Posted October 7, 200618 yr I was wondering if anyone has some favourite Elvis Song lyrics that they'd like to share I'll start the ball rolling with a couple of my faves :D Power Of My Love This was recorded at one of my favourite sessions in February 1969 at American Studios in Memphis. Such a passionate song :wub: Oh break it, burn it, drag it all around Twist it, turn it, you can't tear it down Cos' every minute, every hour you'll be shaken By the strength and mighty power of my love Crush it, kick it, you can never win I know baby you can't lick it I'll make you give in Every minute, every hour you'll be shaken By the strength and mighty power of my love Baby I want you, you'll never get away My love will haunt you yes haunt you night and day Touch it, pound it, what good does it do There's just no stoppin' the way I feel for you Cos' every minute, every hour you'll be shaken By the strength and mighty power of my love Yeh, yeh, baby I want you, you'll never get away My love will haunt you yes haunt you night and day Touch it, pound it, what good does it do There's just no stoppin' the way I feel for you Cos' every minute, every hour you'll be shaken By the strength and mighty power of my love I said every minute, every hour you'll be shaken By the strength and mighty power of my love Every minute, every hour you'll be shaken By the strength and mighty power of my love
October 7, 200618 yr Author We Can Make The Morning Elvis recorded this beautiful song in Nashville in 1971 and it was released as the B side of Until It's Time For You To Go. I just thought I heard a small voice crying Looked again and saw that it was me I feel like a little boy denying That he fears the night 'cause he can't see Then a larger thought said stop your crying Don't be scared to search 'cause you may find Fate holds out a candle for your footsteps Time rolls back the shadows of your mind It's a long, long lonely night You can make the morning if you try It's a long, long lonely night Oh, we can make the morning if we try Girl, we can make the morning you and I Together, together, together Loneliness is darkness' first companion Spend the night alone and faith may bend Share it all and see how fear starts fading Chase away the shadows with a friend Dawn's elusive light is just beginning Now the day can push away the night Dreams can make the sun feel much brighter Hope creates a foothold for the light It's a long, long lonely night We can make the morning if we try It's a long, long lonely night We can make the morning if we try Girl, we can make the morning you and I, Oh Together It's a long, long lonely night We can make the morning if we try It's a long, long lonely night We can make the morning if we try It's a long, long lonely night We can make the morning if we try
October 8, 200618 yr This is a hard one but my fav because his voice sounds so amazing is Just Pretend :wub: It was recorded on 06Jun 1970 at RCA's Studio B in Nashville and first released on the TTWII album Just pretend, I'm holding you And whispering things soft and low And think of me, how it's gonna be, Just pretend I didn't go When I walked away, I heard you say If you need me, you know what to do I knew it then, I'd be back again Just pretend I'm right there with you And I'll come flying to you, oh yes All the crying is true Oh, I will hold you and love you again But until then, we'll just pretend Oh, it's funny but I can't recall the things We said or why you're crying But now I know it was wrong to go I belong here by your side Yes I'll come flying to you, oh yes All the crying is true Oh, I will hold you and love you again But until then, we'll just pretend Oh, I will hold you and love you again But until then, we'll just pretend
October 8, 200618 yr I Seem To Have These alot, Especially At work, when something goes wrong :blink: :o Didja' Ever Didja' ever Didja' ever get Didja' ever get one Didja' ever get one of them Didja' ever get one of them days, boy Didja' ever get one of them days When nothin' is right from mornin' till night Didja' ever get one of them days Didja' ever get one of them days Ya get up in the morning and turn the shower on You're gettin' pneumonia, the hot water is gone Freezin' sneezin' You wanna dry your back, a well Didja' ever get one of them days When there's no towel on the rack Didja' ever Didja' ever get Didja' ever get one Didja' ever get one of them Didja' ever get one of them girls, boys Didja' ever get one of them girls Who's awful nice But cold as ice Didja' ever get one of them girls, yeah Didja' ever get one of them girls Yeah! Girls, girls, girls, girls, girls, girls, girls, girls You're at a drive-in movie With a cute brunette A countin' on the kisses that you figure to get Closer, closer, then she hollers ho! Didja' ever get one of them girls Who just wants to watch the show Show, show, show, show, show, show, show, show Didja' ever Didja' ever get Didja' ever get one Didja' ever get one of them Didja' ever get one of them days, boy Didja' ever get one of them days When nothin' is right From mornin' to night Didja' ever get one of them days, boy Didja' ever get one of them days You're on a Sunday picnic And then it starts to pour You run through poison ivy, scratch until you're sore Ants come dancin', carry off the bread Didja' ever get one of them days When you should a-stayed in bed Didja' ever Didja' ever get Didja' ever get one Didja' ever get one of them
October 8, 200618 yr Author Know what you mean guys :lol: Jac, I really love Just Pretend :wub: In fact I'm listening to it now as I type :D
