LYRICS: Apron Strings

Album:

Platinum - A Life in Music

Lyrics / Music:

Johnny Lange / Jimmy Duncan, 1955

Catalog number:

07863 67469 2

Recording date:

April 1959 or later

Release date:

July 15, 1997

Observation:

- Recording made at Elvis' home at 14 Goethestrasse, Bad Nauheim, Germany

- Elvis sings it impromptu four times on the Bad Nauheim tapes (1958-59)

- Re-released on "Made in Germany - The Complete Private Recordings" (2019)

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LYRICS

It's good to be free, like the water and the breeze

To come and to go, whenever I please

Well, honey your love is a clipping my wings

I just wanna be tied, tied, tied, tied, tied to your apron strings

Well, I kiss you goodnight and then what do I do?

I hurry on home and dream about you

It's crazy I know, but it's one of those things

I wanna be tied, tied, tied, tied, tied to your apron strings

Well, you hold my hand and it burns like a fire

You kiss my lips and the flame grows higher

Such a lucky devil to find a little lady like you

So I'm crossing my heart and I'm telling no lies

So hold me real close and close your eyes

I'm stickin' real close, like I need to cling

I wanna be tied, tied, tied, tied, tied to your apron strings

So I kiss you goodnight and then what do I do?

I hurry on home and dream about you

It's crazy I know, but it's a one of those things

I wanna be tied, tied, tied, tied, tied to your apron strings

Well, you touch my hand and it burns like a fire

You kiss a my lips and the flame grows higher

Such a lucky devil to find a little lady like you

So crossing my heart and I'm telling no lies

So hold me real close and close your eyes

I'm a stickin' real close, like a I need to cling

I wanna be tied, tied, tied, tied, tied to your apron strings

I wanna be tied, tied, tied, tied, tied to your apron strings

I wanna be tied, tied, tied, tied, tied to your apron strings