Elvis Platinum-a Life In Music

(words & music by warren - kent)
Take good care of her, take good care of her
I suppose i ought to say congratulations
For you won the only girl i ever loved
But i hurt too much to face the situation
Just take good care of her, take good care of her

Just to be around her was my greatest pleasure
She was everything my future held in store
So remember when you take my only treasure
Just take good care of her, take good care of her

I must accept it, she loves you more than me
So with my broken heart i'll bow out gracefully
Please don't send me any wedding invitation
For i couldn't bear to see her there with you
If she's happy, that will be my consolation
Just take good care of her, take good care of her

Take good care of her, take good care of her

(words & music by hank williams)
Today i passed you on the street
And my heart was at your feet
I can't help it if i'm still in love with you

Somebody else stood by your side
And he looked so satisfied
I can't help it if i'm still in love with you

A memory from the past came slowly stealing
As i braced your arm and walked so close to you (yeah)
Oh heaven only knows how much i miss you
I can't help it if i'm still in love with you
I can't help it if i'm still in love with you

(words & music by stuart hine)
Oh lord my god when i in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds thy hands have made
I see the stars, i hear the rolling thunder
Thy power throughout the universe displayed
When christ shall come
With shout of acclamation
To take me home
What joy shall fill my heart
Then i shall bow in humble adoration
And there proclaim my god how great thou art
Then sings my soul my savior god to thee
How great thou art
How great thou art
Then sings my soul my savior god to thee
How great thou art how great thou art

(words & music by vera matson - elvis presley)
Love me tender,
Love me sweet,
Never let me go.
You have made my life complete,
And i love you so.

Love me tender,
Love me true,
All my dreams fulfilled.
For my darlin' i love you,
And i always will.

Love me tender,
Love me long,
Take me to your heart.
For it's there that i belong,
And we'll never part.

Love me tender,
Love me dear,
Tell me you are mine.
I'll be yours through all the years,
Till the end of time.

(when at last my dreams come true
Darling this i know
Happiness will follow you
Everywhere you go).

(words & music by otis blackwell - elvis presley)
You know i can be found,
Sitting home all alone,
If you can't come around,
At least please telephone.
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.

Baby, if i made you mad
For something i might have said,
Please, let's forget the past,
The future looks bright ahead,
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
I don't want no other love,
Baby it's just you i'm thinking of.

Don't stop thinking of me,
Don't make me feel this way,
Come on over here and love me,
You know what i want you to say.
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
Why should we be apart?
I really love you baby, cross my heart.

Let's walk up to the preacher
And let us say i do,
Then you'll know you'll have me,
And i'll know that i'll have you,
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
I don't want no other love,
Baby it's just you i'm thinking of.

Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
I don't want no other love,
Baby it's just you i'm thinking of.

(words & music by j.crane - a. jacobs)
I'm so hurt to think that you lied to me
I'm hurt way down deep inside of me
You said our love was true
And we'll never, never part
Now you've got someone new
And it breaks my heart

I'm hurt, much more than you'll ever know
Yes darling, i'm so hurt
Because i still love you so
Even though you hurt me
Like nobody else could ever do
I would never hurt, hurt you

Bwell i'm tired and so weary
But i must go on
Til the lord comes and calls me
Away

Where the morning is bright
And the lamb is the light
And the night is as fair
As the day

There will be peace
In the valley
For me (someday)
There will be peace
In the valley
For me (oh lord i pray)
There'll be no sadness
No darkness,
No trouble
I see
There will be peace
In the valley
For me

Well the bear will be gentle
And the wolf will be tame
And the lion shall lay down
By the lamb (oh yeah)
And the beast of the wild
Shall be led by the child
And i'll be changed
Changed from this creature
That i am (oh yeah)

There will be....etc (chorus again)

(words & music by westendorf)
I'll take you home again kathleen
Across the ocean wild and wide
To where your heart has ever been
Since first you were my bonny bride
The roses all have left your cheek
I watch them fade away and die
Your voice is soft when ere you speak
And tears bedim your lovely eyes
Oh, i will take you home kathleen
To where your heart shall feel no pain
And when the fields are soft and green
I will take you to your home kathleen

hold me close, hold me tight
Make me thrill with delight
Let me know where i stand from the start
I want you, i need you, i love you
With all my heart

