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A Big Hunk O' Love (Words & music: Aaron Harold Schroeder / Sid Wyche) Hey baby, I ain't askin' much of you No no no no no no no no baby I ain't askin' much of you Just a big, a big, a big, a big, a hunk o' love will do. Don't be a stingy little mama You're 'bout to starve me half to death Now you can spare a kiss or two And still have plenty left. Oh, no no baby I ain't askin' much of you Just a big, a big, a big, a big, a hunk o' love will do. That's fine. You're just a natural born beehive Filled with honey to the top But I ain't greedy, baby All I want is all you got. Oh, no no baby I ain't askin' much of you Just a big, a big, a big, a big, a hunk o' love will do. That's fine. I got a wishbone in my pocket I got a rabbit's foot 'round my wrist And I'd have everything My lucky charms could bring If you gimme just one sweet kiss. Oh, no no no no no no, baby I ain't askin' much of you Just a big, a hunk, a hunk, a hunk o' love will do. That's fine. Just a big, a big, a big, a big, a hunk o' love will do. That's fine. Just a big, a big, a big, a big, a hunk o' love will do, will do. That's fine. Just a big, a big, a big, a hunk o' love will do. That's fine ... Recorded: 1958/06/10, first released on single, July 1959 A Boy Like Me, A Girl Like You (Words & music: Sid Tepper / Roy C. Bennett) When a boy like me meets a girl like you Then I must believe wishes come true I just look at you and I touch your hand And this ordinary world becomes a wonderland. There are many girls I have met before But I pass them by because I knew There would be this magic moment, One to last a lifetime through When a boy like me meets a girl like you. There are many girls I have met before But I pass them by because I knew There would be this magic moment, One to last a lifetime through When a boy like me meets a girl like you. When a boy like me meets a girl like you. Recorded: 1962/03/27, first released on Girls! Girls! Girls! November 1962 Adam And Evil (Words & music: Fred Wise / Randy Starr) Now, Adam and Evil, they go hand in hand Eve taught him sin, that's the way it all began But ev'ry time you kiss me My heart pounds like a drum So if trouble is a woman - trouble, here I come. I'm lonely like Adam, you're evil like Eve I shouldn't take forbidden fruit 'cause I believe I'll be hitting straight for heartache I should cut loose and run But if loving you means heartache - heartache, here I come. You're not the angel That I've dreamed about But you're the devil I don't wannna live without. A woman's a woman, a man is a man I can't be free, I'm just putty in your hands Who cares about tomorrow I need your love tonight And even if you're evil - baby hold me tight. You're not the angel That I've dreamed about But you're the devil I don't wannna live without. A woman's a woman, a man is a man I can't be free, I'm just putty in your hands Who cares about tomorrow I need your love tonight And even if you're evil - baby hold me tight. Hold me tight Hold me tight Hold me tight. Recorded: 1966/02/17, first released on Spinout, October 1966 A Dog's Life (Words & music: Sid Wayne / Ben Weisman) If I had my life to live over I know just what I'd like to be A pampered pet of a rich brunette Sittin' on my mama's knee Someone to love me, someone to care Rub-a-dub and dub her little fingers Through my hair I need a dog's life, what a life That's good enough for me That's good enough for me. If I had a bone to be pickin' A-pickin' chicken or a steak Curl up there in an easy chair Man, that won't be hard to take I'll always be faithful, that's what I'd be Never bite the hand that feeds me, no siree Just lead a dog's life, what a life That's good enough for me That's good enough for me. I'd find me a frail frilly little poodle And lose my noodle over her I chase her 'round all over town Just to ruffle up her fur Nuzzle her muzzle, holding her paw Greatest case of puppy lovin' you ever saw It's called a dog's life, what a life That's good enough for me You heard me say it now That's good enough for me, yeah That's good enough for me. Recorded: 1965/07/27, first released on Paradise, Hawaiian Style, June 1966 A Fool Such As I (Words & music: Bill Trader) (Now and then there's a fool such as I) Pardon me, if I'm sentimental When we say goodbye Don't be angry with me should I cry When you're gone, yet I'll dream a little dream As years go by Now and then there's a fool such as I. Now and then there's a fool Such as I am over you You taught me how to love, and now You say that we are through I'm a fool, but I'll love you, dear until the day I die Now and then there's a fool such as I (Fool such as I). (Now and then there's a fool such as I) Now and then there's a fool Such as I am over you You taught me how to love, and now You say that we are through I'm a fool, but I'll love you, dear Until