You need cooling
Baby, I'm not fooling
I'm gonna send ya
Back to schooling

Way down inside
A-honey you need it
I'm gonna give you my love
I'm gonna give you my love, oh

Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love

You've been learning
Um baby, I been learning
All them good times baby, baby
I've been yea-yearning

A-way, way down inside
A-honey you need-ah
I'm gonna give you my love, ah
I'm gonna give you my love, ah oh

Whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love

You've been cooling
And baby I've been drooling
All the good times, baby
I've been misusing

A-way, way down inside
I'm gonna give ya my love
I'm gonna give ya every inch of my love
I'm gonna give ya my love

Yeah!
Alright! Let's go!

Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love

Way down inside
Woman, you need, yeah
Love

My, my, my, my
My, my, my, my
Lord
Shake for me girl

I wanna be your backdoor man
Hey, oh
Hey, oh, hey, oh
Ooh
Oh, oh, oh, oh

Who my, my baby?
Keep it cooling, baby
A-keep it cooling, baby-baby
Ah-keep it cooling, baby
Ah-keep it cooling, baby
Ah-ah-oh


Lyrics submitted by kevin, edited by LedZeppelin31, LHGL

Whole Lotta Love Lyrics as written by John Bonham Robert Anthony Plant

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  • +13
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    It's about his dick!

    Way down inside, woman you need dick. I'm gonna give you every inch of my dick. Gotta whole lot of dick gotta whole lot of dick gotta whole lot of dick

    wayyyyyyy down insiiiiiiide

    WOMAN!

    Youuuuuuu neeeeeed-a DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

    SnobbySnobbersonon September 01, 2010   Link
  • +9
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    I think this is about the Cold War when Reagen... HAHA. No i'm just kidding, it's about SEX.

    "Way, way down inside, I'm gonna give you my love, ,I'm gonna give you EVERY INCH OF MY LOVE"

    just think.

    WhiteDeathon February 07, 2009   Link
  • +6
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    Chuck Klosterman asked Robert Plant in an interview why he says "I'm gonna give you every inch of my love" when he is British and therefore uses the metric system...lol

    cawoodstockon May 05, 2009   Link
  • +4
    General Comment

    Probably one of my favorite songs ever... next time you're feeling down, try playing this song full blast while you drive with all the windows down... wail along! It just makes you feel so good

    ladykalilahon April 24, 2002   Link
  • +4
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    i think this song is about checking out that really hot hot girl that you know you got no shot at.....but if you had a chance with her.....she'd love getting fucked by you. its when you see that bitch that you would love to nail, but can't get it, cause she's not even gona give you a shot at it.......yeah man

    jonzeppelinon May 24, 2002   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    This song is obviously Robert Plant boasting about the size of his cock.

    OceanOfChaoson May 07, 2002   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    lalalayousangtome is wrong. the "backdoor man" statement comes from another Willie Dixon song (i hope you know Willie Dixon mainly wrote this song) that the Doors happened to do. This has nothing to do with the Doors directly. Anyway, a backdoor man is a man who takes advantage of a cuckhold's wife.

    woodcock92627on March 06, 2003   Link
  • +2
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    Jimmy Page fucks me with this song.

    hippie-po-ruskion February 14, 2008   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    You people are stupid, a "back door man" means the guy the wife cheats on with. The husband leaves for work through the front door and the cheatin dude goes in through the back door. That saying's been around for a while. man Led Zep are the best band in the universe!

    dhawkon September 19, 2008   Link
  • +2
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    Page's best guitar solo here. Earth shattering.

    HyperBullyon March 24, 2011   Link

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