LYRICS: Poor Boy

Album:

Love Me Tender

Lyrics / Music:

Ken Darby / Vera Matson / Elvis Presley, 1956

Catalog number:

EPA 4006

Recording date:

August 24, 1956

Release date:

November 15, 1956

Observation:

Part of the soundtrack for Elvis' first film, "Love Me Tender"

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LYRICS

They call me poor boy, poor boy, poor boy

But I ain't lonesome and I ain't blue

'Cause I could never be a poor boy

As long as I've got a dolly like you

Ain't got a crust, ain't got a cent

Can't buy a jug, can't pay the rent

I got a heart full of dreams and a lot of memories

And that's enough for me

They call me poor boy, poor boy, poor boy

But I ain't lonesome and I ain't blue

'Cause I could never be a poor boy

As long as I've got a dolly like you

Can't buy a house, can't buy a lot

Ain't got a bean, I ain't got a pot

But what I got is a heart full of love and memories

And that's enough for me

They call me poor boy, poor boy, poor boy

But I ain't lonesome and I ain't blue

'Cause I could never be a poor boy

As long as I've got a dolly like you

Don't have a pig, don't have a cow

I don't have a horse to pull a plow

But what I got is a heartfull of love and memories

And that's enough for me

They call me poor boy, poor boy, poor boy

But I ain't lonesome and I ain't blue

'Cause I could never be a poor boy

As long as I've got a dolly like, I got a dolly like, I've got a dolly like you