Only the strong survive - Elvis Presley (1969) (with lyrics)

Recording studio






(Lyrics)

I remember my first love affair
Somehow or another the whole darn thing went wrong
My mamma had some great advice
So I thought I'd put it into words of this song
I can still hear her sayin' it 

Boy, Oh, I see you're sittin' out there all alone
Cryin' your eyes out, 'cos the woman that you love has gone
Oh, there's gonna be, there's gonna be a whole lot of trouble in your life
Oh, so listen to me get up off your knees, 'cos only the strong survive
That's what she said: 

Only the strong survive
Only the strong survive,

Oh, you've got to be strong, you'd better hold on
Don't go all around with your head hung down
Well, I wouldn't let that little girl
No, I wouldn't let her know that she made me feel like a clown

There's a whole lot of girls lookin' for a good man like you
Oh, but you'll never meet 'em, if you give up now and say that your life is through
Yes she said: 

Only the strong survive, only the strong survive,
Oh, you've got to be a man, you've got to take a stand

(boy...boy...oh, boy)

Only the strong survive, only the strong survive,
Oh, you've got to be strong, you'd better hold on
'Cos only the strong survive

Only the strong survive, only the strong survive,
Well, you've got to be a man, you've got to take a stand
Only the strong survive, only the strong survive

Only the strong survive, only the strong survive 

Any day now - Elvis Presley (1969) (with lyrics)

Take 2,  in studio






(Lyrics)

Any day now 

I will hear you say

Goodbye my love
You'll be on your way
Then my wild beautiful bird
You will have flown
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
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
Any day now
Love will let me down
Oh, oh, oh

Oh, any day now
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, any day now
Don't fly away my beautiful bird
Don't fly away my beautiful bird

Any day now
...

Blue eyes crying in the rain - Elvis Presley (1976) (with lyrics)

Recorded on February, 07th 1976, first released on "From Elvis Presley Boulevard"


(Lyrics)

In the twilight glow I see her
Blue eyes crying in the rain
When we kissed goodbye and parted
I knew we'd never meet again

Love is like a dying ember
Only memories remain
Through the ages I remember
Blue eyes crying in the rain

(Instumental)

Someday when we meet up yonder
We'll stroll hand in hand again
In a land that knows no parting

Blue eyes crying in the rain
Blue eyes crying in the rain
Blue eyes crying in the rain
Blue eyes crying in the rain...

Solitaire - Elvis Presley (1976) (with lyrics)

(Lyrics)

There was a man, a lonely man
Who lost his love, through his indifference
A heart that cared that went unshared
Until it died within his silence

And solitaire's the only game in town
And every road that takes him, takes him down
While life goes on around him everywhere
He's playing solitaire

And keeping to himself, begins to deal
And still the king of hearts is well concealed
Another losing game comes to an end
And deals them out again

A little hope goes up in smoke
Just how it goes, goes without saying

There was a man, a lonely man
Who would command the hand he's playing

And solitaire's the only game in town
And every road that takes him, takes him down
While life goes on around him everywhere
He's playing solitaire

And keeping to himself, begins to deal
And still the king of hearts is well concealed
Another losing game comes to an end
And deals them out again

And solitaire's the only game in town
And every road that takes him, takes him down
While life goes on around him everywhere 

He's playing solitaire 

Take good care of her - Elvis Presley (1973) (with lyrics)

(Lyrics)

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

I'll never fall in love again - Elvis Presley (1976) (with lyrics)

Recorded on February 4-5, 1976 at Graceland






(Lyrics)

I've been in love so many times
I thought I knew the score
Now you've treated me so wrong
I can't take any more

And it looks like
I'll never gonna fall in love again
Fall in love, 
I'll never gonna fall in love
I mean it, I mean it, fall in love again

I gave my heart so easily,
I cast aside my pride
But when I saw you in his arms, baby
I broke up and cried

And it looks like
I'll never gonna fall in love again
That's what I'm sayin' 
Fall in love,
No, I'll never gonna fall in love
Please, don't make me fall in love again

That's why I,
(Fall in love)
No, I'll never gonna fall in love
Please don't make me,
Don't make me, 
Fall in love 
Ahahah again.