the day I die Now and then there's a fool such as I. Now and then there's a fool such as I. Now and then there's a fool such as I. Now and then there's a fool such as I. Recorded: 1958/06/10, first released on single, March 1959 After Loving You (Words & music: Eddie Miller / John Lantz) 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 that 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 that cannot be erased. Now, 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. Recorded: 1969/02/18, first released on From Elvis In Memphis, June 1969 A House That Has Everything (Words & music: Sid Tepper / Roy C. Bennett) I can see you now, living like a queen In a house that has everything Everything but love. Crystal chandeliers, chauffeured limousines Yes, you really have everything Everything but love. I see diamonds and sables, sapphires and pearls And as the picture clears Poor little rich girl sitting all alone Counting her treasures in tears. Better just a shack where two people care Than a house that has everything Everything but love. I see diamonds, sables, sapphires and pearls And as the picture clears Poor little rich girl sitting all alone Counting her treasures in tears. Better just a shack where two people care Than a house that has everything Everything but love Than a house that has everything Everything but love. Recorded: 1967/02/21, first released on Clambake, November 19, 1967 A Hundred Years From Now (Words & music: Lester Raymond Flatt / Earl Scruggs) Well, a hundred years from now I won't be crying A hundred years from now I won't be blue My heart will have to forget That we ever met Now, I won't care a hundred years from now. I'll never forget sweetheart The night you told me You couldn't live without my love somehow That's all in the past I knew it wouldn't last But I won't care a hundred years from now. Well, a hundred years from now I won't be crying A hundred years from now I won't be blue My heart will have to forget That we ever met Well, I won't care a hundred years from now, well. Well, a hundred years from now I won't be crying A hundred years from now I won't be blue My heart will have to forget That we ever met 'Cause, I won't care a hundred years from now. Well, a hundred years from now I won't be crying A hundred years from now I won't be blue My heart will have to forget That we ever met Well, I won't care a hundred years from now. Recorded: 1970/06/04, first released on Walk A Mile In My Shoes - The Essential 70's Masters, October 1995 Ain't That Loving You Baby (Words & music: Clyde Otis / Ivory Joe Hunter) I could ride around the world in an old oxcart, And never let another girl thrill my heart. Ain't that loving you baby? Ain't that loving you baby? Ain't that loving you baby? Ain't that loving you so? I could meet a hundred girls and have-uh loads of fun, My huggin' and my kissin' belongs to just one. Ain't that loving you baby? Ain't that loving you baby? Ain't that loving you baby? Ain't that loving you so? If you gave me nine lives like an alley cat, I'd give them all to you and never take one back. Ain't that loving you baby? Ain't that loving you baby? Ain't that loving you baby? Ain't that loving you so? I'm putting on my Sunday suit and I'm goin' downtown, But I'll be kissin' your lips before the sun goes down. Ain't that loving you baby? Ain't that loving you baby? Ain't that loving you baby? Ain't that loving you so? Ain't that loving you baby? Ain't that loving you so? Recorded: 1958/06/10, first released on single, September 1964 A Little Bit Of Green (Words & music: Chris Arnold / Geoffrey Morrow / Dave Martin) Now that the truth is hard to face I can't forget you once were mine Someone else is in my place Whenever we meet my heart beats out of time. Just a little bit of green Clouds my eyes to what I've seen Just a little bit of green When I see you With someone new And knowing that there's nothing I can do. »Please don't try to tie me down« Those are the words you often say I can't help seeing you around You smile with surprise, I turn my eyes away. Just a little bit of green Oh-oh-ho, clouds my eyes to what I've seen Just a little bit of green When I see you With someone new And knowing that there's nothing I can do. Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Just a little bit of green Oh-oh-ho, clouds my eyes to what I've seen Just a little bit of green When I see you With someone new And knowing that there's nothing I can do. Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Just a little bit of green Oh-oh-oh Clouds my eyes to what ... Recorded: 1969/01/14, first released on From Memphis to Vegas - From Vegas To Memphis, November 1969 A Little Less Conversation (Words & music: Billy Strange / Scott Mac Davis) Hey, a little less conversation A little more action please All this aggravation ain't satisfactionin' me A little more bite, a little less bark A little less fight and a little more spark And hold your mouth and open up your heart And baby, satisfy me, satisfy me, baby. Baby, close your eyes and listen to the music Dig to the summer breeze It's a groovy night And I can show you how to use it Come along with me And put your mind at ease. Hey, a little less conversation A little more action please All this aggravation ain't satisfactionin' me A little more bite, a little less bark A little less fight and a little more spark Just hold your mouth and open up your heart And baby, satisfy me, satisfy me, baby. Come on baby, I'm tired of talkin' Grab your coat and let's start walkin' Come on, come on Come on, come on Come on, come on Don't procrastinate, don't articulate Girl it's getting late You just sit and wait around, oh. A little less conversation, a little more action please All this aggravation ain't satisfactionin me A little more bite and a little less bark A little less fight and a little more spark Hold your mouth and open up your heart And baby, satisfy me, satisfy me, baby Satisfy me, baby, satisfy me, baby Satisfy me, baby, satisfy me Satisfy me, baby, satisfy me Satisfy me, baby, satisfy me. Recorded: 1968/03/07, first released on single, September 15, 1968 Allá En El »Rancho Grande« (Words & music: Silvano R. Ramos / Emilio D. Uranga / J.D. Del Moral) Allá en el Rancho Grande allá donde vivía Había una rancherita que alegre me decía Que alegre me decía. Te voy a hacer los calzones Como los que usa el ranchero Te los comienzo de lana Te los acabo de cuero. Allá en el Rancho Grande allá donde vivía Había una rancherita que alegre me decía Que alegre me decía. Nunca te fíes de promesas Ni mucho menos de amores Que si te dan calabazas Verás lo que son ardores. Allá en el Rancho Grande allá donde vivía Había una rancherita que alegre me decía Que alegre me decía. Pon muy atento el oído Cuando rechine la puerta Hay muertos que no hacen ruido Y son muy gordas sus penas. Recorded: 1970/07 or 1970/08, first released on Walk A Mile In My Shoes - The Essential 70's Masters, October 1995 All I Needed Was The Rain (Words & music: Sid Wayne / Ben Weisman) Hello Miss Fortune How's my old friend »Mr. Misery«? I've been away so long I bet you thought you'd seen the last of me I got no bed to rest my head No doors or walls or window pane Now, all I needed was the rain Rain, rain, rain, rain. Met a little honey At the »Buzzin' Bumble Bee Cafe«, yes I did One drink and all my money And that honey bee had flown away I'm 'bout as low, as I can go I don't really mean to complain Now, all I needed was the rain Rain, rain, rain, rain. All I needed was this rain. All I needed was the rain ... um, um, um ... Recorded: 1967/10/01, first released on Flaming Star And Others, November 1968 All Shook Up (Words & music: Otis Blackwell / Elvis Presley) A-well-a, 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, mm mm, yeah, yeah, yeah! A-well, 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, mm mm, yeah, yeah, yeah! Well, 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 the girl that I love best My heart beats so it scares me to death. When 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, mm mm, yeah, yeah, yeah! My tongue gets tied when I try to speak My inside shake like a leaf on a tree There's only one cure for this body of mine That's to have that girl that I love so fine. When she touched my hand what a chill I got Her lips are like a vulcano that's hot I'm proud to say that she's my buttercup I'm in love, I'm all shook up Mm mm, mm mm, yeah, yeah, yeah! Mm mm, mm mm, yeah, yeah! I'm all shook up. Recorded: 1957/01/12, first released on single, March 1957 All That I Am (Words & music: Sid Tepper / Roy C. Bennett) All that I am Or ever hope to be Lies in your hands You are my destiny When you are in my arms I rule the world And when we're far apart How cruel the world. All that I want Is to be near to you To spend my life Making it clear to you You are my heart, my soul My dream come true All that I am, I am Because of you. All that I want Is to be near to you To spend my life Making it clear to you You are my heart, my soul My dream come true All that I am, I am Because of you Because of you Because of you. Recorded: 1966/02/17, first released on single, September 1966 Almost (Words & music: Buddy Kaye / Ben Weisman) We almost shared a dream We almost made it as a team How nice it would have been We almost touched the stars And there stood heaven, almost ours We were just outsiders looking in. We had the chance to fall But fate stepped in to end it all Before it could begin And if it's true, you're really going There's nothing but goodbye to say The saddest part of all is knowing We almost went all the way. Recorded: 1968/10/23, first released on Let's Be Friends, April 1970 Almost Always True (Words & music: Fred Wise / Ben Weisman) I was always, baby, I was always Well almost always true to you Met a pretty mademoiselle Her papa owned a small hotel Oh, I was almost always true to you. I resisted tho' my arm was twisted I was almost always true to you Stayed away from drinkin' wine Thought about you all the time Oh, I was almost always true to you. Kept refusin' don't jump to conclusions I was almost always true to you I would never grab like this I would never steal a kiss Oh, I was almost always true to you I was almost always true to you. Recorded: 1961/03/22, first released on Blue Hawaii, October 1961 Almost In Love (Words & music: Luiz Bonfá / Randy Starr) Your lips were made for kisses so tender I'm almost in love tonight When we are close, my heart says »surrender« I'm almost in love tonight. And here under the spell of evening I long to hold you tight Heaven is near, why think of tomorrow? I'm almost in love tonight. It may be just the spell of evening I long to hold you tight Heaven is near, why think of tomorrow? I'm almost in love tonight. Almost in love. Recorded: 1968/03/07, first released on single, September 1968 Aloha Oe (Words & music: Arranged and Adapted by Elvis Presley) (Haaheo e ka ua i na pali Ke nihi ae la i kanahele E uhai ana paha i ka liko Pua ahihilehua o uka). Aloha oe, aloha oe E ke onaona noho i kalipo One fond embrace, a hoi ae au Until we meet again Until we meet again 'Till we meet again. Recorded: 1961/03/21, first released on Blue Hawaii, October 1961 Always On My Mind (Words & music: Wayne Carson / Mark James / Johnny Christopher) (Words & music: Wayne Carson / Mark James / Johnny Christopher) Maybe I didn't treat you Quite as good as I should have Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I could have Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time You were always on my mind You were always on my mind. Maybe I didn't hold you All those lonely, lonely times And I guess I never told you I'm so happy that you're mine If I made you feel second best Girl, I'm so sorry, I was blind You were always on my mind You were always on my mind. Tell me Tell me that your sweet love hasn't died Give me Give me one more chance to keep you satisfied Satisfied. Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time You were always on my mind You were always on my mind You were always on my mind. Maybe I didn't treat you Quite as good as I should have Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I could have Maybe I didn't hold you All those lonely, lonely times And I guess I never told you I'm so happy that you're mine. Maybe I didn't treat you Quite as good as I should have ... Recorded: 1972/03/29, first released on single, November 1972 Amazing Grace (Words & music: John Newton / Harriet Beecher Stowe (only verse 2) / Arranged by Elvis Presley) Amazing Grace, oh how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost, but now I'm found Was blind, but now I see. When we've been there ten thousand years Bright shining as the sun We've no less days to sing God's praise Than when, when we first begun. (Thro' many dangers, toils and snares I have already come 'Tis grace had brought me safe thus far And grace will lead me home). Amazing Grace, oh how sweet the sound To save a wretch like me Oh, I once was lost, oh now I'm found Was blind, but now I see Was blind, but now I see. Recorded: 1971/03/15, first released on He Touched Me, April 1972 America The Beautiful (Words & music: Traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley) O beautiful for spacious skies For amber waves of grain For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain America! America! God shed His grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea. Oh beautiful for pilgrim feet Whose stern impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness America! America! God mend thine every flaw Confirm thy soul in self-control Thy liberty in law. Oh beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife Who more than self their country loved And mercy more than life America! America! May God thy gold refine Till all success be nobleness And every gain divine. Oh beaufitul for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears God shed His grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea. Recorded: 1975/12/13, first released on single, November 1977 A Mess Of Blues (Words & music: Doc Pomus / Mort Shuman) I just got your letter, baby Ah, too bad you can't come home I, 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, yeah. 