LYRICS: Wooden Heart

Album:

G. I. Blues

Lyrics / Music:

Ben Weisman / Fred Wise / Kay Twomey / Bert Kaempfert, 1960

Catalog number:

LSP/LPM 2256

Recording date:

April 28, 1960

Release date:

October 1, 1960

Observation:

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

- Based on the German folk song "Muss i denn"

- Re-released as a single on November 3, 1964 and October 26, 1965

- It has a Movie Version (recorded on April 28, 1960) heard in the film and released only on "G. I. Blues - The Alternate Album Version" (MRS, 2011)

- Elvis sang it live on rare occasions in 1971, 1975 and 1976

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LYRICS

Can't you see I love you?

Please don't break my heart in two

That's not hard to do

'Cause I don't have a wooden heart

And if you say goodbye

Then I know that I would cry

Maybe I would die

'Cause I don't have a wooden heart

There's no strings upon this love of mine

It was always you from the start

Treat me nice, treat me good

Treat me like you really should

'Cause I'm not made of wood

And I don't have a wooden heart

[in German]

Muss i denn, muss i denn

Zum Städtele hinaus

Städtele hinaus

Und du, mein Schatz, bleibst hier?

Muss i denn, muss i denn

Zum Städtele hinaus

Städtele hinaus

Und du, mein Schatz, bleibst hier?

There's no strings upon this love of mine

It was always you from the start

[in German]

Sei mir gut, sei mir gut

Sei mir wie du wirklich sollst

Wie du wirklich sollst

'Cause I don't have a wooden heart