For Your Life Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Narkissos 

Cover art for For Your Life lyrics by Led Zeppelin

Well Well Ho Ho Ho You said I was the only, With my lemon in your hand oh oh_ oh oh.___ Exhibition is your habit, Emotion second hand oh oh oh oh Had to pull away to save me, maybe next time around.__

Oh And she said:__ Don't you wanna, don't you wanna cook it, cook it, cook it. Hadn't planned to, could not stand,_ try it fry it,___ na na na na yeah!

Whooh ooh ooh ooh__ Heard a cry for mercy (from a gutter) in the city of the damned, oh oh babe, deep down in the pits you go no lower the next stop's underground, oh hel-lo underground. Your wine and roses ain't quite over, till favour_ deals a losing hand.

And I Said: Didn't mean to, did not convene to fluff it. You didn't plan it, you over-ran it.__ Ah_____

You wanna, do you wanna, you wanna do it when you wanna. Do you wanna, do you wanna, do you, do it when you wanna.

When you blow it babe You got to blow it right, oh babe if you fake it mama baby, fake with all your might___

Do you wanna, do you wanna Do it when you wanna

When you fake it mama, please fake it right for your-self babe, will you f - f - f, 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, 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____ yeah!

On the balance of a crystal, Payin' through the nose,__ Snort! Snort! 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 I Hadn't planned it, I over-ran it, Fry in it for your life, For your life.____

Lyrics from Off the the record - published by Time Warner Order Ref: 2912A

In the book "Tight but loose" Plant in his depressive state in Malibu gave rise to the venomous theme of 'For your life'. "That was a bitter teaty with rock'n'roll." He commented later. "The girls who in 'Sick Again' had been wonderful were now suddenly... well they were hung on the balance of a crystal paying through the nose."

My Opinion

Hang on to that book, "Presence - Off The Record." It appears to be out of print.

I think these may be the most accurate lyrics to this song yet.