But Mine (Page/Plant) Nobody's fault but mine (X 2)

Trying to save my soul tonight It's nobody's fault but mine

Devil he told me to roll (X2)

How to roll the log tonight Nobody's fault but mine Brother he showed me the gong? Brother he showed me the ding dong ding dong How to roll, the log tonight Oh, it's nobody's fault but mine

Got a monkey on my back. (X 2)

Gonna change my ways tonight Nobody's fault but mine

I will get down rollin' tonight Nobody's fault

Candy Store Rock (Page/Plant)

Well... Oh baby baby. Don't you want a man like me? Oh baby baby, I'm just as sweet as anybody could be Oh baby baby, I want to look to your eyes, of blue Oh baby baby, It's more than anybody else could do Well... Oh baby baby. You know when I see you walkin down the street

Oh baby baby, Well you lookin good enough to eat Oh baby baby, I dont believe I've tasted this before Oh baby baby, I want it now And every mouthfull more of you.

Talk about you, Yeah. Oh baby baby, You know that I wanted it more Oh baby baby, I'm about to kiss goodbye to this store Oh baby baby, It ain't the wrapping that sells the goods

Oh baby baby, I got a sweet tooth when my mouth is full of you. Ooh baby oh baby its alright, its alright Ohh baby its alright...its alright Well, oh baby, baby, oh you sting like a bee Oh baby, baby, I like your honey and it sure likes me Oh baby, baby, I got my spoon inside your jar Oh baby, baby, don't give me too much, don't make me starve

Oh baby, baby, sugar sister on a silver plate Oh baby, baby, I need a mouthful and I just can't wait Oh baby, baby, see the shaking in my hand Oh baby, baby, don't mean to fumble but it tastes so grand Tastes so grand, tastes so grand, baby it's alright

Oh baby it's alright, oh it's alright It's alright... (repeat)

Hots On For Nowhere (Page/Plant)

I was burned in the heat of the moment, Though it couldn't have been the heat of the day When I learned how my time had been wasted, (And a) tear fell as I turned away

Now I've got friends who will give me their shoulder, Event I should happen to fall Time and his bride growing older I've got friends who will give me fuck all (On the) corner of Bleeker and nowhere In the land of not quite day A shiver runs down my backbone Face in the mirror turns grey

So (I) looked round to hitch up the reindeer Searching hard trying to brighten the day I turned around to look for the snowman To my surprise he'd melted away. As the moon and the stars call the order Inside my tides dance the ebb and sway The sun in my soul's sinking lower While the hope in my hands turns to clay I don't ask that my field's full of clover I don't moan at opportunity's door And if you ask my advice, take it slower Then your story'd be your finest reward. Lost on the path to attainment Search in the eyes of the wise When I bled from the heart of the matter I started bleeding without a disguise

Now everything's fine under heaven Now and then you've got to take time to pause When you're down on the ground, don't be messin' around Or you'll land in a boat without oars Hey babe, Hey babe, Hey babe, I lost my way. Hey babe, Hey babe, I don't know where I'm gonna find it. Hey babe, Hey babe, Do you wanna know, Do you really, really, wanna help me, yeah? Let me tell you now, babe Let me tell you That it feels so good that it must be right Now my babe, Let me tell you That it feels so good that it must be right...

Tea For One (Page/Plant)

How come twenty four hours, Baby sometimes seem to slip into days? Oh twenty-four hours, Baby sometimes seem to slip into days A minute seems like a lifetime, baby when I feel this way Sittin, lookin at the clock, time moves so slow I've been watchin for the hands to move Until I just can't look no more How come twenty four hours, Baby sometimes seems to slip into days?

A minute seems like a lifetime, Baby when I feel this way. To sing a song for you, I recall you used to say "Oh baby this one's for we two", Which in the end is you anyway How come twenty four hours, Baby sometimes slip into days?

A minute seems like a lifetime, baby when I feel this way. There was a time that I stood tall, In the eyes of other men But by my own choice I left you woman, And now I can't get back again How come twenty-four hours, sometimes slip into days? A minute seems like a lifetime, Baby when I feel this way

A minute seems like a lifetime When I feel this way...I feel this way