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If you go down in the streets today, Baby, you better, — Led Zeppelin

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"If you go down in the streets today, Baby, you better, You better open your eyes. Folk down there really dont care, really dont care, dont care, really dont Which, which way the pressure lies, So Ive decided what Im gonna do now. So Im packing my bags for the Misty Mountains Where the spirits go now, Over the hills where the spirits fly, ooh. I really dont know."
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
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Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The band comprised vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bass-guitarist and keyboardist John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham. Their combination of a heavy electric-guitar sound with elements of blues and folk music popularised album-oriented rock and stadium rock and established them as the progenitor of hard rock and heavy

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