Babe, baby, baby, I'm gonna leave you
I said baby, you know I'm gonna leave you
I'll leave you when the summertime
Leave you when the summer comes a-rollin'
Leave you when the summer comes along

Babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, baby
Baby, I wanna leave you
I ain't jokin', woman, I've got to ramble
Oh yeah
Baby, baby, I be leavin'
We really got to ramble
I can hear it callin' me the way it used to do
I can hear it callin' me back home

Babe, oh
Babe, I'm gonna leave you
Oh, baby
You know, I've really got to leave you
Oh, I can hear it callin' me
I said don't you hear it callin' me the way it used to do?
Oh

I know, I know
I know I never, never, never, never, never gonna leave you, babe
But I gotta go away from this place
I gotta quit you, yeah
Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby, oh
Don't you hear it callin' me?

Oh, woman, woman, I know, I know
It feels good to have you back again
And I know that one day, baby, it's really gonna grow, yes, it is
We gonna go walkin' through the park every day
Come what may, every day
Oh, my, my, my, my, my, my babe
I'm gonna leave you, go away
Oh

So good, see, baby
It was really, really good
You made me happy every single day
But now, I've got to go away
Oh, oh, oh

Baby, baby, baby
That's when it's callin' me
I said that's when it's callin' me back home


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Babe I'm Gonna Leave You Lyrics as written by James Patrick Page Robert Anthony Plant

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    "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You"

    Babe, baby, baby, I'm Gonna Leave You. I said baby, you know I'm gonna leave you. I'll leave you in the summertime, Leave you when the summer comes a-rollin' Leave you when the summer comes along.

    Babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, Baby, baby, I wanna leave you. I ain't jokin' woman, I got to ramble. Oh, yeah, baby, baby, I believin', We really got to ramble. I can hear it callin' me the way it used to do, I can hear it callin' me back home!

    Babe, oh, babe... I'm gonna leave you Oh, baby, you know, I've really got to leave you Oh, I can hear it callin 'me I said don't you hear it callin' me the way it used to do? Ooooh

    I know, I know, I know I never, never, never, never, never gonna leave you, babe But I got to go away from this place, I've got to quit you, yeah Ooh, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, ooh, don't you hear it callin' me? Oh, woman, woman, I know, I know It feels good to have you back again And I know that one day, baby, it's gonna really grow, yes it is. We gonna go walkin' through the park every day. Come what may, every day, ooh

    My my my my my, my babe. I'm gonna leave you, go away... ... Oh I miss you, baby

    It was really, really good. You made me happy every single day. But now... I've got to go away! Oh, oh, oh.

    Baby, baby, baby That's when it's callin' me I said that's when it's callin' me back home...

    kdryanon March 24, 2015   Link

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