Listen to Down By the Seaside by Led Zeppelin

Down By the Seaside

Led Zeppelin

Rock

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Jimmy Page

Electric Guitar

Robert Plant

Vocals

John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones

Bass Guitar

John Bonham

Drums

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Jimmy Page

Songwriter

Robert Plant

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Jimmy Page

Producer

John Davis

Mastering Engineer

Andy Johns

Engineer

Keith Harwood

Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Down by the seaside

See the boats go sailing

Can the people hear, oh

What the little fish are saying?

[Verse 2]

(Ah-ah-ah-oh)

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

(Oh, oh)

The People turned away, oh

People turned away

[Verse 3]

Down in the city streets

See all the folk go racing, racing

No time left, no

To pass the time of day in

[Verse 4]

(Ah-ah-ah-oh)

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

(Yeah-yeah-yeah)

The People turned away

The People turned away

[Verse 5]

So far away, so far away

See how they run, see how they run

See how they run, see how they run

[Verse 6]

Do you Still do the twist?

Do you find you remember things that well?

I wanna tell you

Some go twisting every day

Though sometimes it's awful hard to tell

Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, oh

[Verse 7]

Out in the country

Hear the people singing

Singing 'bout their growing

Knowing where they're going, yeah, yeah

[Verse 8]

Ah-ah-ah-oh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh

The People turned away, yes

The People turned away

[Verse 9]

Sing loud for the sunshine

Pray hard for the rain

And show your love for Lady Nature

And she will come back again

(Yes she will, yes she will)

[Verse 10]

(Ah-ah-ah-oh)

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

(Oh, oh, oh)

[Verse 11]

People turned away

The people turned away

(Don't they know that they're going?)

Written by: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant