My Boy
Titel: My Boy
Längd: 3:19
Kompositörer: Claude Francois, Jean Pierre Bourtayre, Bill Martin och Phil Coulter
Utgivare: Col Music
Inspelningsdatum: 1973-12-13/14
Inspelningstid: 21:00-00:00 och 01:00-04:00
Inspelningsplats: Stax Studio – Memphis, TN
Matrix: CPA5 1625
Tagning master: 3
Producent: Felton Jarvis
Studiotekniker: Mike Moran och Dick Baxter
Musiker:
Gitarr: James Burton
Gitarr: Johnny Christopher
Akustisk gitarr: Charlie Hodge
Bas: Norbert Putnam
Trummor: Ronnie Tutt
Piano och orgel: David Briggs
Piano och orgel: Per-Erik Hallin
Kör/bakgrundssångare: J.D. Sumner & The Stamps
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Voice
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Kathy Westmoreland
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Mary Greene
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Mary Holladay
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Susan Pilkington
Pålagt i efterhand:
Gitarr: Dennis Linde
Gitarr: Alan Rush
Slagverk: Rob Galbraith
Piano: Bobby Ogdin
Orgel: Rany Cullers
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Ginger Holladay
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Mary Holladay
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Mary Cain
Stråkar och blåsinstrument
Första utgivning: Good Times (CPL1-0475)
Även utgiven på bland annat:
My Boy / Thinking About You (PB-10191)
My Boy / Thinking About You (GB-10489)
Our Memories Of Elvis (AQL1-3279)
I Can Help And Other Great Hits (PL 89287)
I Can Help And Other Great Hits (PLP 89287)
Always On My Mind (AFL1-5430 & PCD1-5430)
Always On My Mind / My Boy (PB 14090)
Ballads (STAR 2264)
Elvis Forever Vol. 4 (NL 89870)
Classic Love Ballads (RSPD 119)
Ballads (TCD 2264)
The Definitive Love Album (PL 90063 & PD 90063)
His 32 Best Songs (SPLP 010787)
We Love Elvis (R30P-1003-05)
The All Time Greatest Hits (PL 90100 & PD 90100)
My Boy / My Way (OG 9756)
Our Memories Of Elvis Vol. 1 & 2 (SPCD 061188)
Sentimental (SIN-1057 & SINCD-1057)
Het Mooiste Van Elvis Presley (PD 74595)
The Legend Lives On (V86002 VB1 GELG-A-209)
La Voix Du Rock (74321 10343 2)
La Voz Del Rock (74321 12714 2)
Good Rockin’ Tonight – The Best Of Elvis. Vol. 4 (BMG V 130036)
The Man And The Legend (Arton 19531)
The Elvis Collection (RDCD Z87091ZZ)
Walk A Mile In My Shoes – The Essential 70’s Masters (74321 30331 2)
Elvis La Leyenda Viviente (V 86002 VK3/1)
The Original Elvis Presley Collection (SP5001-SP5050)
Alternativa tagningar:
Undubbed master Our Memories Of Elvis (AQL1-3279), Our Memories Of Elvis Vol. 1 & 2 (SPCD 061188), Good Rockin’ Tonight – The Best Of Elvis. Vol. 4 (BMG V 130036)
Förkortad version med bortklippt vers The Definitive Love Album (PD 90063)
Text:
You’re sleeping son, I know
But, really, this can’t wait
I wanted to explain
Before it gets too late
For your mother and me
Love has finally died
This is no happy home
But God knows how I’ve tried
Because you’re all I have, my boy
You are my life, my pride, my joy
And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy
I know it’s hard to understand
Why did we ever start?
We’re more like strangers now
Each acting out a part
I have laughed, I have cried
I have lost every game
Taken all I can take
But I’ll stay just the same
Because you’re all I have, my boy
You are my life, my pride, my joy
And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy
Sleep on, you haven’t heard a word
Perhaps it’s just as well
Why spoil your little dreams
Why put you through the hell
Life is no fairytale
As one day you will know
But now you’re just a child
I’ll stay her and watch you grow
Because you’re all I have, my boy
You are my life, my pride, my joy
And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy
