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I'm Not the Marrying Kind
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Mack David/ Sherman EdwardsShow me a girl with a dimple on her cheek
Butter melts in her mouth
When she opens it to speak
Show me a girl who is acting so refined
And I'll show you a girl with one thing on her mind
So I say "You know what?" She says "What?"
I say "What? Oh I'm not the marrying kind
For you've got what it takes
And it takes what you've got
But I'm not the marrying kind
Don't kiss me, don't claw me
Don't pet me, don't paw me
And I won't leave my freedom behind"
So I say "You know what?" She says "What?"
I say "What? Oh I'm not the marrying kind.
You know what?" She says "What?"
"Thanks a lot, but I'm not the marrying kind
Don't kiss me, don't claw me
Don't pet me, don't paw me
And I won't leave my freedom behind"
So I say "You know what?" She says "What?"
I say "What? Oh I'm not the marrying kind
I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not
Now you've got what I'm not
I'm not the marrying kind
Oh I'm not the marrying kind
Oh I'm not the marrying kind Recorded:
1961/07/02, first released on
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All those "whats" freak me out. Of course Elvis sings it well, but the song just isn't very good. The movie was better.
The song flows with ease and fun. Love it !
The EP movie soundtracks were always better than the LP ones. As silly as this was, it is miles ahead of most anything from Kissin Cousins onward.
good movie song very well sung with elvis in good voice.
This is the type of career films Elvis should have stuck to. Just a few good songs. But there should also have been at least one good album and a couple of singles plus either a short tour or a tv show. The song, yes, i like it, along with the other 3 on the ep.
Love the melody. One of the best guitar strumming songs ever. My favorite.
A fun song from the movie "Follow That Dream" that Elvis performs admirably. The lyrics do leave something to be desired, but the performance is top notch. Elvis could take silly songs like this one, "I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell and "Rock-A-Hula, Baby" and make them so much better than they should have been. Unfortunately by the time "Kissin Cousins" rolled around you could hear the contempt for some of the songs in his voice. I truly think "Barefoot Ballad" from that movie was a tipping point in his career. Yes, there were still some good movie songs after KC, but for the most part the energy in Elvis' voice disappeared until the September of '67 sessions.
A good and amusing song from an enjoyable film, at a time when Elvis was well and truly a bachelor. The movie songs could only fit on an EP but they were well worth the 12/6d I paid for it. Cliff did a version of Angel which if I remember was a little faster.
This film had Elvis lying down and singing to a lady re FTD & this song,good film though. FTD is a good song & has anyone heard Cliff Richard's version of Angel..very good.
Simple song with insane lyrics but a great delivery by Elvis actually makes this listenable.
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