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. Recorded: 1960/03/20, first released on single, July 1960 Am I Ready (Words & music: Sid Tepper / Roy C. Bennett) Am I ready? Can my heart be true? Am I ready To fall in love with you? One love, one girl One dream shared by two Am I ready To fall in love with you? I have touched your lips And now I know I would be a fool To let you go Should I? Could I? How I wish I knew Am I ready To fall in love with you? Should I? Could I? How I wish I knew Am I ready To fall in love with you? Fall in love with you. Recorded: 1966/02/16, first released on Spinout, October 1966 An American Trilogy (Words & music: Arranged by Mickey Newbury) Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton Old times they are not forgotten Look away, look away, look away Dixieland (Sing it fellas) Oh, I wish I was in Dixie, away, away In Dixieland I'll take my stand To live and die in Dixie For in Dixieland I was born Early, Lord, one frosty morn' Look away, look away, look away Dixieland. Glory, glory hallelujah Glory, glory hallelujah Glory, glory hallelujah Glory, glory hallelujah His truth is marching on. So, hush, little baby, don't you cry You know your daddy's bound to die But all my trials, Lord, soon be over. Glory, glory, Hallelujah His truth is marchin' on His truth is marchin' on. Recorded: 1972/02/16, first released on single, April 1972 And I Love You So (Words & music: Don McLean) And I love you so The people ask me how How I've lived till now I tell them I don't know. I guess they understand How lonely life has been But life began again The day you took my hand And yes, I know How lonely life can be Shadows follow me And the night won't set me free But I don't let the evening get me down Now that you're around me. And you love me too Your thoughts are just for me You set my spirit free I'm happy that you do The book of life is brief Once the page is read All but love is dead This is my believe. And yes, I know How lonely life can be Shadows follow me And the night won't set me free But I don't let the evening get me down Now that you're around me. Recorded: 1975/03/10, first released on Today, May 1975 And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind (Words & music: Neil Diamond) Listen easy: You can hear God calling Walking barefoot by the stream Come on to me, your hair's softly falling On my face as in a dream And the time will be our time And the grass won't pay no mind. Sayin' nothing, lyin' where the sun is Baking down upon our size My lips touch you, with their soft wet kisses Your hands gentle in reply And the time will be our time And the grass won't pay no mind. Child, touch my soul with your cries And the music will know what we've found I'll hear a hundred goodbyes But today I hear only one sound The moment we're living is now Now, now, now, now, now, now, now. Young birds flying, and a soft wind blowin' Cools the sweat inside my palms Close my eyes, hear the flowers growin' As you lay sleeping in my arms And the time will be our time And the grass won't pay no mind No, the grass won't pay no mind. Recorded: 1969/02/17, first released on From Memphis to Vegas - From Vegas To Memphis, November 16, 1969 An Evening Prayer (Words & music: C. Maude Battersby / Charles Hutchinson Gabriel) If I have wounded any soul today If I have caused one's foot to go astray If I have walked in my own wilful way Dear Lord, forgive. Forgive the sins I have confessed to Thee Forgive my secret sins I do not see Oh, guide watch over me and my keeper be Dear Lord, amen. Recorded: 1971/05/18, first released on He Touched Me, April 1972 Angel (Words & music: Sid Tepper / Roy C. Bennett) Angel, with those angel eyes Come and take this earth boy Up to paradise. Angel, may I hold you tight? Never kissed an angel Let me kiss one tonight If I said »I love you« Would I be speaking out of turn? I'm only human But I'm willing to learn. Angel, make my wish come true Let me be in heaven Here on earth with you. Angel Never kissed an angel Let me kiss one tonight If I said »I love you« Would I be speaking out of turn? I'm only human But I'm willing to learn. Angel, make my wish come true Let me be in heaven Here on earth with you. Angel, Angel. Recorded: 1961/07/02, first released on Follow That Dream EP, May 1962 Animal Instinct (Words & music: Bill Giant / Bernie Baum / Florence Kaye) Don't ever take your eyes off me Not even for a minute 'Cause like a panther I might pounce And there'll be danger in it I can be sneaky Fast as a snake I strike like a cobra Make no mistake And baby, you'll be trapped Quick as a wink It's animal instinct. Don't think that I won't pin you down No matter how you pleaded I'm like a lion who's been caged And you're the meat I've needed Watch out! I'll warn ya' I'm sharp as a hawk I'm wild as a tiger I'm prowling at a stock 'Cause when a man feels thirst He takes a drink It's animal instinct. You'd better not be caught off-guard This wolf is on the search now A leopard just can't change it's spots And I'm about to lurch now Love's like a jungle A fight to the nail I've just got to get you You'll fall without fail I'm ready for the kill I'm right on the brink It's animal instinct It's