Reviewed via "The Ballad of Evermore"
from IV (full lyrics)
Oh, throw down your plow and hoe, rest not to lock your homes.
Side by side we wait the might of the darkest of them all...
Oh the war is common cry, pick up you swords and fly.
The sky is filled with good and bad that mortals never know.
Oh, well, the night is long the beads of time pass slow,
Tired eyes on the sunrise, waiting for the eastern glow.
The pain of war cannot exceed the woe of aftermath,
The drums will shake the castle wall, the ring wraiths ride in black,
Ride on.
My grade: A-
Screened: December 24
Reviewed via "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You"
from I (full lyrics)
Babe, baby, baby, I'm gonna leave you.
I said baby, you know I'm gonna leave you.
I'll leave you when the summertime,
Leave you when the summer comes a-rollin'
Leave you when the summer comes along.
Baby, baby, I don't wanna leave you,
I ain't jokin' woman, I got to ramble...
But I got to go away from this place,
I've got to quit you, yeah.
My grade: C
Screened: December 26
Reviewed via "Nobody's Fault but Mine"
from Presence (full lyrics)
Nobody's fault but mine.
Trying to save my soul tonight.
It's nobody's fault but mine.
Devil he told me to roll.
How to roll the log tonight.
Nobody's fault but mine.
Brother he showed me the gong?
Brother he showed me the ding dong ding dong...
Gonna change my ways tonight.
Nobody's fault but mine.
My grade: B+
Screened: December 29
Reviewed via "Heartbreaker"
from II (full lyrics)
Her style is new but the face is the same as it was so long ago,
But from her eyes, a different smile like that of one who knows...
Some people cry and some people die by the wicked ways of love;
But I'll just keep on rollin' along with the grace of the Lord above...
Work so hard I couldn't unwind, get some money saved;
Abuse my love a thousand times, however hard I tried.
Heartbreaker, your time has come, can't take your evil way;
Go away, heartbreaker.
My grade: A-
Screened: December 31
Reviewed via "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)"
from II (full lyrics)
With a purple umbrella and a fifty cent hat,
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.
Missus cool rides out in her aged Cadillac.
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.
Come on, babe on the round about, ride on the merry-go-round,
We all know what your name is, so you better lay your money down...
Tellin' tall tales of how it used to be.
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.
My grade: A-
Screened: January 29
Reviewed via "Good Times, Bad Times"
from I (full lyrics)
In the days of my youth,
I was told what it means to be a man.
Now I've reached that age,
I've tried to do all those things the best I can.
Sixteen, I fell in love with a girl as sweet as could be,
Only took a couple of days 'til she was rid of me.
She swore that she would be all mine and love me till the end,
But when I whispered in her ear, I lost another friend.
My grade: B-
Screened: February 4
Reviewed via "Communication Breakdown"
from I (full lyrics)
Communication breakdown,
It's always the same,
I'm having a nervous breakdown,
Drive me insane!
Hey, girl, I got something I think you ought to know.
Hey, babe, I wanna tell you that I love you so.
I wanna hold you in my arms, yeah!
I'm never gonna let you go, 'cause I like your charms.
My grade: B
Screened: February 13
Reviewed via "Over the Hills and Far Away"
from Houses of the Holy (full lyrics)
Hey lady, you got the love I need
Maybe more than enough.
Oh darling, walk a while with me
You've got so much...
Many times I've lied, many times I've listened
Many times I've wondered how much there is to know.
Many dreams come true, and some have silver linings
I live for my dream, and a pocketful of gold...
Many is a word that only leaves you guessing
Guessing 'bout a thing you really ought to know.
My grade: B+
Screened: February 24
