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Incensed that an elderly lawyer should presume to comment upon his lyrics, Robert Plant & Jimmy Page got their own back when the old solicitor asked Led Zeppelin to sign a confidentiality agreement. This is what came back in the mail, with a note of costs.<ref>This story is certainly apocryphal.</ref>
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}}Incensed that an [[Stairway to Heaven|elderly lawyer]] should presume to comment upon his [[Stairway to Heaven|lyrics]], Robert Plant got his own back when the old solicitor asked Led Zeppelin to sign a [[confidentiality agreement]].  


=== My Confidential Heart ===
This is what came back in the mail, with a note of costs.<ref>This story is certainly apocryphal.</ref>
''Words and Music by R Plant''


Baby,  baby,  baby (ad lib) <br />
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If you want me to love you <br />
{{Ref}}
& tell you all I know<br />
Some things you gotta tell me<br />
Babe,  you gotta show —<br />
Whatever else may happen<br />
What comes down on your head<br />
You’ll never break my confidence<br />
Or tell them what I said.<br />
 
(Listen —<br />
Do you want to know a secret?<br />
Do you promise not to tell?)<ref>We think he may have had a little help from his friends.</ref>
 
& when I say my “[[definitions|Secrets]]”<br />
This is what I mean:<br />
Everything I tell you<br />
About everything I’ve seen<br />
& everything I show you<br />
& everything I knew<br />
& everything I’ve told you<br />
About everything I do.<br />
 
I don’t mean no other things —<br />
Not what the whole world knows<br />
Not what another man has said<br />
That’s not the way it goes<br />
& baby, there’s one other thing<br />
You can cut out & save:<br />
Though you may take<br />
The Secrets that I tell you<br />
To your grave,<br />
 
I never promised anything I told you<br />
Would be true<br />
I never said to no-one<br />
That I’d never lie to you.<br />
Tell me that you will,  my baby<br />
That you’ll do what you can<br />
To keep my secrets safe & sound<br />
& not tell another man<br />
 
You can maybe tell your mama<br />
& tell your daddy too<br />
& tell your regulator<br />
If he tells you you have to<br />
But before you spill my Secrets<br />
(That you promised to the grave)<br />
You gotta let me know<br />
So I can go<br />
& force them to behave<br />
 
Now things may change & we may change —<br />
Our love no more be true.<br />
If it should fail & break apart<br />
Here’s what you’re gonna do:<br />
You’re gonna send it back<br />
You’re gonna hand it back<br />
You’re gonna give it back to me<br />
(But you may choose  <br />
To put beyond your use<br />
The stuff you can’t unsee)<br />
 
I ain’t granting you no licence<br />
Ain’t pledging you no right<br />
& if we should ever quarrel<br />
If we should ever fight<br />
If there’s ever tension<br />
That lovers can’t resolve<br />
There’s a place the I can take you<br />
To make our differences dissolve<br />
 
It ain’t no [[arbitration]]<br />
It ain’t no arbitrary thought<br />
It’s the chancery division<br />
[[governing law|Of an English court]].<br />
So if you want to hear me squeal<br />
Sign on the dotted line<br />
& I’ll open my whole heart to you<br />
One vein at a time.<br />
 
 
==== References ====

Latest revision as of 13:01, 19 October 2023

NDA Anatomy™
JC’s guide to non-standard confidentiality agreements.
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Incensed that an elderly lawyer should presume to comment upon his lyrics, Robert Plant got his own back when the old solicitor asked Led Zeppelin to sign a confidentiality agreement.

This is what came back in the mail, with a note of costs.[1]

My Confidential Heart

Words and Music by R Plant

Baby, baby, baby (ad lib)
If you want me to tell you
Everything I know
Some things you gotta promise me
Babe, you gotta show —
Whatever may happen
Or come down on your head
You won’t break my confidence
Or tell them what I said.

(Listen —
Do you want to know a secret?
Do you promise not to tell?)[2]

& when I say my “Secrets”
This is what I mean:
Everything I tell you
About everything I’ve seen
& everything I show you
& everything I knew
& everything I’ve told you
About everything I do.

I don’t mean no other things —
Not what the whole world knows
Not what another man has said
That’s not the way it goes
& baby, there’s one other thing
You can cut out & save:
Though you may take
The Secrets that I tell you
To your grave,

I never promised anything I told you
Would be true
I never said to no-one
That I’d never lie to you.
Tell me that you will, my baby
That you’ll do what you can
To keep my secrets safe & sound
& not tell another man

You can maybe tell your mama
& tell your daddy too
& tell your regulator
If he tells you you have to
But before you spill my Secrets
(That you promised to the grave)
You gotta let me know
So I can go
& force them to behave

Now things may change & we may change —
Our love no more be true.
If it should fail & break apart
Here’s what you’re gonna do:
You’re gonna send it back
You’re gonna hand it back
You’re gonna give it back to me
(But you may choose
To put beyond your use
The stuff you can’t unsee)

I ain’t granting you no licence
Ain’t pledging you no right
& if we should ever quarrel
If we should ever fight
If there’s ever tension
That lovers can’t resolve
There’s a place the I can take you
To make our differences dissolve

It ain’t no arbitration
It ain’t no arbitrary thought
It’s the chancery division
Of an English court.
So if you want to hear me squeal
Sign on the dotted line
& I’ll open my whole heart to you
One vein at a time.

References

  1. ↑ This story is certainly apocryphal.
  2. ↑ We think he may have had a little help from his friends.
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