animal instinct Animal instinct. Recorded: 1965/02/26, first released on Harum Scarum, October 1965 Any Day Now (Words & music: Bob Hilliard / Burt Bacharach) Any day now I will hear you say »Goodbye, my love« And you'll be on your way Then, my wild, beautiful bird You will have flown, oh Any day now I'll be all alone Oh, oh, oh. Any day now when your restless eyes Meet someone new To my sad surprise Then the blue shadow will fall All over town, oh Any day now love will let me down Oh, oh, oh. I know I shouldn't want to keep you If you don't want to stay, yeah Until you've gone forever I'll be holding on for dear life Holding you this way Begging you to stay. Any day now when the clock strikes go You'll call it off Then my tears will flow Then the blue shadow will fall All over town, oh Any day now love will let me down Oh, oh, oh. Oh, any day now Oh, any day now Don't fly away my beautiful bird. Don't fly away my beautiful bird. Recorded: 1969/02/20, first released on single, April 1969 Anyone (Words & music: Bennie Benjamin / Sol Marcus / Louis A. DeJesus) Anyone could fall in love with you Anyone who knows you as I do Anyone could fall in love with you And I love you my darling. Anyone could lose his heart like me Anyone who has eyes that can see Anyone could fall in love like me And I love you my darling. You're the star I reached for You're a dream so rare You're my greatest treasure Nothing can compare. Anyone could want you for his own Anyone not only I alone Anyone could fall in love with you And I love you my darling. Anyone could fall in love with you And I love you my darling. Recorded: 1963/09/30, first released on Kissin' Cousins, April 1964 Anyplace Is Paradise (Words & music: Joe Thomas) Whether I'm riding down the highway Or walking down the street It makes no difference, baby doll Wherever we chance to meet Each time I hold your little hand It makes me feel so very nice Anyplace is paradise when I'm with you. Whether we're standing on your doorstep Or sitting in a park Or strolling down a shady lane Or dancing in the dark Where I can take you in my arms And look into your pretty eyes Anyplace is paradise when I'm with you. Give me a cave up in the mountains Or a shack down by the sea And I will be in heaven Honey, if you were there with me Where I can kiss your tender lips And see the lovelight in your eyes Anyplace is paradise when I'm with you. Baby, I'd live deep in the jungle And sleep up in a tree And let the rest of the world go by If you were there with me Where I can love you all the time Babe, the jungle would be nice Anyplace is paradise when I'm with you. Recorded: 1956/09/02, first released on Elvis, October 19, 1956 Anything That's Part Of You (Words & music: Don Robertson) I memorize the note you sent Go all the places that we went I seem to search the whole day through For anything that's part of you. I kept a ribbon from your hair A breath of perfume lingers there It helps to cheer me when I'm blue Anything that's part of you. Oh, how it hurts to miss you so When I know you don't love me anymore To go on needing you Knowing you don't need me. No reason left for me to live What can I take, what can I give When I'd give all of someone new For anything that's part of you. Recorded: 1961/10/15, first released on single, March 1962 Any Way You Want Me (Words & music: Aaron Harold Schroeder / Cliff Owens) I'll be as strong as a mountain Or weak as a willow tree Any way you want me Well, that's how I will be. I'll be as tame as a baby Or wild as the raging sea Any way you want me Well, that's how I will be. In your hands my heart is clay To take and hold as you may I'm what you make me You've only to take me And in your arms I will stay. I'll be a fool or a wise man My darling you hold the key Yes, any way you want me Well, that's how I will be I will be. Recorded: 1956/07/02, first released on single, October 1956 Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Words & music: Roy Turk / Lou Handman) Are you lonesome tonight Do you miss me tonight Are you sorry we drifted apart Does your memory stray To a brighter summer day When I kissed you And called you »sweetheart«. Do the chairs in your parlour Seem empty and bare Do you gaze at your door step And picture me there Is your heart filled with pain Shall I come back again Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight? I wonder if you're lonesome tonight You know someone said the world's a stage And each must play a part Fate had me playin' in love With you as my sweetheart Act one was, where we met I loved you at first glance You read your lines so cleverly And never missed a cue Then came act two You seemed to change You acted strange And why I'll never known Honey you lied, when you said you loved me And I had no cause to doubt you But I'd rather go on hearing your lies Than to go on livin' without you Now the