(It’s A) Long Lonely Highway
Titel: (It’s A) Long Lonely Highway
Längd: 2:21
Kompositörer: Doc Pomus och Mort Shuman
Utgivare: Elvis Presley Music
Inspelningsdatum: 1963-05-27/28
Inspelningstid: mellan klockan 19:00-04:00
Inspelningsplats: RCA Studio B – Nashville, TN
Matrix: PPA4 0303
Tagning master: 2
Producent: Steve Sholes
Studiotekniker: Bill Porter
Musiker:
Gitarr: Scotty Moore
Gitarr: Grady Martin
Gitarr: Harold Bradley
Gitarr: Jerry Kennedy
Bas: Bob Moore
Trummor D. J. Fontana
Trummor: Buddy Harman
Piano: Floyd Cramer
Saxofon, vibrafon och maracas: Boots Randolph
Kör/bakgrundssångare: The Jordanaires
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Joe Babcock (som en del av The Jordanaires)
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Millie Kirkham
Första utgivning: Kissin’ Cousins (LSP-2894)
Även utgiven på bland annat:
I’m Yours / Long Lonely Highway (47-8657)
I’m Yours / Long Lonely Highway (447-0654)
Elvis In Demand (PL-42003)
Elvis Forever Vol. 3 (NL 43868)
Rockin’ Elvis (RCALP 1001)
The Complete Bonus Songs (NL 45180)
Rare Elvis Vol. 3 (PL 89051)
Elvis Forever – 96 Hits Of The King (NL 89830)
Elvis Sings Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus (NL 89504)
Elvis Forever – 96 Hits Of The King (NL 89830)
For The Asking – ”The Lost Album” (NL 90513 & ND 90513)
The Lost Album (07863-61024-2)
100 Super Rocks (VCD47176)
From Nashville To Memphis – The Essential 60’s Masters I (74321 15430 1 & 74321 15430 2)
Alternativa versioner:
Take 1 Rare Elvis Vol. 3 (PL 89051)
Alternate track Elvis Sings Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus (NL 89504)
Låten var med i filmen ”Tickle Me”.
Text:
It’s a long lonely highway when you’re travellin’ all alone
And it’s a mean old world when you got no-one to call your own
And you pass through towns too small to even have a name, oh yes
But you gotta keep on goin’, on that road to nowhere
Gotta keep on goin’, though there’s no-one to care
Just keep movin’ down the line
It’s a long lonely highway without her by my side
And it’s a trail full of teardrops that keep on being cried
My heart’s so heavy it’s a low down dirty shame oh yes
You gotta keep on goin’, on that road to nowhere
Gotta keep on goin’, though there’s no-one to care
Just keep movin’ down the line
I gotta rock for my pillow ’neath a weeping willow
And the cool grass for my bed
My drinking water’s muddy so don’t you tell me buddy
That I wouldn’t be better off dead
It’s a long lonely highway gettin’ longer all the time
And if she don’t come and get me
Well, I’m gonna lose my mind
So if you read about me tell her she’s the one to blame, oh yes
You gotta keep on goin’, on that road to nowhere
Gotta keep on goin’, though there’s no-one to care
Just keep movin’ down the line
Movin’ down the line
Movin’ down the line