Led Zeppelin – The Lemon Song

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I should have quit you, long time ago. (X2)
I wouldn't be here, my children, down on this killin' floor.

I should have listened, baby, to my second mind (X2)
Everytime I go away and leave you, darling, you send me the blues way down the line.

Said, people worry I can't keep you satisfied.
Let me tell you baby, you ain't nothin but a two-bit, no-good jive.

Went to sleep last night, worked as hard as I can,
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. (X2)
The way you squeeze my lemon, I'm gonna fall right out of bed.

I'm gonna leave my children down on this killing floor.

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Track duration: 05:03


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    General Comment:lemon could be a metaphor about marriage and how the wife squeeze out the life of a Man, completely suck him dry
    Flag Aulooon October 30, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Just because some one said Jimi Hendrix that reminded he is that the second best guitarist,
    anyway this song just inspired me to become a bassist.
    Flag ZeppistheBeston July 03, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:All about sex

    I love this song

    Robert Plant is fuckin awsome!
    Flag zoso15128on June 08, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Maybe it's just me, but in the version i have, it seems that Plant says something to Bonzo then he quiets down on the drums. Maybe it's just me...anyone else know what I'm saying? Love this song. Fun to play on drums, RIP Bonzo.
    Flag drummerpenguinon January 30, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:this is a classic blues song thta evry blues artist should cover, its called killin floor, but led zeppelin slowed it down and changed the name, look up killin florr by jimi hendrix, thats a good version of this song
    Flag robertmichealplanton July 26, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:JPJ excels himself. ffuckin beautiful.
    Flag salilsinghnlujon April 07, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:this song is sooo fuckin dirty.... i luv it!! itz my favorite led zeppelin song
    Flag evil_angel6969on November 13, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Squeeze My Lemon in the way that it's used today is credited to Robert Johnson. But he stole it from someone else for his Traveling Riverside Blues. The song is a mix of Killing Floor with different lyrics and a very unique bass and the Robert Johnson references.
    Flag NickZeppon October 25, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:All four members really showcase their talents in this song. The original "Killing Floor" was about a guy moaning that he didn't take off with another woman who came up to see him from Mexico, and now he is stuck in a relationship he can't get out of. "The Lemon Song" is obviously about not being able to leave a destructive woman, perhaps due to the great sex she provides. I never thought that the "children" were sperm and the woman was a prostitute, I assumed it was a man with an unfaithful wife, but the former also makes sense to me.
    Flag wildpoeton August 20, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Squeeze me baby, till the juice runs down my leg. (X2)
    The way you squeeze my lemon, I'm gonna fall right out of bed

    is that about getting a hand job?
    Flag Persuasionon May 26, 2007   Link

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