Out On the Tiles

Appears on: Encomium a Tribute to Led Zeppelin CD and video

Recorded: Bearsville Studio, Bearsville, NY

Produced by: Eddie Kramer

Shannon: vocals
Brad: bass, vocals
Glen: drums
Christopher: guitar
Rogers: guitar

Written by: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Bonham

Live Performances:  rarely played live

Notes:
"Out on the tiles" is slang for "a night on the town."

Rogers: Led Zeppelin has always been a big influence to me.  Especially as I was growing up learning to play guitar.  In fact, we've ripped them off so much I'm surprised they haven't sued us yet.

Rogers: Robert Plant used to come to some to some of our shows in England. He really liked the band.  They asked us to do it and we thought we would try something that was less obvious.  We picked Out on the Tiles and we got Eddie Kramer to produce it who engineered on the original Led Zeppelin record.  That was one of the ones that I don't put on to listen to.  I don't think it's that great.

Lyrics:
As I walk down the highway all I do is sing this song,
And a train that's passin' my way helps the rhythm move along
There is no doubt about the words are clear,
The voice is strong, is oh so strong
I'm just a simple guy, I live from day to day
A ray of sunshine melts my frown and blows my blues away,
There's nothing more that I can say but on a day like today
I pass the time away and walk a quiet mile with you
All I need from you is all your love,
All you got to give to me is all your love
I'm so glad I'm living and gonna tell the world I am,
I got me a fine woman and she says that I'm her man,
One thing that I know for sure gonna give her all the loving
Like nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody can
Standing in the noonday sun trying to flag a ride,
People go and people come, see my rider right by my side,
It's a total disgrace, they set the pace, it must be a race
And the best thing I can do is run
 


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