Ev'ry time that you're near
All my cares disappear
Darling, you're all that i'm living for
I want you, i need you, i love you
More and more

I thought i could live without romance
Until you came to me
But now i know that
I will go on loving you eternally

Won't you please be my own?
Never leave me alone
'cause i die ev'ry time we're apart
I want you, i need you, i love you
With all my heart

(words & music by wickham - napier - bell - donaggio - pallavicini)
When i said, i needed you
You said you would always stay
It wasn't me who changed, but you
And know you've gone away

Don't you know that now you're gone
And i'm left her on my own
Then i have to follow you
And beg you to come home

You don't have to say you love me
Just be close at hand
You don't have to stay forever
I will understand
Believe me, believe me
I can't help i love you
But believe me, i'll never tie you down

Left alone with just a memory
Life seems dead and so unreal
All that's left is loneliness
There's nothing left to feel

(words & music by baker knight)
When no-one else can understand me
When everything i do is wrong
You give me hope and consolation
You give me strength to carry on

And you're always there to lend a hand
In everything i do
That's the wonder
The wonder of you

And when you smile the world is brighter
You touch my hand and i'm a king
Your kiss to me is worth a fortune
Your love for me is everything

I'll guess i'll never know the reason why
You love me like you do
That's the wonder
The wonder of you

(words & music by johnson - mcfadden - brooks - presley)
Well you rock my soul
Down in the bosom of abraham
Rock, rock, rock down in the bosom of abraham
He rocks my soul down in the bosom of abraham

Well a rich man lives, he lives so well
Children, when he dies on a lonely hill
Why don't you rock my soul in the bosom of abraham

(words & music by lewis - stock - rose)
I found my thrill on blueberry hill
On blueberry hill when i found you
The moon stood still on blueberry hill
And lingered until my dreams came true

The wind in the willow played
Love's sweet melody
But all of those vows we made
Were never to be

Tho' we're apart, you're part of me still
For you were my thrill on blueberry hill

(words & music by mosie lister)
You may ask me how i know my lord is real (my lord is real)
You may doubt the things i say and doubt the way i feel (the way i feel)
But i know he's real today he'll always be (he'll always be)
I can feel his hand in mine and that's enough for me

I will never walk alone he holds my hand (he holds my hand)
He will guide each step i take
And if i fall i know he'll understand
Till the day he tells me why he loves me so (he loves me so)
I can feel his hand in mine
That's all i need to know

I will never walk alone he holds my hand (he holds my hand)
He will guide each step i take
And if i fall i know he'll understand
Till the day he tells me why he loves me so (he loves me so)
I can feel his hand in mine
That's all i need to know

I can feel his hand in mine
That's all i need to know

(words & music by l. deanson)
Oh blessed mother we pray to thee
Thanks for the miracle of your rosary
Only you can hold back
Your holy son's hand
Long enough for the whole world to understand

Hail, mary full of grace
The lord is with thee
Blessed are thou among women
And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, jesus
Oh holy mary dear mother of god
Please pray for us sinners
Now and at the hour of our death
And give thanks once again
For the miracle of your rosary

(words & music by r. rodgers - l. hart)
Blue moon,
You saw me standing alone,
Without a dream in my heart,
Without a love of my own.

Blue moon,
You knew just what i was there for.
You heard me saying a pray for
Someone i really could care for.

Blue moon,
You saw me standing alone,
Without a dream in my heart,
Without a love of my own.

Blue moon...
Without a love of my own.

(words & music by paul simon)
When you're weary, feeling small
When tears are in your eyes i will dry them all
I'm on your site, oh, when times get rough
And friends just can't be found

Like a bridge over troubled water,
I will lay me down,
Oh, like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

When you're down and out, when you're on the streets
When evening falls so hard, i will comfort you
I'll take your part when the darkness falls and pain is all around

Yes, like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Oh, like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

Sail on, silver girl, sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine
Oh, if you need a friend,
I'm sailing right behind

Yes, like a bridge over troubled water
I, i will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will easy your mind

i was dancin' with my darlin'
To the tennessee waltz
When an old friend
I happened to see
I introduced him to my darlin'
And while they were dancin'
My friend stole
My sweetheart from me

Chorus:
I remember the night
Of the tennesse waltz
Now i know just
How much i have lost
Yes, i lost my little darlin'
The night they were playin'
The beautiful tennesse waltz.

