Hey, hey, mama, said the way you move
Gon' make you sweat, gon' make you groove

Ah-ah, child, way ya shake that thing
Gon' make you burn, gon' make you sting

Hey, hey, baby, when you walk that way
Watch your honey drip, can't keep away

Oh yeah, oh yeah, ah, ah, ah
Oh yeah, oh yeah, ah, ah, ah

I gotta roll, can't stand still
Got a flamin' heart, can't get my fill

With eyes that shine, burnin' red
Dreams of you all through my head

Ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah

Hey, baby, whoa, baby, my pretty baby
Darlin,' make 'em do it now

Hey baby, oh, my baby, my pretty baby
Move the way you're doin' now

Didn't take too long 'fore I found out
What people mean by down and out

Spent my money, took my car
Started tellin' her friends she gon' be a star

I don't know, but I been told
A big-legged woman ain't got no soul

Oh yeah, oh yeah, ah, ah, ah
Oh yeah, oh yeah, ah, ah, ah

All I ask for, all I pray
Steady rollin' woman gon' come my way

Need a woman gonna hold my hand
Won't tell me no lies, make me a happy man

Ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah


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    It's a well known that in British culture the Black Dog is a potent symbol for men's fear of women's sexuality (their powerlessness before it, the despair when it is withdrawn). An undercurrent is that it more generally represents an unknown destructive force. Churchill referred to his Depressive Disorder as a "Black Dog," and the band would have known this. So, unless I'm mistaken the song has a few layers to it, some of which includes the band's unrepentant thievery from the Southern Black Blues culture (they are now being sued once again by the estate for Willie Dixon). And that's not to mention the blatant plagiarism for Stairway. Then again, maybe I'm giving the band too much credit. They were genius musicians, all of them--and yet they lacked the integrity and conscientiousness to pay their due, a true pact with the devil at the crossroads.

    solaris2013on March 16, 2015   Link

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