October 8, 200618 yr Author If you look to the left under my username, there's a clue to my fave ever Elvis song ;) I loved it even before I became such a big Elvis fan and although I've heard so many more Elvis songs now, it still remains my favourite :wub: My fave version of this song is when he does it live. Just love it when he says 'Sing the song, baby'........'one more time'........yeah, one more'.... in that deep sexy voice of his :wub: This girl is always gonna stay!!! I Just Can't Help Believin' :heart: I just can't help believin' When she smiles up soft and gentle With a trace of misty morning And the promise of tomorrow in her eyes I just can't help believin' When she's lying close beside me And my heart beats with the rhythm of her sighs This time the girl is gonna stay This time the girl is gonna stay For more than just a day Oh, I just can't help believin' When she slips her hand in my hand And it feels so small and helpless As my fingers fold around it like a glove I just can't help believin' When she's whispering her magic And her tears are shining honey sweet with love This time the girl is gonna stay This time the girl is gonna stay For more than just a day For more than just a day :wub:
October 10, 200618 yr Love this song, been listening to it alot in the car lately :D Thinkin' About You I woke up this morning and I tried to call you, mmm But you weren't there and that put me in despair So I thought that maybe I could lose my mind In the countryside so I went for a ride But I never stopped thinking about you Found myself wishing you were there Just to be with me, feel the breeze Sun didn't smile I didn't care I decided to try just one more time To let you know I really love you so Before I arrived I saw you go away With another guy, a tear filled my eye But I never stopped thinking about you Found myself wishing you were there Just to be with me, feel the breeze Sun didn't smile I didn't care A long time has past since that day I cried Life is fine and I'm doin' fine When I'm at home and I feel all alone Well I think of you, try to get a message through But I never stopped thinking about you Found myself wishing you were there Just to be with me, feel the breeze Sun didn't smile I didn't care
October 11, 200618 yr Author This song is just so beautiful :wub: Just watch this clip from Aloha, it gives you goosebumps It's Over [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nhfkv2OvbI.swf If time were not a moving thing And I could make it stay This hour of love we share Would always be There'd be no coming day To shine a morning light And make us realize our night is over When you walk away from me There is no place to put my hand Except to shade my eyes against the sun That rises over land I watch you walk away Somehow I have to let you go Cause it's over If you knew just how I really feel You might return and yet There are so many times That people have to love and then forget Oh there might have been a way somehow I have to force myself to say It's over So I turn my back, Turn my collar to the wind Move along in silence Trying not to think at all I send my feet before me Walk the solid street before me Now it's over If time were not a moving thing And I could make you stay This hour of love we share Would always be There'd be no coming day To shine a morning light And make us realize our night is over It's over
October 13, 200618 yr Fantastic clip Carole, great close-ups, he always made it look so effortless :cheer: Loved this song since the first time I heard it..... Separate Ways 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
October 16, 200618 yr Not the cheeriest of songs but always liked the words :wacko: Long Black Limousine There's a long line of mourners Driving down our little street Their fancy cars are such a sight to see, oh yea They're all rich friends who knew you in the city And now they've finally brought you Brought you home to me When you left you know you told me That some day you'd be returnin' In a fancy car, all the town to see, oh yea, Well now everyone is watching you You finally had your dream, yea You're ridin' in a long black limousine You know the papers told of how you lost your life, oh yea The party, the party and the fatal crash that night Well the race along the highway, oh the curve you didn't see When you're riding in that long black limousine Through tear filled eyes I watch as you pass by oh yea A chauffeur, a chauffeur at the wheel dressed up so fine Well I never, I never, never, never Oh my heart, all my dreams yea, they're with you In that long black limousine Yea, yea, they're with you in that long black limousine Yea, yea, they're with you in that long black limousine
October 16, 200618 yr Author This is another of my fave songs :heart: Elvis recorded this one in 1975 and it was released as a single with another lovely song, Pieces Of My Life, on the B side. So sad, but so beautiful :wub: Bringin' It Back If I can never see you, if I can never hold you If I can never touch your face or feel your warm embrace I still remember talkin', I still remember laughin' I still remember lovin' you a lot and touchin' you Only bringin' it back, only just bringin' it back A familiar face, a familiar face just brings it all back Everything's bringin' it back, good songs bringin' it back Even after so much time, everything's bringin' it back Thinkin' in my solitude, wonderin' about your attitude Thinkin' maybe that your love has died There it is, I can see it in your eyes A look of sweet surrender, a touch of too much sadness 'Cause I've hurt you so, you know your sorrow shows You just can't stay, but you can't let go