(words & music by doc pomus and mort shuman)
I just got your letter baby
Too bad you can't come home
I swear i'm goin' crazy
Sittin' here all alone
Since you're gone
I got a mess of blues

I ain't slept a wink since sunday
I can't eat a thing all day
Every day is just blue monday
Since you've been away
Since you're gone
I got a mess of blues

Whoops there goes a teardrop
Rollin' down my face
If you cry when you're in love
It sure ain't no disgrace

I gotta get myself together
Before i lose my mind
I'm gonna catch the next train goin'
And leave my blues behind
Since you're gone
I got a mess of blues

Whoops there goes a teardrop
Rollin' down my face
If you cry when you're in love
It sure ain't no disgrace

I gotta get myself together
Before i lose my mind
I'm gonna catch the next train goin'
And leave my blues behind
Since you're gone
I got a mess of blues

Since you're gone i got a mess of blues
Since you're gone i got a mess of blues

(words & music by bob dylan)
How many roads must a man walk down,
Before you call him a man?
Yes and how many seas must a white dove sail,
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes and how many times must cannonballs fly,
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

How many times must a man look up,
Before he can see the sky?
How many ears must one man have,
Before he can hear people cry?
How many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

How many years can a mountain exist,
Before it's washed to the seas (sea)
How many years can some people exist,
Before they're allowed to be free?
How many times can a man turn his head,
Pretend that he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

(words & music by arthur gunter)
Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby baby.
Baby, baby baby, b-b-b-b-b-b baby baby, baby.
Baby baby baby
Come back, baby, i wanna play house with you.

Well, you may go to college,
You may go to school.
You may have a pink cadillac,
But don't you be nobody's fool.

Now baby,
Come back, baby, come.
Come back, baby, come.
Come back, baby,
I wanna play house with you.

Now listen and i'll tell you baby
What i'm talking about.
Come on back to me, little girl,
So we can play some house.

Now baby,
Come back, baby, come.
Come back, baby, come.
Come back, baby,
I wanna play house with you.
Oh let's play house, baby.

Now this is one thing, baby
That i want you to know.
Come on back and let's play a little house,
And we can act like we did before.
Well, baby,
Come back, baby, come.
Come back, baby, come.
Come back, baby,
I wanna play house with you.

Yeah.

Now listen to me, baby
Try to understand.
I'd rather see you dead, little girl,
Than to be with another man.
Now baby,
Come back, baby, come.
Come back, baby, come.
Come back, baby, i wanna play house with you.

Oh, baby baby baby.
Baby baby baby b-b-b-b-b-b baby baby baby.
Baby baby baby.
Come back, baby, i wanna play house with you.

(words & music by jimmy reed)
We're goin' up, we're goin' down
We're goin' up, down down up
Any way you wanna let it roll
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You got me doin' what you want me
Oh baby what you want me to do

You got me peepin' you got me hidin'
You got me peep hide hide peep
Any way you wanna let it roll
Yeah yeah yeah
You got me doin what you want me
Baby what you want me to do

(words & music by don robertson)
All the words that i let her know
Still could not say
How much i need you so in every way
I hope you will guide me
As only you can do
Hold my hands down beside me
I'm counting on you
I'm counting on you dear
From the dawn of each day
To always come through dear
In your kind lovin' way
If you knew just how deeply
I feel things you do
Then you know how completely
I'm counting on you
I'm counting on you dear
Around the dawn of each day
To always come true, dear
In your kind lovin' way
If you knew just how deeply
I feel things you do
Then you know how completely
I'm counting on you

(words & music by frederic e. weatherly)
Oh danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen and down the mountain side
The summer's gone and all the roses dying
'tis you, 'tis you must go and i must bye

But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
And i'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh danny boy, oh danny boy i love you so

But if he come and all the roses dying
And i am dead, as dead i well may be
He'll come here and find the place where i am lying
And kneel and say an ava there for me

