Babe, I'm gonna leave you, Tell you when I'm gonna leave you, Leave you when ol' summer-time, summer comes a-rolling, Leave you when ol' summer comes along.
Babe, that highway's a-callin', That old highway's a-callin', Callin' me to travel on, travel on out westward, Callin' me to travel on alone.
Babe, I'd like to stay here, You know I'd really like to stay here, My feet start goin' down, goin' down that highway, My feet start goin' down, goin' down alone.
Babe, I've got to ramble, You know I've got to ramble, My feet start goin' down, and I got to follow, They just start goin' down, and I got to go.
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Variation as recorded by Led Zeppelin: (Bredon / Page / Plant)
Babe, baby, baby, I'm gonna leave you I said baby, you know I'm gonna leave you I'm 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, mmm, Baby, I don't wanna leave you I ain't jokin' woman, I got to ramble Oh, yeah, baby, babe, babe, I believin' We really got to ramble I can hear it callin' me the way it used to do, mmm I can hear it callin' me back home, oh-oo-oh
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 Ohhhhhhh
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, ooooh 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 Ohhh, mama, baba, mama babe I'm gonna leave you, go away, ohh oh oh
It was good, sweet baby It was really, really good You made me happy every single day But now I've got to go away, ohh, ohh ohh
Baby, baby, baby That's when it's callin' me I said that's when it's callin' me back home