LYRICS: G. I. Blues

Album:

G. I. Blues

Lyrics / Music:

Sid Tepper / Roy C. Bennett, 1960

Catalog number:

LSP/LPM 2256

Recording date:

April 27, 1960

Release date:

October 1, 1960

Observation:

 Part of the soundtrack for the film "G. I. Blues" (1960)

- It has a Movie Version (recorded on April 27, 1960) heard in the film and released only on the bootleg "Elvis Presley in G. I. Blues - Deluxe Movie Edition, Part I" (Elvis One, 2022)

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LYRICS

They give us a room

With a view of the beautiful Rhine

They give us a room

With a view of the beautiful Rhine

Gimme a muddy old creek

In Texas any old time

I've got those hup, two, three, four

Occupation G.I. Blues

From my G.I. hair to the heels of my G.I. shoes

And if I don't go stateside soon

I'm gonna blow my fuse

We get hasenpfeffer

And black pumpernickel for chow

We get hasenpfeffer

And black pumpernickel for chow

I'd blow my next month's pay

for a slice of Texas cow

We'd like to be heroes

But all we do here is march

We'd like to be heroes,

But all we do here is march

And they don't give the Purple Heart

For a fallen arch

I've got those hup, two, three, four

Occupation G.I. Blues

From my G.I. hair to the heels of my G.I. shoes

And if I don't go stateside soon

I'm gonna blow my fuse

The frauleins are pretty as flowers

But we can't make a pass

The frauleins are pretty as flowers

But we can't make a pass

'Cause they're all wearin' signs saying:

"Keepen sie off the grass"

I've got those hup, two, three, four

Occupation G.I. Blues

From my G.I. hair to the heels of my G.I. shoes

And if I don't go stateside soon

I'm gonna blow my fuse

Occupation G.I. Blues

Occupation G.I. Blues

At ease!