And i shall feel, oh soft you tread above me
And then my grave will richer, sweeter be
For you will bend and tell me that you love me
And i shall rest in peace until you come to me

(words & music by jerry chesnut)
I play an old piano from nine till a half past one
Tryin' to make a livin' watchin' everybody have fun
Well, i don't miss much that ever happens on a dance hall floor
Mercy, look what just walked through that door

Well, hello t-r-0-u-b-l-e
What in the world you're doin' a-l-o-n-e?
Say, good l-double o-k-i-n-g
I smell t-r-o-u-b-l-e

I was a little bitty baby when my papa hit the skids
Mama had a time tryin' to raise nine kids
Told me not to stare 'cause it was impolite
And did the best she could to try to raise me right

But mama never told me 'bout nothing like y-o-u
Say, your mama must have been another something or the other too
Say, hello good l-double o-k-i-n-g
I smell t-r-o-u-b-l-e

Well, you talk about a woman i've seen a lot of others
But too much something' and not enough another
You've got it all together like a lovin' machine
Lookin' like glory and walkin' like a dream

Mother nature's sure been good to y-o-u
Well, your mama must have been another good lookin' too
Say, hey, good l-double o-k-i-n-g
I smell t-r-o-u-b-l-e

Well, you talk about a trouble-makin' hunka pokey bait,
The men are gonna love and all the women gonna hate
Reminding them of everything they never gonna be
Maybe the beginning of the world war iii
Oh, the world ain't ready for nothin' like a y-o-u
Well, i bet your mama must have been another something or the other too

Say hey good l-double o-k-i-n-g
I smell t-r-o-u-b-l-e

(words & music by fred wise - ben weisman)
Fame and fortune
How empty they can be
But when i hold you in my arms
That's heaven to me
Who cares for fame and fortune
They're only passing things
But the touch of your lips on mine
Makes me feel like a king

Your kind of love
Is a treasure i hold
It's so much greater
Than silver or gold
I know that i have nothing
If you should go away
But to know that you love me
Brings fame and fortune my way

(words & music by stevenson - miller)
Oh please release me, let me go
For i just don't love you anymore
To waste our lives would be a sin
Release me and let me love again

I have found a new love dear
And i will always want her near
Her lips are warm while yours are cold
Oh release me, my darling let me go

Please release me, let me go
For i just don't love you anymore
To waste our lives would be a sin
Release me and let me love again

Let me go, oh release me, my darling
Let me go

(words & music by tepper - bennett)
You'll never know
What heaven means
Until you've been down to new orleans
You ain't been livin' till you cuddle and coo
With some black-eyed baby by de old bayou

You've never seen
You've never seen those cupid doll queens
Like they got 'em in new orleans
And, ooh, they love you like no-one can
It makes you awful glad that you were born a man.

If-if-if you ain't been there
Then you ain't been nowhere
The livin's lazy and the lovin's fine
If you feel low down
So help me hannah
You should lose the blues in loui-si-i-si-ana.

Get the lead
Get the lead out of your jeans
And hot foot it down, hot foot down to where?
New orleans
Louisiana baby tells you stay awhile
Live it up, love it up, southern style
Way down in new new orleans.

(words & music by brown)
There must be lights burning brighter somewhere
Got to be birds flying higher in a sky more blue
If i can dream of a better land
Where all my brothers walk hand in hand
Tell me why, oh why, oh why can't my dream come true

There must be peace and understanding sometime
Strong winds of promise that will blow away
All the doubt and fear
If i can dream of a warmer sun
Where hope keeps shining on everyone
Tell me why, oh why, oh why won't that sun appear

We're lost in a cloud
With too much rain
We're trapped in a world
That's troubled with pain
But as long as a man
Has the strength to dream
He can redeem his soul and fly

Deep in my heart there's a trembling question
Still i am sure that the answer gonna come somehow
Out there in the dark, there's a beckoning candle
And while i can think, while i can talk
While i can stand, while i can walk
While i can dream, please let my dream
Come true, right now
Let it come true right now
Oh yeah

i gave a letter to the postman,
He put it his sack.
Bright in early next morning,
He brought my letter back.

