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Apron Strings
Words & Music:
Weiss/ SchroederWell-eh...Well, it's good to be free,
I cah-er a true..Uh-huh..
in the melody as he plays)
To pack up and go.. whenever I please
It's crazy I know, but one of those things,
I wanna be tied.. to your Apron Strings
You touch-a my hands and my hands turn higher,
You touch-a my ass and my ass catch fire
Oh-my-oh, oh-my-oh..oh..
I'm crossin' my heart,
And countin' on you,
To open your heart.. and close your mind
It's crazy, I know, but one of those things
I wanna be tied.. to your Apron Strings
You touch-a my hand like a hand ahn higher,
You touch-a my cheek and my hand catch fire
a-'s untn I c'n doo.. there's nothin' I can do..ah-ooo
Ba-da-da-da-da-dum
Be-da-da-da-dhmmn uh-huh,
To open your heart.. and close your mind
It's crazy I know.. but one of those things,
I wanna be tied... to your Apron Strings
I wanna be tied... to your Apron Strings Recorded:
1959/04 or later, first released on
Platinum - A Life in MusicReactions
Recorded in Bad Nauheim in the summer of 1959. I wonder whose doing the percussion on this one. Maybe Elvis banging his feet on the piano.
A home recording. Some of these song could have been materialized into great songs in a proper recording studio.
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