stage is bare And I'm standing there With emptiness all around And if you won't come back to me Then they can bring the curtain down. Is your heart filled with pain Shall I come back again Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight? Recorded: 1960/04/03, first released on single, November 1960 Are You Sincere (Words & music: Wayne P. Walker) Are you sincere When you say »I love you«? Are you sincere When you say you love me too? And are you really mine Ev'ry 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 Ev'ry day all the time I've gotta know Which way to go Will our love grow? Are you sincere? Recorded: 1973/09/23, first released on Raised on Rock, November 1973 Ask Me (Words & music: Domenico Modugno / Bill Giant / Bernie Baum / Florence Kaye) Ask me if I wanted to caress you And I'll confess Ask me if I'm longing to possess you I'll answer »yes« Now that we're together I could hold you close forever And I swear that I would never let you go There's no question that I care more than you know Love me, darling, just be mine completely And there's nothing I won't do if you Just ask me. Now that we're together I could hold you close forever And I swear that I would never let you go There's no question that I care more than you know Love me, darling, just be mine completely And there's nothing I won't do if you Just ask me Just ask me. Recorded: 1964/01/12, first released on single, September 1964 As Long As I Have You (Words & music: Fred Wise / Ben Wiseman) Let the stars fade and fall And I won't care at all As long as I have you. Every kiss brings a thrill And I know that it will As long as I have you. Let's think of the future Forget the past You're not my first love But you're my last. Take the love that I bring Then I'll have everything As long as I have you. Let's think of the future Forget the past You're not my first love But you're my last. Take the love that I bring Then I'll have everything As long as I have you. As long, as long as I have you. Recorded: 1958/01/16, first released on King Creole, Vol. 1, EP, July 1958 A Thing Called Love (Words & music: Jerry Reed Hubbard) Six foot six stood on the ground Weighed two hundred and thirty five pounds But I saw that giant of a man Brought down to his knees by love. He was the kind of man to gamble on luck Look you in the eye and never back up But I saw him crying like a little whipped pup Because of love. Can't see it with your eyes, hold it in your hand Like the world it covers our land Strong enough to rule the heart of any man This thing called love. It can lift you up, it can put you down Take your world and turn it all around Ever since time nothing's ever been found Stronger than love. There's men like me, they worry and doubt Troubles their minds day in and day out Too busy with living to worry about A thing called love. But then I see a mother's tenderness As she holds her young close to her breast Then I say thank God this world was blessed With a thing called love. Can't see it with your eyes, hold it in your hand Like the wind it covers our land Strong enough to rule the heart of any man This thing called love. It can lift you up, it can put you down Take your world and turn it all around Ever since time nothing's ever been found Stronger than love. Recorded: 1971/05/19, first released on He Touched Me, April 1972 A Whistling Tune (Words & music: Sherman Edwards / Hal David) Did you ever notice When the sun goes down Out of nowhere Comes a strange and pretty sound It's a whistling tune For walking in the night. If you listen You can hear it in the breeze 'Specially when the breeze Is drifting through the trees It's a whistling tune For walking in the night. The murmuring waters sing the song The echoing mountains hum along The whispering valleys fill the air With a whistling tune our hearts can share It's so wonderful To walk beneath the moon Listening to old Mother Nature's Favorite tune It's a whistling tune For walking in the night. It's a whistling tune For walking in the night. Recorded: 1961/10/26, first released on Kid Galahad, EP, September 1962 A World Of Our Own (Words & music: Bill Giant / Bernie Baum / Florence Kaye) You kiss me, darling, a miracle starts A magic feeling comes into our hearts This spell of love begins, when we're alone And we're in a world of our own. You say you want me, and music I hear Touch me, my darling, and clouds disappear The sky is bright above, and cares have flown And we're in a world of our own. Holding you close is heaven Only I know what it's worth Knowing you're mine forever Is the greatest wonder on earth. Nothing can change it, the magic's begun When we're together our hearts become one I find a happiness I've never known When we're in a world of our own. When we're in a world of our own. Recorded: 1962/09/22, first released on It Happened At The World's Fair, April 1963