She wrote upon it:
Return to sender, address unknown.
No such number, no such zone.
We had a quarrel, a lover's spat
I write i'm sorry but my letter keeps coming back.

So then i dropped it in the mailbox
And sent it special d.
Bright in early next morning
It came right back to me.

She wrote upon it:
Return to sender, address unknown.
No such person, no such so.

This time i'm gonna take it myself
And put it right in her hand.
And if it comes back the very next day
Then i'll understand - the writing on it

Return to sender, address unknown.
No such number, no such zone.

(words & music by wayne walker)
Are you sincere when you say i love you
Are you sincere when you say you love me too
Oh and are you really mine every day, all the time
I've gotta know which way to go
Will our love grow, are you sincere

Are you sincere when you say i love you
Honey, are you sincere when you say you love me too

And are you really mine every day, all the time
I've gotta know which way to go
Will our love grow, are you sincere

(words & music by jerry leiber - mike stoller)
I said, 'take it easy, baby
I worked all day and my feet feel just like lead
You got my shirt tails
Flyin' all over the place
And the sweat poppin' out of my head'
She said, 'hey, bossa nova, baby
Keep on a workin' child
This ain't no time to quit'
She said, 'go, bossa nova, baby
Keep on dancin'
I'm about to have myself a fit'
Bossa nova, bossa nova

I said, 'hey little mama,
Let's sit down
Have a drink and dig the band'
She said, 'drink, drink, drink
Oh, fiddle-de-dink
I can dance with a drink in my hand'
She said 'hey bossa nova, baby
Keep on workin' child
This ain't no time to drink'
She said 'go, bossa nova, baby
Keep on dancin'
'cause i ain't got time to think'

I said, 'come on, baby
It's hot in here
And it's oh so cool outside
If you lend me a dollar
I can buy some gas
And we can go for a little ride'
She said, 'hey bossa nova, baby
Keep on workin' child
I ain't got time for that'
She said, 'go bossa nova, baby
Keep on dancin'
Or i'll find myself another cat'

(words & music by otis blackwell - elvis presley)
A well i bless my soul
What's wrong with me?
I'm itching like a man on a fuzzy tree
My friends say i'm actin' wild as a bug
I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Mm mm oh, oh, yeah, yeah!

My hands are shaky and my knees are weak
I can't seem to stand on my own two feet
Who do you thank when you have such luck?
I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Mm mm oh, oh, yeah, yeah!

Please don't ask me what's on my mind
I'm a little mixed up, but i'm feelin' fine
When i'm near that girl that i love best
My heart beats so it scares me to death!

She touched my hand what a chill i got
Her lips are like a vulcano that's hot
I'm proud to say she's my buttercup
I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Mm mm oh, oh, yeah, yeah!

My tongue get tied when i try to speak
My insides shake like a leaf on a tree
There's only one cure for this body of mine
That's to have the girl that i love so fine!

(words & music by jerry leiber - mike stoller)
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time.
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time.
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine.

When they said you was high classed,
Well, that was just a lie.
When they said you was high classed,
Well, that was just a lie.
You ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine.

(words & music by mark james - elvis presley)
Well, it's hard to be a gambler
Bettin' on the number
That changes ev'ry time
Well, you think you're gonna win
Think she's givin' in
A stranger's all you find
Yeah, it's hard to figure out
What she's all about
That she's a woman through and through
She's a complicated lady, so color my baby moody blue,

Oh, moody blue
Tell me am i gettin' through
I keep hangin' on
Try to learn the song
But i never do
Oh, moody blue,
Tell me who i'm talkin' to
You're like the night and day
And it's hard to say
Which one is you.

Well, when monday comes she's tuesday,
When tuesday comes she's wednesday,
Into another day again
Her personality unwinds
Just like a ball of twine
On a spool that never ends
Just when i think i know her well
Her emotions reveal,
She's not the person that
I though i knew
She's a complicated lady, so color my baby moody blue,

Oh, moody blue
Tell me am i gettin' through
I keep hangin' on
Try to learn the song
But i never do
Oh, moody blue,
Tell me who i'm talkin' to
You're like the night and day
And it's hard to say
Which one is you.

