The Mysterious Led Zeppelin IV

A while back I bought a copy of "Led Zeppelin IV" here in Sangju, South Korea. This is a bit odd, because the fourth Led Zeppelin album was supposed to be untitled. Anyhow, the lyrics in the liner notes are a little bit funny, and I mean, more than usual.

For instance, here are the lyrics to "Misty Mountain Hop" according to my liner notes:

Walking in the pastures other day baby
What it, what it think a so
Cause people singing on the grass
It will flowers in her hair set
Hey go out!
Do you wanna scour
And you don't know how it is
I really don't know what time it close oh...
So as the revive be still alive
I didn't know whisper in happen
Very not and I was beauty
I really I don't move my mind
Just say apart from me
It's month that talk to be how just say
Hey we'll became oh it's all get a lying you know
They ask us stay for tea and have some fun Oh Oh
They sentenced cleansy all drop by
Ooh Ooh...
Why don't you take a bureau
But yourself banned this cry what you see I'm
Baby baby baby do you like it
Then you since inspire like a boy
Bother and show for staying
Ah I'm not talks about it
You really don't care
If there coming Oh Oh...
I know that it's all set up mind
Ooh Ooh
If you go down street
It's today baby you better
You better open your eyes
So down in really don't care really don't care
Don't care really don't
Which which will it pressure your lines
What I'm gonna do that
So I'm packing my bed it's gonna misty mountain
Where the spirit's go there
Over the hill what a this feeling surprise
Ooh...Ooh...
I really don't know ooh
I really don't know ooh

(Attributed to Jimmy Page / Robert Plant / John Paul Jones, but I doubt it)

Also, from "Going to California:"

"Seems like the heart of the Gods got a pawn shop that knows and it started to plow.
I think I might be sinking."

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Walt Ogburn / reuben@ugcs.caltech.edu