October 17, 200618 yr Author This is another of my fave songs, recorded in December 1973 at Stax Sudios in Memphis. Such beautiful words :wub: It's Midnight Maybe it's too late. Sometimes I even hate myself for loving you Trying to be strong then nighttime comes along and I start loving you Wanting you. Where is all my self control I'm burning way down in my soul And needing you, and wishing I could be the man, I try to Hating me for wanting you to be with you knowing you don't love me like you used to But it's midnight, Ohh and I miss you It's getting late and I know that's when I am weak Funny how things have a way of looking so much brighter in the day light I hope to go to bed to try and straighten out my head and just forget you Oh but it's midnight yes and I miss you It's getting late and I know that's when I am weak Funny how things have a way of looking so much brighter in the day light I hope to go to bed to try and straighten out my head and just forget you Oh but it's midnight yes and I miss you It's midnight and I miss you
October 20, 200618 yr Indescribably Blue Lyrics Our friends all ask me The last time I saw you And I smile and tell them It's been a day or two There's no way to explain it The way that I miss you And my love, you have left me Indescribably blue I talk to your picture My fav'rite one of you I wish that you were here with me But what good will it do Having no way to tell you The pain that I’ve been through Oh, my love, you have left me Indescribably blue Yes, my love, you have left me Indescribably blue
October 20, 200618 yr Author Here's another of my faves from Frankie And Johnny Please Don't Stop Loving Me :wub: Please don't stop loving me You were born just to be in my arms In my arms Please don't stop loving me Your lips were made just to be kissed by me Kissed by me When I'm with you I don't know day from night, wrong from right You are my world, that's all I know I love you so, I won't let go Please don't stop loving me Darling you'll always be mine alone Mine alone
October 20, 200618 yr Here is another of my all time faves. :wub: PLEDGING MY LOVE Just promise me darling Your love in return May this fire in my soul dear Forever burn My heart's at your command dear To keep, love and to hold Making you happy's my desire Keeping you is my goal I'll Forever love you for the rest of my days I’ll never part from you or your loving ways Just promise me darling Your love in return May this fire in my soul dear Forever burn My heart's at your command dear To keep, love and to hold Making you happy's my desire Loving you is my goal I'll Forever love you for the rest of my days I’ll never part from you or your loving ways Just promise me darling Your love in return May this fire in my soul dear Forever burn
October 21, 200618 yr Author I love that one, Lesley :wub: And here's another fave of mine :heart: Loving Arms If you could see me now The one who said that he would rather roam The one who said he'd rather be alone If you could only see me now If I could hold you now Just for a moment, if I could really make you mine Just for a while turn back the hands of time If I could only hold you now 'Cause I've been too long in the wind Too long in the rain Takin' any comfort that I can Looking back and longing for the freedom of my chains And lying in your lovin' arms again If you could hear me now Singin' somewhere in the lonely night Dreaming of the arms that hold me tight If you could only hear me now 'Cause I've been too long in the wind Too long in the rain Takin' any comfort that I can Looking back and longing for the freedom of my chains And lying in your lovin' arms again I can almost feel your lovin' arms again.
October 22, 200618 yr Another fav of mine :wub: Gentle On My Mind It's knowin' that your door is always open And your path is free to walk That makes me tend to keep my sleeping bag rolled up And stashed behind your couch It's knowin' I'm not shackled By forgotten words and bonds And the ink stains that have dried upon some line That keeps you in the back roads By the rivers of my memory And keeps you ever gentle on my mind It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy Planted on their columns now that binds me Or something that somebody said Because they thought we fit together walking It's just knowing that the world will not be cursin' Or forgiving when I walk along some railroad track and find That you're moving on the back roads By the rivers of my memory and for hours You're just gentle on my mind Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines And the junk yards and the highways come between us And some other woman's cryin' to her mother 'Cause she turned and I was gone I still might run in silence Tears of joy might stain my face And the summer sun might burn me 'till I'm blind But not to where I cannot see you Walking in the back roads By the rivers flowing gently on my mind I dip my cup of soup back from a gurgling, crackling cauldron in some train yard My beard a roughening coal pile And a dirty hat pulled low across my face With cupped hands around a tine can I pretend to hold you to my breast and find That you're wavin' from the back roads By the rivers of my memory Ever smiling ever gentle on my mind
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