(words & music by c. singleton - r.m. mccoy)
I've been traveling over mountains
Even through the valleys, too
I've been traveling night and day
I've been running all the way
Baby, trying to get to you.

Ever since i read your letter
Where you said you loved me true
I've been traveling night and day
I've been running all the way
Baby, trying to get to you

When i read your loving letter
Then my heart began to sing
There were many miles between us,
But they didn't mean a thing.

I just had to reach you, baby,
In spite of all that i've been through.
I kept traveling night and day,
I kept running all the way,
Baby, trying to get to you.

Well if i had to do it over
That's exactly what i'd do,
I would travel night and day,
And i'd still run all the way,
Baby, trying to get to you.

Well, there's nothing that could hold me
Or that could keep me away from you
When your loving letter told me
That you really loved me true

Lord above me knows i love you
It was he who brought me through,
When my way was dark as night,
He would shine his brightest light,
When i was trying to get to you.

(words & music by arthur crudup)
Well, that's all right, mama
That's all right for you
That's all right mama, just anyway you do
Well, that's all right, that's all right.
That's all right now mama, anyway you do

Mama she done told me,
Papa done told me too
'son, that gal your foolin' with,
She ain't no good for you'
But, that's all right, that's all right.
That's all right now mama, anyway you do

I'm leaving town, baby
I'm leaving town for sure
Well, then you won't be bothered with
Me hanging 'round your door
Well, that's all right, that's all right.
That's all right now mama, anyway you do

(words & music by e. miller - j. lantz)
But now after loving you, what else is there to do
For honey, all the rest is just gonna have to be second best
I know i'll go through life comparing her to you
That's 'cause i'm no good, i'm no good to anyone after loving you

Your precious love cannot be erased by just another woman with a pretty face
And your memory, you know it will remain for it cannot be erased
Other loves may come along, they can't live up to you
That's 'cause i'm no good, i'm no good to anyone after loving you

Your precious love cannot be erased by just another woman with a pretty face
And your memory, you know it will remain for it cannot be erased
Other loves may come along, they can't live up to you
That's 'cause i'm no good, i'm no good to anyone after loving you

I said i'm no good, i'm no good to anyone after loving you
I said i'm no good, i'm no good, i'm no good to anyone
To anyone, to anyone, to anyone after loving you
That's 'cause i'm no good, i'm no good to anyone after loving you

(words & music by evans - byron)
Something old, the time goes buy
Something new, these tears i cry
Something borrowed were those lips my lips knew
And that's why i'm something blue

Something old, the vows we made
Something new, the price i paid
Something borrowed, love was tried but not true
Now my life is something blue

I guess that i had better smile
Walking behind you down the aisle
I feel i'm walking to my doom
I'm really not the best man in this room

Something old, the dreams we planned
Something new, his wedding band
Something borrowed was the heart i gave you
You returned it torn in two

Something old, the dreams we planned
Something new, his wedding band
Something borrowed was the heart i gave you
You returned it torn in two

And that's why,
And that's why i'm something blue

(arranged and adapted by elvis presley)
Yes i'm gonna walk on the milky white way
Oh lord some of these days
I'm gonna walk that milky white way
Some of these days well well well well
I'm gonna walk up and take my stand
Gonna join that christian band
I'm gonna walk on that milky white way
Oh lord, some of these days

I'm gonna tell my mother howdy, howdy,
Howdy when i get home
Yes, i'm gonna tell my mother howdy,
When i get home well well well well
I'm gonna shake my mother's hand
I will shake her hands that day
That's when we walk on the milky white way
On some of these days

I'm gonna meet god the father and god the son
Yes, i'm gonna meet god the father and god the son
Well well well well
I'm gonna sit down and tell him my troubles
About the world that i just came from
That's when we walk on the milky white way
Oh lord, on some of these days

(words & music by taylor)
I'm a steamroller baby
I'm 'bout to roll all over you
I'm a steamroller baby
I'm 'bout to roll all over you
I'm gonna inject your soul
With sweet rock'n'roll, poor heaven

I'm a cement mixer
A churning urn of burning funk
I'm a cement mixer
A churning urn of burning funk
A hefty hunk, steaming junk