It's midnight - Elvis Presley (1973) (with lyrics)

(Lyrics) (live version)

Maybe it's too late.

But I sometimes even hate myself for loving you
Trying to be strong
Then nighttime comes along and I start wanting you,
Wanting you. (Listen Cilla)
Where is all my selfcontrol 

I'm burning way down in my soul and needing you,
Wishing I could be the man, I try to
Hating me for wanting  to be with you
Knowing you don't love me like you used to
But it's midnight, 

Ohh, Lord, 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 ought to go to bed to try straighten out my head and just forget you

Oh, but it's midnight 

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 ought to go to bed to try straighten out my head and just forget you
Oh, but it's midnight  

And I miss you

It's midnight 

And I miss you

I miss you, Lord, Lord, I miss you.

Whohoho...

Your love's been a long time coming - Elvis Presley (1973) (with lyrics)

(Lyrics)

The first time I saw you 

I knew I was hooked on somebody other than me
The first time I held you, your soft lips and blue eyes
Were as far as my eyes could see

Yes, here in my arms 

I knew I had found the reason that I'm living for
I felt the feeling, such a wonderful feeling
That I'd never felt before

Baby, you're love's been a long time coming
Baby, your love's got a hold on me
Baby, your love's sure got me humming
Baby, your love's been a long time coming

Deep in my heart there's a feeling I never knew
Until I saw a love that was very new
I'm gonna tell everyone what good love can do, wooo

Baby, you're love's been a long time coming
Baby, your love's got a hold on me
Baby, your love's sure got me humming
Baby, your love's been a long time coming

Baby, you're love's been a long time coming
Baby your love's got a hold on me

Baby, your love's sure got me humming
Baby, your love's been a long time coming

Baby, you're love's been a long time coming
Baby, your love's got a hold on me
Baby, your love's sure got me humming
Baby, your love's been a long time coming

You've lost that lovin' feelin' - Elvis Presley (1970 live) (with lyrics)

1971





(Lyrics)

You never close your eyes
Anymore when I kiss your lips
There's no tenderness
Like before in your fingertips
You're trying hard
Not to show it, (baby)
But baby, baby I know it

You've lost that lovin' feelin',Whoho  that lovin' feelin'
You've lost that lovin' feelin',
Now it's gone, gone, gone
Oh...oh...oh...

There's no tenderness in your eyes
When I reach out for you
Girl, you're starting to criticize
Every little thing that I do
It makes me just feel like crying
'Cause baby, something beautiful's dying

You've lost that lovin' feelin',
Whoho that lovin' feelin'
You've lost that lovin' feelin',
Now it's gone, gone, gone
Oh...oh...oh...

Baby, baby, I get down on my knees for you
( if this suit wasn't too tight )

If you would only love me like you used to do
We had a love, a love, a love,
You don't find every day
So don't, don't, don't,
Don't take it away
Listen to me, talkin' to you

Bring back that lovin' feelin,
Oh, oh that lovin' feelin'
Bring back that lovin' feelin,
Now it's gone, gone, gone
And I can't go on
Whoho...oh...oh...

(Bring back that lovin' feelin,)

Whoho...oh...oh...

(Bring back that lovin' feelin,)

Whoho... oh... oh... 

