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Song: Ten Years Gone
Album: Physical Graffiti [released Feb 24, 1975 (US) | Feb 24, 1975 (UK)]
Single: N/A
Credited to: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
Related Songs:
Band On The Run - Paul McCartney & Wings (music?)

Lyrics:

Then, as it was, then again it will be
An' though the course may change sometimes, rivers always reach the sea

Blind skies of fortune, each have separate ways
On the wings of maybe, downing birds of prey
Kinda makes me feel sometimes, didn't have to go
But as the eagle leaves the nest, he's got so far to go

Changes fill my time, baby, that's alright with me
In the midst I think of you, and how it used to be

Did you ever really need somebody and really need 'em bad
Did you ever really want somebody, the best love you ever had
Do you ever remember me, baby, did it feel so good
'Cause it was just the first time, and you knew you would

Do the eyes not sparkle, senses growing keen
Taste the love along the way, see your feathers preen
Kinda makes me feel sometimes, didn't have to go
We are eagles of one lair, the nest is in our soul

Vixen in my dreams, with great surprise to me
Never thought I'd see your face the way it used to be

Oh, darlin', oh, darlin'
Oh, oh, darlin', hey-yeah, oh, darlin'
I'm never gonna leave ya
I'm never gonna leave ya
Ten years gone, holdin' on, ten years gone
Ten years gone, holdin' on, ten years gone
Ten years gone, holdin' on, yeah, yeah
Ten years gone, holdin' on, ten years gone
I said, I'm never, I'm never, I'm never, oh, woo, yeah, yeah

Influences: It has been noted that there are some brief musical similarities between Ten Years Gone and the song Band On The Run, by Paul McCartney & Wings. IFMTL claims that "part of this song, the slow part then the several chord lead into the solo, sounds like the opening bars of Band On The Run...or the part where the lyrics go 'if we ever get out of here.'"