LYRICS: I Was the One

Album:

Heartbreak Hotel / I Was the One

Lyrics / Music:

Aaron Schroeder/ Bill Peppers / Claude Demetrius / Hal Blair, 1956

Catalog number:

47-6420

Recording date:

January 11, 1956

Release date:

January 27, 1956

Observation:

- Elvis sang it live between 1956 and 1957, and in 1970

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LYRICS

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