I'm a steamroller baby
I'm 'bout to roll over you
I'm a steamroller baby
I'm 'bout to roll over you
I'm gonna inject your soul
With some sweet rock'n'roll
And shoot you full of rhythm and blues

I'm a napalm-bomb
Guaranteed to blow your mind
I'm a napalm-bomb
Guaranteed to blow your mind
If i can't have your love now baby
There won't be nothing left behind

(words & music by chuck willis)
Feel so bad
Like a ball game on a rainy day
Feel so bad
Like a ball game on a rainy day
Yes' i got my rain check
Shake my head and walk away

Oooo-people that's the way i feel
Oooo-people that's the way i feel
Sometimes i think i want
Then again i think i don't
Sometimes i want to stay here
Then again i want to leave here
Then again i want to stay
Yes, i got my train fare
Pack my grip and ride away

Oooo-people that's the way i feel
Oooo-people that's the way i feel
Sometimes i think i want
Then again i think i don't

(words & music by schroeder - demetruis - blair - peppers)
I was the one who taught her to kiss
The way that she kisses you now.
And you know the way she touches your cheek,
Well, i taught her how.

I was the one who taught her to cry
When she wants you under her spell.
The sight of her tears drives you out of your mind,
I taught her so well.

And then one day
I had my love as perfect as could be.
She lived, she loved, she laughed, she cried,
And it was all for me.

I'll never know who taught her to lie.
Now that it's over and done,
Who learned the lesson when she broke my heart?
I was the one.

And then one day
I had my love as perfect as could be.
She lived, she loved, she laughed, she cried,
And it was all for me.

I'll never know who taught her to lie.
Now that it's over and done,
Who learned the lesson when she broke my heart?
I was the one.

(words & music by hubbard)
Well, i quit my job down at the car wash,
Left my mama a goodbye note,
By sundown i'd left kingston,
With my guitar under my coat,
I hitchhiked all the way down to memphis,
Got a room at the ymca,
For the next three weeks i went huntin' them nights,
Just lookin' for a place to play,
Well, i thought my pickin' would set 'em on fire,
But nobody wanted to hire a guitar man.

Well, i nearly 'bout starved to death down in memphis,
I run outta money and luck,
So i bought me a ride down to macon, georgia,
On a overloaded poultry truck,
I thumbed on down to panama city,
Started pickin' out some o' them all night bars,
Hopin' i could make myself a dollar,
Makin' music on my guitar,
I got the same old story at them all night piers,
There ain't no room around here for a guitar man
We don't need a guitar man, son

So i slept in the hobo jungles,
Roamed a thousand miles of track,
Till i found myself in mobile alabama,
At a club they call big jack's,
A little four-piece band was jammin',
So i took my guitar and i sat in,
I showed 'em what a band would sound like,
With a swingin' little guitar man.
Show 'em, son

If you ever take a trip down to the ocean,
Find yourself down around mobile,
Make it on out to a club called jack's,
If you got a little time to kill,
Just follow that crowd of people,
You'll wind up out on his dance floor,
Diggin' the finest little five-piece group,
Up and down the gulf of mexico,
Guess who's leadin' that five-piece band,
Well, wouldn't ya know, it's that swingin' little guitar man.

The tv-special verse:

Well, i came a long way from the carwash,
Got to where i said i'd get
Now that i'm here i know for sure
I really ain't got there yet
Think i'll start all over
Swing my guitar over my back
I'm gonna get myself back on the track
I'll never, never ever look back
I'll never be more than what i am
Wouldn't you know
I' m a swinging little guitar man

(words & music by linde)
Lord almighty,
I feel my temperature rising
Higher higher
It's burning through to my soul

Girl, girl, girl
You gonna set me on fire
My brain is flaming
I don't know which way to go

Your kisses lift me higher
Like the sweet song of a choir
You light my morning sky
With burning love

Ooh, ooh, ooh,
I feel my temperature rising
Help me, i'm flaming
I must be a hundred and nine
Burning, burning, burning
And nothing can cool me
I just might turn into smoke
But i feel fine

Cause your kisses lift me higher
Like a sweet song of a choir
And you light my morning sky
With burning love