I've lost you - Elvis Presley (1970) (with lyrics)

(Lyrics)

Lying by your side I watch you sleeping
And in your face the sweetness of a child
Murmuring the dreams you won't recapture
Though it will haunt the corners of your mind

Oh, I've lost though you're near me
And your body's still this kind
I've lost you on a journey,
But I can't remember where or when

Who can tell when summer turns to autumn
And who can point the moment love grows cold
Softly without pain the joy is over
Though why it's gone we neither of us know

Oh, I've lost you yes, I've lost you
I can't reach you anymore
We ought to talk it over now
But reason can't stand in for feeling, oh

Oh, I've lost you, yes, I've lost you
I can't reach you anymore
We ought to talk it over now
But reason can't stand in for feeling

Six o'clock the baby will be crying
And you will stumble, sleeping to the door
In the chill and solemn gray of morning
We play the parts that we have learned too well

Oh I've lost you, oh, I've lost you
Oh, You won't admit it so
I've lost you on a journey,
But I can't remember where or when no more

Oh, I've lost you, yes, I've lost you
I can't reach you anymore
We ought to talk it over now
But reason can't stand in for feeling, oh

Oh, I've lost you, yes, I've lost you
I can't reach you anymore
We ought to talk it over now
But reason can't stand in for feeling, oh

I've lost you - Elvis Presley (1970 live) (with lyrics)

(Lyrics)

Lying by your side I watch you sleeping
And in your face the sweetness of a child
Murmuring the dreams you won't recapture
Though it will haunt the corners of you mind


Oh, I've lost you, yes, I've lost you
I can't reach you anymore
We ought to talk it over now
But reason can't stand in for feeling, oh 

Who can tell when summer turns to autumn
And who can point the moment love grows cold
Softly without pain the joy is over
Though why it's gone will neither of us know

Oh, I've lost you, yes, I've lost you
I can't reach you anymore
We ought to talk it over now
But reason can't stand in for feeling, oh

I've lost you, yes, I've lost you
I can't reach you anymore
We ought to talk it over now
But reason can't stand in for feeling 

Six o'clock the baby will be crying
And you will stumble, sleeping to the door
In the chill and solemn gray of morning
We play the parts that we have learned to well

Oh, I've lost you, yes, I've lost you
I can't reach you anymore
We ought to talk it over now
But reason can't stand in for feeling, oh

Oh, I've lost you yes, I've lost you
I can't reach you anymore
We ought to talk it over now
But reason can't stand in for feeling, oh

Oh, I've lost you yes, I've lost you

I can't reach you anymore
We ought to talk it over now
But reason can't stand in for feeling, oh

Inherit the wind - Elvis Presley (1969) (with lyrics)

(Lyrics)

Baby, don't fall in love with me
I'll only bring you grief
Baby, don't set your heart on me
I'll only have to leave

'Cause the north wind flows through my veins
Like my dad there's a dream in my brain
In the morning I'll have to leave again
That's how it is when you

Inherit the wind
Inherit the wind

Daddy, he was a wandering man
I hardly knew his face
Momma, she cried for him at night
He never stayed in one place

'Cause the north wind flows through my veins
Like my dad there's a dream in my brain
In the morning I'll have to leave again
That's how it is when you 

Inherit the wind
Inherit the wind

Oh, I can't give you the love you need
I just won't be here that long
But if you still want me here tonight
I'll love you till the break of dawn

'Cause the north wind flows through my veins
Like my dad there's a dream in my brain
In the morning I'll have to leave again
That's how it is when you inherit the wind
Inherit the wind
Inherit the wind

Inherit the wind

Inherit the wind

Inherit the wind

I just can't help believin' - Elvis Presley (1970 live) (with lyrics)

(Lyrics)

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)

This time the girl is gonna stay 
For more than just a day

(Instrumental)

For more than just a day

Oh, I just can't help believin'

(Sing this song)

Oh, I just can't help believin'

(one more time)

Oh, I just can't help believin'

(one more)

Oh, I just can't help believin'

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'
She smiles and  whispers her magic (Elvis changes the lyric here, and he smiles)
And her tears are shining honey sweet with love
This time the girl is gonna stay
(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'

(take it)

Oh, I just can't help believin'

Oh, I just can't help believin'

