Robert PLANT


The Very Best

(compilation)



1. Slow Dancer 7'46
(Robert Plant / Robbie Blunt)
2. Big Log 5'05
(Robert Plant / Robbie Blunt / Jezz Woodroffe)
3. Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes In You) 4'09
(Robert Plant / Phil Johnstone / Doug Boyle / Chris Blacwell)
4. Heaven Knows 4'06
(Phil Johnstone / Dave Barrett)
5. Moonlight In Samosa 4'01
(Robert Plant / Robbie Blunt)
6. Tie Dye In Highway (Hello, Hello) 5'15
(Robert Plant / Chris Blackwell)
7. Ship Of Fools 5'03
(Robert Plant / Phil Johnstone)
8. Calling To You 5'50
(Robert Plant / Chris Blackwell)
9. Tall Cool One 4'40
(Robert Plant / Phil Johnstone)
10. Like I've Never Been Gone 6'01
(Robert Plant / Robbie Blunt)
11. Other Arms 4'21
(Robert Plant / Robbie Blunt)
12. 29 Palms 4'53
(Robert Plant / Charlie Jones / Phil Johnstone / Doug Boyle)
13. Why 4'14
(Robert Plant / Robert Crash)
14. Colours Of A Shade 4'46
(Robert Plant / Phil Johnstone / Chris Blackwell / Martin Allcock)

Total Time: 70:10





1. Slow Dancer

    Slow dancer - no answers
    For you new moves to see
    Fast talker in dark corners
    For you new words to hear
    Sly glances - half chances
    For you the eye that sees

    When the sun slips from the day and the coolness brings relief
    There's no torment 'neath the stars in the stillness of the night
    When the swirling has to cease behind the safety of the veil

    In high places - darkened faces
    So indifferent in days to be
    Lost races - no losers
    Only winners return to see
    New order - can't be altered
    When the eyes refuse to see

    When the sun slips from the day [etc - repeated]

    Soft spoken - never could be broken
    Waiting the dawn light with me
    Slow burning - school of learning
    Don't hasten it down on me
    Hearts leaping - hopes been reaching
    To the heights, to the heights - these signs to see

    Oh baby -- in the darkness, in the darkness --

2. Big Log

    My love is in league with the freeway
    Its passion will ride, as the cities fly by
    And the tail-lights dissolve, in the coming of night
    And the questions in thousands take flight
    My love is a-miles in the waiting
    The eyes that just stare, and the glance at the clock
    And the secret that burns, and the pain that grows dark
    And it's you once again
    Leading me on - leading me down the road
    Driving beyond - driving me down the road

    My love is exceedingly vivid
    Red-eyed and fevered with the hum of the miles
    Distance and longing, my thoughts do provide
    Should I rest for a while at the side
    Your love is cradled in knowing
    Eyes in the mirror, still expecting they'll come
    Sensing too well when the journey is done
    There is no turning back - no
    There is no turning back - on the run

    My love is in league with the freeway
    Oh the freeway, and the coming of night-time
    My love is in league with the freeway

3. Hurting Kind ( I've Got My Eyes In You )

    She's the girl of my dreams - she's the girl on my mind
    She used to play me for a fool 'cause she's the hurting kind

    I lost my heart in the East - another part in the West
    You better jump back baby - you're the girl I love the best

    I'm gonna ride the wind - there's nothing I won't do
    I'm coming up real fast - I got my eyes on you

    I see your eyes of love - well tell me what you see
    I see your long black hair moving over me

    Oh yes, I feel good now, now
    Let's talk about love, let's talk about love
    Let's talk about love, let's talk about it
    Alright, alright, alright, I got my eyes on you
    Alright, alright, alright, I got my eyes on you

    I lost my heart over here - another part over there
    I still got plenty left, and baby I don't care

    Oh, let's talk about love, let's talk about love
    Alright, alright, alright, I got my eyes on you
    Alright, alright, alright, I got my eyes on you

    Don't blame me - I won't hurt you - don't blame me
    It's plain to see you know the real me

    She's the girl of my dreams - she's the girl on my mind
    She used to play me for a fool - she's the hurting kind

    Gonna go around the world - nothing I won't do
    Coming up real fast - I got my eyes on you
    Alright, alright, alright, I got my eyes on you
    Alright, alright, alright, I got my eyes on you --

4. Heaven Knows

    A brand new human being, razor sharp, all firm and tanned
    All clean, all pure, with a thirty-second attention span
    As the clock strikes twelve and we're ready for party games
    You play blind man's buff and I'll play out charades

    [ Heaven knows ] what kind of fool am I
    [ Heaven knows ] why you take an eye for an eye
    [ Heaven knows ] what comes over me
    You were pumping iron as I was pumping irony

    Now I find myself fully occupied and half alive
    With your head, heart, arms and legs wrapped around my family pride
    See the whites of their eyes then shoot
    With all the romance of the Ton Ton Macoute

    [ Heaven knows ] what kind of fool am I [etc repeated]

