Trampled Under Foot Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Greased and slicked down fine
Groovy leather trim
I like the way you hold the road
Mama, it ain't no sin

[Refrain]
Talking 'bout love
Talking 'bout love
Talking 'bout

[Verse 2]
Ooh, trouble-free transmission
Helps your oils flow

Mama, let me pump your gas
Mama, let me do it all

[Refrain]
Talking 'bout love
Talking 'bout love
Talking 'bout

[Verse 3]
Check that heavy metal
Underneath your hood
Baby, I can work all night
Believe I got the perfect tools

[Refrain]
Talking 'bout love
Talking 'bout love
Talking 'bout

[Verse 4]
A model built for comfort
Really built with style
Specialist tradition
Mama, let me feast my eyes

[Refrain]
Talking 'bout love
Talking 'bout love
Talking 'bout

[Verse 5]
Factory air-conditioned
Heat begins to rise
Guaranteed to run for hours
Mama, it's the perfect size

[Refrain]
Talking 'bout love
Talking 'bout love
Talking 'bout
[Verse 6]
Grooving on the freeway
Gauge is on the red
Gun down on my gasoline
Believe I'm gonna crack a head


[Refrain]
Talking 'bout love
Talking 'bout love
Talking 'bout...
I can't stop talking about
I can't stop talking about
Ooh, yeah, yes
Drive on

[Keyboard Solo]
Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yes
I'm coming through

[Verse 7]
Come to me for service
Every hundred miles
Baby, let me check your points
Fix your overdrive


[Refrain]
Talking 'bout love
I'm talking 'bout love
I'm talking 'bout
[Verse 8]
Ooh yeah, fully automatic
Comes in any size
Makes me wonder what I did
Before we synchronized


[Refrain]
Talking 'bout love
Talking 'bout love
I'm talking 'bout

[Verse 9]
Oooh, feather-light suspension
Konis couldn't hold
I'm so glad I took a look
Inside your showroom doors

[Refrain]
Talking 'bout love
Talking 'bout love
Talking 'bout
Oh, I can't
Oh, I can't

[Outro]
Oh, I can't stop talking about love
I can't stop talking about love
Ooh, let me go on down, go on down
Go on down, go on down, go on down, yeah

I can't stop talking about
I can't stop talking about love, oh yeah
I can't stop talking about love or my baby
I can't stop talking about love, my baby
My baby, my baby, yeah

Push, push
Push it
Push, push
Oooooooohhh

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About

Genius Annotation

The lyrics were inspired by Robert Johnson’s 1936 “Terraplane Blues.” A Terraplane is a classic car, and the song uses car parts as metaphors for sex.

Per Wikipedia, Trampled Under Foot is “one of Plant’s favourite Led Zeppelin songs” and “he sang it at his daughter Carmen’s 21st birthday party in November 1989,” which is really kind of gross when you think about it for a few minutes.

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What has the media said about the song?
Genius Answer

Rolling Stone ranked it as the #26 Led Zeppelin song, saying:

Possibly the funkiest Zep track: Jones (inspired by Stevie Wonder’s ‘Superstition’) rocks a clavinet and Page a wah-wah, and they ride Bonzo’s proto-disco beat. Plant works a sexual metaphor with automobile imagery echoing Robert Johnson’s ‘Terraplane Blues.’

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