1511 – Led Zeppelin – Night flight (1975)

 

Escrita por Jimmy Page, Robert Plant e John Paul Jones, foi gravada em janeiro de 1971 na Headley Grange pro quarto disco do grupo, mas não foi usada. Produzida por Jimmy Page e lançada em 24 de fevereiro de 1975 no disco Physical graffitti. Além do baixo, John Paul Jones toca orgao Hammond e Jimmy Page toca guitar através de um Leslie Speaker. Plant escreveu a letra após ler uma notícia chamada Nuclear Damage Test Threat e ponderou porque havia tão pouco amor e paz no mundo. Além dos já citados, Robert Plant cantou e tocou gaita. Jimmy Page tocou violão, guitarra e slide guitar. John Paul Jones tocou orgao, baixo, e violão. John Bonham tocou bateria e percussão.

A letra:

I received a message from my brother across the water
He sat laughin' as he wrote the end's in sight
So I said goodbye to all my friends
And packed my hopes inside a matchbox
'Cause I know it's time to fly

Oh yeah, come on, meet me in the morning
Meet me in the middle of the night
Ah yeah, the morning light is comin'
Don't it make you want to go and feel alright

I just jumped a train that never stops
So now somehow I'll know I never finished payin' for my ride
Just and someone pushed a gun into my hand
Tell me I'm the type of man to fight the fight that I'll require

Oh yeah, come on, meet me in the morning
Want you meet me in the middle of the night
The morning light is comin'
Don't it make you want to go and feel alright

Oh, mama, well I think it's time I'm leavin'
Nothin' here to make me stay
Whoa, mama, well it must be time I'm goin'
They're knockin' down them doors
They're tryin' to take me away

Please Mr. Brakeman, won't you ring your bell
And ring loud and clear
Please Mr. Fireman, won't you ring your bell
Tell the people they got to fly away from here

I once saw a picture of a lady with a baby
Southern lady, had a very, very special smile
We are in the middle of a change in destination
When the train stops, all together we will smile

Oh, come on, come on now meet me in the morning
Won't you meet me in the middle of the night, night, night
Oh oh, yeah, everybody know the mornin' time is comin'
Don't it make you want to feel alright

Ah, ah, yeah, make me feel alright
Fly now, baby
Get to fly, yeah
Fly now, baby
Oh, hey, hey

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