    Nothing will show as we're shedding our clothes
    But then I suppose, anything goes, anything goes
    But then I suppose that anything, anything goes
    [ Heaven knows - heaven knows -- ]

    [ Heaven knows ] what kind of fool am I
    [ Heaven knows ] what comes over me
    [ Heaven knows ] what kind of fool am I
    Tell me please, please, please
    [ Heaven knows ] what kind of fool am I --

5. Moonlight In Samosa

    Time and again I see you walking down the street
    Over and over, just like before
    Once in a while you stop and say hello to me
    Just like you used to do before
    Time and again, it's like we were in love and then
    Over and over - nobody keeping score
    Once in a while I think you notice when I smile
    That love still lingers in my eyes

    It can't go wrong, it can't go wrong
    It lingers on, it lingers on

    Day after day I turn it over in my mind
    Dream after dream it's hard to tell you how I find
    Out of the blue I'm suddenly so close to you
    Despite the years that I've been gone
    Will you stop - will you wait a minute - please remember
    Can you stop - can you just give me one minute to explain
    I will not cause a fuss, I will not rock the boat - believe me darling
    Oh what is, what was, it's all the same

6. Tie Dye In Highway ( Hello, Hello )

    Tie dye on the highway - see the garlands in your hair
    If you're going my way, come along
    What a beautiful sky - we just had to stop and stare
    See the beautiful colours fill the air

    (Oh, just the messengers of peace)
    Oh, do you remember - across the burning years
    Sweet smell of the mystery I recall
    Hang me on Miguel - a smile through all my fears
    O high Olympus, touch our soul

    With the messengers of peace and the company of love
    All the passion and release, and love from up above
    Say you will come back with me - say you will come back

    Tie dye on the highway - the wheels still turn around
    Dance to the mariachi - take my hand
    Hope springs eternal when laughter's feeling sound
    Move in the mystic wasted land

    With the messenger of peace and the company of love
    All the passion and release, and love from up above
    ( You know that it is true )
    From the desert in my art, where the innocent may love
    All the passions they release, and the love from up above
    Say you will come back with me - say you will come back
    Say you will come back with me - say you will come back

7. Ship Of Fools

    On waves of love my heart is breaking
    And stranger still my self control I can't rely on anymore
    New tides surprise - my world it's changing
    Within this frame an ocean swells - behind this smile I know it well

    Beneath a lover's moon I'm waiting
    I am the pilot of the storm - adrift in pleasure I may drown
    I built this ship - it is my making
    And furthermore my self control I can't rely on anymore
    I know why - I know why
    Crazy on a ship of fools
    Crazy on a ship of fools
    Turn this boat around - back to my loving ground

    Who claims that no man is an island
    While I land up in jeopardy - more distant from you by degrees
    I walk this shore in isolation
    And at my feet eternity draws ever sweeter plans for me
    I know why - I know why
    Crazy on a ship of fools
    Crazy on a ship of fools
    Turn this boat around - back to my loving ground
    Oh no, oh no - ship of fools --

8. Calling To You

    Beyond the river - over the sea
    Somewhere's last last farewell that ever will be
    It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you
    It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you

    Out in the blue now, just waiting to be
    A little breath of selflessness, adrift in all the greed
    It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you
    It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you

    Look for the match - cover Adam and Eve
    All the world when new was fire - it still was the scene
    It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you
    It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you

    So you're gonna - it's for your honour - it's gonna be done

    Where you gonna go? when you gonna stop?
    Who stole the keys to the gates of the castle of love?
    It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you
    It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you

    Who you gonna call? what you gonna say?
    Standin' in the shadows as the world's just fadin' away
    It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you
    It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you

    Who you gonna call? when you gonna stop?
    Who stole the keys to the gates of the castle of love?
    It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you
    It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you

    Who you gonna call? what you gonna say?
    Standin' in the shadows as the world's just fadin' away
    Just fadin' away, just fadin' away --

9. Tall Cool One

    I'm like a strange cat running in the heat of the night
    I've got a fire in my eyes, got a date with delight
    Some kinda moaning in in the heart of the storm
    I'm gonna love you so hard, you'll want your loving done
    Lighten up baby, I'm in love with you
    Lighten up baby, I'm in love with you

    With my one hand loose I aim to satisfy
    You like my loving machine - I like your bloodshot eye
    Real gone girl, jumping back with the beat
    I'll be your tall cool one with the crazy feet
    Lighten up baby, I'm in love with you --

    I'm so tall and you're so cute
    Let's play wild like wildcats do
    You're gonna rock your tall cool one
    I'm gonna say that, I'm gonna say that, I'm gonna say that

    You stroll, you jump, you're hot and you tease
    'Cause I'm your tall cool one and I'm built to please
    You stroll, you jump, you're hot and you tease
    'Cause I'm your tall cool one and I'm built to please

    [ Lighten up baby, I'm in love with you -- ]

    Move over mister - step on back in the crowd
    'Cause she's a whole lotta sister 'bout to drive me wild
    Lotta places I've been, lotta names, lotta words
    No one compares to my real gone girl
    Lighten up baby, I'm in love with you --

