[Talked to Audrey Hamilton today......]

I am aware of the lyric. (hence my name) Just keep in mind, sometimes lyrical "imagination" helps write a song. And alot of groupies lied abouth their age to the band. Audrey was also in an open marriage at the time of the 77 tour. And they were married for a few years at this point. Audrey was 20.

I'm guessing most lied upward rather than downward about their age. I guess we'll never really know the total truth.

[Talked to Audrey Hamilton today......]

Audrey told me she was 20 years young when she met one of the band's roadies at a Dallas nightclub. She told me that the band (or at least) Robert was in Dallas weeks before the tour kicked off. Audrey had met a roadie at a Dallas blues bar, who would invite Audrey to meet the band at their hotel. When she met Robert at the hotel, the two hit it off immediately. She was invited to “go on the road” by Robert.

How do you explain the

I took her love at seventeen

A little late these days it seems

Lyric then? All the sources I've seen say she was 17 as well. Sounds like maybe she was giving you the sanitized version, probably since people are so much stricter about the "18+ rule" these days compared to the 70's.

[Best song off Houses of the Holy]

Over the Hills and Far Away

It's just such a well rounded song. Great acoustic folk guitar, heavy electric riffs and solo, great lyrics and vocals. One of my favorite songs of theirs from any album.