Oh, I just can't help believin'

Make the world go away - Elvis Presley (1970 live) (with lyrics)

(Lyrics)

Oh, make the world go away
Get it off, get it off my shoulder
Say the things we used to say
And make the world, make it go away

Do you remember when you loved me
Before the world took you away
Well if you do, then forgive me
And make the world, make it go away

Eh, Make the world go away
Get it off, get it off my shoulder
Say the things we used to say
And make the world, make it go away

Now I'm sorry if I hurt you
Let me make it up to you day by day
And if you will please forgive me
And make the world, make it go awayOh, make the world go away
Get it off, get it off my shoulder
Say the things we used to say
And make the world, make it go away

Oh, make the world go away
Get it off, get it off my shoulder
Say the things we used to say
And make the world go away.

Stranger in the crowd - Elvis Presley (1970 live) (with lyrics)

"Elvis:That's the way it is" documentary, 1970, stage rehearsal in MGM Studios




Outtake from Elvis: That's the way it is, 1970 ... Ronnie Tutt on drums, James Burton on lead guitar, John Wilkinson on rythym guitar, Jerry Scheff on Bass, Glen D Hardin on Piano, Charlie Hodge on accoustic Guitar the TCB Band .





(Lyrics)

I'd been standing on the corner
Since a quarter after seven
I was down to my last cigarette
And the clock in the window
Had it quarter to eleven

I was watching all the people
Passing by me, going places
Just the loneliest guy in the town
Looking for a friendly smile
But all that I could see were faces

And then, just like the taste of milk and honey
I found the stranger I'd been looking for
The way my cup of love was overflowing
I knew the stranger in the crowd
And I would be stranger no more

Love that found us on the corner
At a quarter to eleven
I thought you were to good to be true
All my life I had believed
That angels only live in heaven
But now, we share the taste of milk and honey
Each day is sweeter than the day before

My cup of love is overflowing
Because the stranger in the crowd
And I would be stranger no more

(Instrumental)

Deep inside, my cup of love was overflowing
I found the stranger I'd been looking for
The way my cup of love was overflowing
I knew the stranger in the crowd
And I would be stranger no more

You gave me a mountain - Elvis Presley (1972, 1973, 1977 live) (with lyrics)

"Elvis On Tour", 1972



"Aloha from Hawaii", 1973



"Elvis in Concert", 1977


(Lyrics)

Born in the heat of the desert
My mother died giving me life
Deprived of the love of a father
Blamed for the loss of his wife
You know lord I've been in a prison
For something that I've never done
It's been one hill after another
But I've climbed them all one by one

Oh, but this time, Lord, you gave me a mountain
A mountain, I may never climb
It isn't, Lord, a hill any longer
You gave me a mountain this time

My woman got tired of the heartaches
Tired of the grief and the strife
So tired of working for nothing
Just tired of being my wife
She took my one ray of sunshine
She took my pride and my joy
She took my reason for living
She took my small baby boy

Oh, and this time, Lord, you gave me a mountain
A mountain, I may never climb
It isn't, Lord, a hill any longer
You gave me a mountain this time 

You gave me a mountain this time

A mountain this time, oh oh oh  

An american trilogy - Elvis Presley (1972 live) (with lyrics)

From the show "Aloha from Hawaii", 1973



(Lyrics)

Oh I wish I was in the land of cotton
Old things they are not forgotten
Look away, look away, look away Dixieland

(sing fellows)

(Oh I wish I was in Dixie, away, away
In Dixieland I take my stand to live and die in Dixie)

Cause Dixieland, that's where I was born
Early Lord one frosty morning
Look away, look away, look away Dixieland

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, will soon be over

(Instrumental)

Glory, glory hallelujah
Glory, glory hallelujah
Glory, glory hallelujah
His truth is marching on 

Always on my mind - Elvis Presley (1972) (subtitled in turkish) (with lyrics)

(Lyrics)

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...