    I'm so tall and you're so cute [etc repeated]

    You stroll, you jump [etc repeated]

    [ Lighten up baby, I'm in love with you -- ]

10. Like I've Never Been Gone

    I'll see you baby, when the ice has broken When the rain stops falling down
    I'll be waiting for you, baby when your time has come
    And your face no longer frowns
    I caught a taste of springtime on your lips
    I saw the sunlight in your eyes

    I wake to find you smiling with the dawn
    Just reminders of the time
    I feel your breath, I look around but you're gone
    I see the place where you were lying
    I caught a taste of springtime on your lips
    I see the sunlight in your eyes

    It's been so long, it's been so long, so long, since you've been gone
    I look away, I can see that you're gone
    I guess I'm standing here alone

    Across the sea, I see bluebirds on high
    In the wildest places too
    Above the ground the wind is calling out to me
    Oh, lead me back to you
    I caught a taste of springtime on your lips
    I can still see the sunlight in your eyes, in your eyes

    It's been so long [etc - repeated]

    Well I'll see you baby, when the ice has broken
    When the rain stops falling down
    I'll be waiting for you, baby when your time has come
    And your face no longer frowns
    And I caught a taste of springtime on your lips
    I saw the sunlight in your eyes, in your eyes
    I can see, I can see, I can see that it's true
    Just like, just like I've never been gone --

11. Other Arms

    Lay down your arms - now baby, let me sleep at night
    Lay down your arms baby - I'll make everything all right
    Words you been using, hurting me so
    Some day your gonna regret
    Your friends are talking - guess you never know
    There's not a lately one yet

    Lay down your arms, baby - when the deal is done
    Lay down your arms, child - used to be your only one
    Weapon you're using is hurting me bad
    What do you hope to achieve
    I said your fighting is leaving me sad
    That's not the way it should be

    Find a love - find a way
    Find a dream - find a way
    You know that I will, yes you know

    Lay down your arms - please release me, let me go
    Lay down your arms, baby - now surrender to me, don't you know

    Find a love - find a way
    Find a dream - find a way
    You know that I, you know that I
    You know I will, but you know

    Oh, she's gone, she's gone
    I'm not a prisoner - I'm the big beret
    I'm not a prisoner - I'm the big beret
    I'm not a prisoner - I'm the big beret
    No I'm not
    Oh, oh my baby's gone
    Lay down your arms
    I don't know where I'm gonna find her
    'Cause my baby's gone
    Lay down your arms
    Is she here, is she there, is she here, yes I know
    Oh, I gotta find her
    Oh, is she here, is she there, I really wanna know
    I wanna find my babe.
    Lay down your arms,
    Mmm, your arms child,
    Oh, just lay down your arms.

12. 29 Palms

    A fool in love - a crazy situation
    Her velvet glove knocks me down and down and down
    Her kiss of fire - a loaded invitation
    Inside her smile she takes me down and down and down

    Her moves look good - a touch of desparation
    From where I stood she turned my head around, round and round

    It comes kinda hard when I hear your voice on the radio
    Taking me back down the road that leads back to you
    29 Palms - I feel the heat of your desert heart
    Taking me back down the road that leads back to you

13. Why

    Oh - the sandman is running
    Oh - he ain't telling you why
    But she knows, yeah she knows
    Oh - the thunder is roaring
    Oh - hear his wings in the sky
    And he knows
    She don't know, she don't know, she don't know
    She don't know, she don't know, she don't know why
    Oh why

    Oh-oh - she wants it bad - oh-oh
    Oh-oh - she wants it bad - oh-oh
    When you're lost and found a brand new friend
    Here comes another happy end

    Mm - now the fat man is falling
    Oh - see that tear in your eye
    'Cause you know
    You don't know, you don't know, you don't know
    You don't know, you don't know, you don't know why
    Oh why

    Oh-oh - she wants it bad [etc repeated]

    Oh - now the new day is dawning
    Oh - till their pasts mystify
    And you know
    We don't know, we don't know, we don't know
    We don't know, we don't know, we don't know why
    Oh why, why, why --

14. Colours Of A Shade

    The day was old - the light was dim, as I stepped through the door
    And all my friends were gathering that day that I recall
    I shivered and shook, Lord I stood just waiting to chase the fall
    I wondered how my time would be when spring comes round once more

    I face the wind - I have no choice, but you must guard the heart
    And cast adrift from those I love, alone I drag my heart
    Against the cry of "why?" I turn my back to go
    But out beyond the tears somewhere, someone I need to know

    It's only love, in the colours of the shade
    It's only love, in the colours of the shade

    Old photographs were fading dim - my seed will tell it all
    And by the fathers' fathers' hands such pain on all was raw
    They read the signs without surprise of how they knew it well
    And in the mirror still I see the man, who came from hell

    It's only love and the colours of the shade
    It's only love, in the colours of the shade
    It's only love, in the colours of the shade