It's a sensitive delicate deal dragging brand new songs out of the sky, trading ideas,

trading ideas, accepting some, storing others in the maybe later bag, moving on and along with

hardly a plan.

During the Zep years, I never imagined a full-scale album project without the other guys and even less the idea of new writing partners.

But then, since 1981, I've enjoyed many amazing exciting musicians in the sharing, in the writing, in production and engineering.

Men and women who encouraged and enlightened, introducing me to crazy curves I could never have imagined.

For this podcast I'm going to be picking out some songs from here and there along the way,

mixing constant shifts and sound and intention from across this long old time.

There's a story in all of them.

I'm Robert Plant, this is Digging Deep.

Hello and welcome to episode 4 of Digging Deep with Robert Plant.

I am Matt Everett and this is the podcast where Robert

Plant takes a personal journey and looks back at his remarkable musical back

catalog picking out one song to study each week tracing the lines of inspiration and collaboration that resulted in some amazing music.

This week we're going back to a song from Robert's first ever solo album, Pictures at 11 from 1982.

And as well as looking at where the song came from, we also study this idea of what it's like

stepping out on your own after years of being with one

legendary group for so long.

Hope you enjoy it. I see you baby when the eye has broken when the rain stops falling down.

I'll be waiting for you, baby, when your night was come,

and your face no longer frown.

I go a day of springtime on your left.

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