In My Time Of Dying

by Led Zeppelin

From the album: Mothership

Track 15 of 20 on Mothership (2007).

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Lyrics for In My Time Of Dying

In my time of dying Want nobody to mourn All I want for you to do Is take my body home. Well, well, well, so I can die easy Well, well, well, so I can die easy. Jesus gotta make up, sure know Jesus gotta make up Jesus gonna make up my dyin' bed. Meet me, Jesus, meet me Ooh, meet me in the middle of the air If my wings should fail me, Lord Oh, please meet me with another pair. Well, well, well, so I can die easy Oh-oh, well, well, well, so I can die easy. Jesus gotta make up, somebody, somebody Oh, oh, Jesus gotta make up Jesus gonna make it my dyin' bed. Oh, Saint Peter, at the gates of heaven Won't you let me in? I never did no harm I never did no wrong. Oh, oh, Gabriel, oh, let me blow your horn Let me blow your horn Oh, I never did no harm Did no wrong. I've only been young once I never thought I'd do anybody no wrong, No, not once, oh. Oh, good! Oh, I did somebody so good Somebody some good, yeah, I saw. Oh, did somebody some good, yeah I musta did somebody some good, yeah Oh, I believe I did. I see the smiling faces, yeah I know there must be lipstick traces, oh. And I see them in the streets And I see them in the fields, yeah, And I hear them under my feet And I know it's got to be real Oh, Lord, deliver me All the wrong I've done Oh, you can deliver me, Lord, yeah I only wanted to have some fun. Oh, hear, the angels marching, marching They been marching, keep it marching, yeah, marching. Oh, my Jesus, oh, my Jesus, oh, my Jesus Oh, my Jesus, oh, my Jesus, oh, my Jesus Oh, my Jesus, oh, my Jesus, oh, my Jesus Oh, my Jesus, oh, my Jesus, oh, my Jesus Oh, my Je... ah-oh, ah, my Je... Hey, yeah, that's got to be my Jesus Whoa-whoa! It's got to be, it's got to be my Jesus It's got to be, oh It's got to be my Jesus Oh, oh, take me home. Come on, come on I can hear the angels singing Oh, here they come, here they come, here they come. Bye-bye, bye-bye Bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye Oh, feels pretty good up here, pretty good up here. I'll touch Jesus, I'll touch Jesus, I'll touch Jesus I'll touch Jesus, I'll touch Jesus Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah Oh, I see him Come on Take it, take it, take it, take it, take it, take it, Take it, take it, take it, take it, take it, take it, take it Ooh, yes, come on, oh, oh, yeah! Oh, don't you make it my dyin', dyin', dyin'... cough. That's gonna be the one, asn't it? Come 'n have a listen, then. Oh, yes, thank you.

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