It's coming closer
The flames are reaching my body
Please won't you help me
I feel like i'm slipping away
It's hard to breath
And my chest is a-heaving

Lord almighty,
I'm burning a hole where i lay
Cause your kisses lift me higher
Like the sweet song of a choir
You light my morning sky
With burning love
With burning love
Ah, ah, burning love
I'm just a hunk, a hunk of burning love
Just a hunk, a hunk of burning love
Just a hunk, a hunk of burning love
Just a hunk, a hunk of burning love
Just a hunk, a hunk of burning love
Just a hunk, a hunk of burning love

(words & music by mae b. axton - tommy durden - elvis presley)
Well, since my baby left me,
I found a new place to dwell.
It's down at the end of lonely street
At heartbreak hotel.

You make me so lonely baby,
I get so lonely,
I get so lonely i could die.

And although it's always crowded,
You still can find some room.
Where broken hearted lovers
Do cry away their gloom.

You make me so lonely baby,
I get so lonely,
I get so lonely i could die.

Well, the bell hop's tears keep flowin',
And the desk clerk's dressed in black.
Well they been so long on lonely street
They ain't ever gonna look back.

You make me so lonely baby,
I get so lonely,
I get so lonely i could die.

Hey now, if your baby leaves you,
And you got a tale to tell.
Just take a walk down lonely street
To heartbreak hotel.

(words & music by west - mainegra)
I see a change is coming to our lives
It's not the same as it used to be
And it's not too late to realise our mistake
We're just not right for each other

Love has slipped away left us only friends
We almost seem like strangers
All that's left between us are the memories we shared
Of times we thought we cared for each other

There's nothing left to do but go our separate ways
And pick up all the pieces left behind us
And maybe someday, somewhere along the way
Another love will find us

Some day when she's older, maybe she will understand
Why her mom and dad are not together
The tears that she will cry when i have to say goodbye
Will tear at my heart forever

There's nothing left to do but go our separate ways
And pick up all the pieces left behind us
And maybe someday, somewhere along the way
Another love will find us

(words & music by calhoun)
Well get out of that bed, wash your face and hands
Get out of that bed, wash your face and hands
Well get in that kitchen
Make some noise with the pots and pans
I believe it to my soul you're the devil in nylon hose
I believe it to my soul you're the devil in nylon hose
For the harder i work the faster my money goes

Well i said shake, rattle and roll
I said shake rattle and roll
I said shake, rattle and roll
I said shake rattle and roll
Well you won't do right
To save your doggone soul

Shake rattle and roll

I'm like the one-eyed cat peeping in a seafood store
I'm like the one-eyed cat peeping in a seafood store
Well i can look at you tell you ain't no child no more
I believe you're doing me wrong and now i know
I believe you're doing me wrong and now i know
'cause the harder i work the faster my money goes

Well i said shake, rattle and roll
I said shake rattle and roll
I said shake, rattle and roll
I said shake rattle and roll
Well you won't do right
To save your doggone soul

Play it again!

I went over the hill, way down underneath
I went over the hill, way down underneath
You make me roll my eyes
And then you make me grit my teeth

Well i said shake, rattle and roll
I said shake rattle and roll
I said shake, rattle and roll
I said shake rattle and roll
Well you won't do right
To save your doggone soul

(words & music by dennis linde)
Had a dream about you baby, had a dream about me and you
Had a dream and woke up crying
Well i can roll but i just can't rock
And the time's going by, tick-tock
For the heart, i just can't love no-one but you

Well i'm high and dry and lonely, i'm as lonely as can be
And i stare out of my window
Well i can play but i just can't win
And the weather's looking dim
For the heart i just can't love no-one but you

For the heart
For the heart
For the heart i just can't love no-one but you

For the heart
For the heart
For the heart i just can't love no-one but you

Had a dream about you baby, had a dream about me and you
Had a dream and woke up crying
Well i can roll but i just can't rock
And the time's going by, tick-tock
For the heart, i just can't love no-one but you

For the heart
For the heart
For the heart i just can't love no-one but you

For the heart
For the heart
For the heart i just can't love no-one but you
Well, for the heart
For the heart
For the heart i just can't love no-one but you
Yes, for the heart
For the heart
For the heart i just can't love no-one but you