Doin’ The Best I Can

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Titel: Doin’ The Best I Can
Längd: 3:13
Kompositörer: Doc Pomus och Mort Shuman
Utgivare: Elvis Presley Music
Inspelningsdatum: 1960-04-27
Inspelningstid: mellan klockan 09:00-14:00 och 15:00-18:00
Inspelningsplats: RCA Studios – Hollywood, CA
Matrix: L2PB 3688
Tagning master: 13
Producent: Joseph Lilley och Hal Wallis
Studiotekniker: Al Schmitt

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Musiker:
Gitarr: Scotty Moore
Gitarr: Tiny Timbrell
Gitarr: Neal Matthews
Bas: Ray Siegel
Trummor: D. J. Fontana
Trummor Frank Bode
Piano: Dudley Brooks
Dragspel: Jimmie Haskell
Tamburin: Hoyt Hawkins
Kör/bakgrundssångare: The Jordanaires

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Första utgivning: G.I. Blues (LSP-2256)
Även utgiven på bland annat:
Romantic Elvis (RCALP 1000)
The E.P. Collection Vol. 2 (EP-2)
G.I. Blues The Alternate Takes Vol. 2 (RCX 2)
Rare Elvis Vol. 3 (PL 89051)

Alternativa versioner:
Take 9 G.I. Blues The Alternate Takes Vol. 2 (RCX 2), Rare Elvis Vol. 3 (PL 89051)

Låten var med i filmen ”G.I. Blues”

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Text:

I gave my heart
I gave my love
Oh ho, my darling
I am true
Doin’ the best
The best I can
But it’s not good enough for you

I tried so hard
So hard to please
Oh ho, my darling
What more can I do
Doin’ the best
The best I can
But it’s not good enough for you

You know I was the kind who’d run
Any time you’d call
I guess I was the only one
Who didn’t mind at all
I’ll be a dreamer
I’ll be a fool
Oh ho, my darling
My whole life through
Doin’ the best
The best I can
But it’s not good enough for you

You know I was the kind who’d run
Any time you’d call
I guess I was the only one
Who didn’t mind at all
I’ll be a dreamer
I’ll be a fool
Oh ho, my darling
My whole life through
Doin’ the best
The best I can
But it’s not good enough for you
But it’s not good enough for you