Charro
Titel: Charro
Längd: 2:47
Kompositörer: Mac Davis och Billy Strange
Utgivare: Gladys Music
Inspelningsdatum: 1968-10-15 (musik) och 1968-11-25 (Elvis sång)
Inspelningstid: mellan klockan 19:00-00:00 (musik) och 19:00-00:00 (Elvis sång)
Inspelningsplats: Stage 7, Samuel Goldwyn Studios – Hollywood, CA
Matrix: ZPA4 1055
Tagning master: 5 (musik) och mix av 9 och 5 (Elvis sång)
Producent: Hugo Montenegro
Arrangemang: Billy Strange, David Gates och Hugo Montenegro
Studiotekniker: Kevin Cleary
Musiker:
Gitarr: Tommy Tedesco
Gitarr: Ralph Grasso
Gitarr: Howard Roberts
Bas: Raymond Brown
Bas: Max Bennett
Trummor: Carl O’Brian
Slagverk: Emil Radocchia
Piano: Don Randi
Pålagt i efterhand:
Cello: Raphael Kramer
Cello: Edgar Lustgarten
Cello: Justin TiTullio
Cello: Frederick Seykora
Oboe: Arnold Koblentz
Klarinett: Mitchell Lurie
Klarinett: Arthur Smith
Flöjt: Clifford Shank
Trumpet: Emanuel Klein
Trumpet: Maurice Harris
Trumpet: John Audino
Horn: Henry Sigismonti
Horn: James McGee
Horn: George Price
Gitarr: Tommy Tedesco
Gitarr: Robert Bain
Gitarr: Ralph Grasso
Bas: Ray Pohlman
Trummor: James Gordon
Slagverk: Emil ’Richards’ Radocchia
Slagverk: Louis Singer
Piano: Clare Fischer
Harpa: Dorothy Rensen
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Erno Neufield, Sam Freed, Marvin Limonick, David Frisina, Alexander Murray, George Kast, Thelma Beach, Dorothy Wade, Bernard Kundell, Nathan Kaproff, Lily Mahler, Ambrose Russo, Irving Geller och Hyman Goodman
Första utgivning: B-sida singel (47-9731)
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Låten var med i filmen ”Charro”.
Text:
With eyes that hide the man within
You see behind the eyes of, other men
You’ve lived and died and come to life again
And now you stand alone at the crossroads of your mind
You’ve left your yesterdays behind..
But which road leads you to tomorrow?
Charro…
You’ve turned your back on yesterday
Betrayed a man who swore he’d make you pay
For when you left you took his pride away
You know he’ll never let you break away so easily
You’ll have to fight, before you’re free
But how much more time can you borrow?
Charro…
Now in a single moment your past grows dim
One thought goes racing across your mind
You ride to meet the woman you stole from him
Oh no!…Charro don’t go!…
Charro don’t go!!…
There’s something hanging, in the wind
Your past is catching up and closing in
You’ve been halfway to hell and back again
And now you laugh in the devil’s face
with your last breath…
You’ll run a race with life and death…
But will you live to see tomorrow?
Charro…