Wearing And Tearing

Album: Coda (1982)
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  • It starts out like a murmur
    Then it grows like thunder
    Until it bursts inside of you
    Try to hold it steady
    Wait until you're ready
    Any second now will do
    Throw the door wide open
    Not a word is spoken
    Anything that you want to do

    Ya know, ya know, ya know
    Ya know, ya know, ya know

    Don't you feel the same way?
    Don't you feel the same way?
    But you don't know what to do
    No time for hesitatin'
    Ain't no time for hesitatin'
    All you got to do is move
    They say you're feeling blue, well
    I just found a cure
    It's a thing you gotta do, yeah

    (Ya know, ya know, ya know)

    Now listen, when you say your body's aching?
    I know that it's aching
    Chill bumps come up on you
    Yeah, the funny fool
    I love the funny fool
    Just like foolin' after school?
    And then you ask for medication
    Who cares for medication
    When you've worn away the cure

    (Ya know, ya know, ya know)

    (Hey, hey)
    Go back to the country yeah, go back to the country
    Feel a change is good for you
    When you keep convincin'
    Ah, don't keep convincin'
    What's that creeping up behind a you?
    It's just an old friend, it's just an old friend
    And what's that he's got for you?

    (Ya know, ya know, ya know)

    Yeah, yeah, yeah I can feel it, I can feel it ?
    Oh, medication, medication, medication Writer/s: JIMMY PAGE, ROBERT PLANT
    Publisher: Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 14

  • Fifi from NjThat is hilarious! They were gonna release the song under a different name. like they could fool anyone that it wasn't zeppelin. so silly.
  • David from Lakeland, FlProof that Zeppelin played "speed metal" as in all the other different things they tried. Bonzo got the bass drum pedal bouncing faster then some can with two. Not a favorite but I find it stuck in my head at times. YOU KNOW!
  • Dominic from Marco Island, Fli think this song absolutly ROCKS, i've never heard them like this, in my opinion it's one of their best songs
  • Chase from Miami, FlThis is maybe my favorite Led Zeppelin song. Jimmy Page is a Master. This song is extremely hard to play on guitar Im still mastering it.
  • George from Calumet City, IlAin't that the truth, Peter Griffin.
  • Peter Griffin from Quahog, RiZeppelin outpunks the punks. As Otto, the bus driver from the Simpsons said, "ZEPPELIN RULES!"
  • Mark from Worcester, MiHere's a quote from Robert Plant about his 1990 Knebworth appearance: "That was when Jimmy came on and we did 'Wearin' and Tearin''. I love that song. Page and I wrote that because we were so pissed off at the whole punk thing saying, 'What do those rich bastards know?' First of all, we knew that we didn't have that much dough. And secondly we knew more about the psychotic side of Hasil Adkins than they did. " here's a link to the interview http://pablo.pernot.free.fr/interview_sixtysix.php
  • Paul from Muskegon, MiZeppelin recorded this song in 1980 during the same time they were rehearsing for their upcoming U.S. tour which never happened due to the death of John Bonham.
  • Mark from Worcester, MiI think this was a pretty good swipe at the punk genre, but it surprises me that Zep felt the need to answer their punk critics. What kind of music movement requires you to hate a certain band? Better to just ignore them.
  • Dhani from Casselberry, FlI'm sorry, but I really hate The Sex Pistols and The Clash and those punk bands, so this song makes me happy that Zeppelin did something like this and made it sound good.
  • Mason from Greenville, NcThe barking is a hoot! I assume it's Plant, right?
  • Raja from Austin, TxThe song was actually recorded for "In Through The Outdoor" but was kept off the album because Page did not feel that it fit.
  • Adrian from Wilmington, DeA total "in your face" song to the Punk crowd. Awesome track!
  • Kelly from Los Angeles, Cadoes anyone know what punk bands thought of this song? i think it's great, of course.
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