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Sylvia
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Geoff Stephens/ Les ReedThese long lonely evenings
Here I am on the phone
Wondering if she will call
She said she would write me
'Cause she knows I’m alone
But I hear nothing at all
I'm waiting for a word of love from Sylvia.
You think she'd never heard of love my Sylvia,
But when I’m with her Lord, I forgive her
'Cause she's more than the whole world to me
There's nothing like a word of love from Sylvia
The only one I’m thinking of is Sylvia
Feeling so sad now, I'll be so glad now
If I just had my Sylvia with me
That old weepin' willow
Seems to whisper her name
Why did she go away
The tears on my pillow
They're not hard to explain
There's nothing else I can say
I'm waiting for a word of love from Sylvia.
You think she'd never heard of love my Sylvia,
But when I’m with her Lord, I forgive her
'Cause she's more than the whole world to me
There's nothing in the world like Sylvia
The only one I’m thinking of is Sylvia
Feeling so sad now, I'll be so glad now
If I just had my Sylvia with me Recorded:
1970/06/08, first released on
Elvis NowReactions
Nice if you're a lady named Sylvia, but for me this is a weak song, sung very well indeed.
Stunning song and yes, very very underrated indeed, Elvis gives it everything, emotion, feeling, and a whole lot more.
"Sylvia" is such a sensational, overlooked and underrated song and I've never skipped it. Elvis' rendition of it was brilliant too.
"he (Elvis) sounds so desperate".. was written on a post, earlier. Well, of course he sounds desperate, thats what the song calls for. Elvis, sings the lyrics perfectly ! Its a great performance. Obviously, others agree, the song went to Number 1 overseas. It wasn't released as a single, here in the states, but should have !
As a great fan of the 70's output I am afraid this one does nothing for me. Sang well enough and apparently a number 1 in Brazil, it is rather bland and I am rarely enticed to give this a spin.
Elvis makes magic with this song. Love it !!
There are a few tracks I usually skip. This is one.
I always had a faible for this song..especially the undubbed version.
A real oddity this one...but a good oddity! Elvis pours his heart into this and delivers some very strong vocals, he clearly loved the song and sounds absolutely wonderful.
Elvis seems to enjoy singing this song and pours his heart out. The text is kind of weak though and it is definitely not one of his stronger early 70s recordings. Enjoyable to listen but not touching. Three stars from me.
I've always liked this song. No overwhelming reason why. I just like it. 4 stars.
A fantastically sung song off the "Elvis Now" LP.
Just terrible, always skip this one.
Elvis pours all of his heart and soul into ok, but far from great song. The first verse makes no sense. He is waiting by the phone, because she said she will write him??? In the 2nd verse the song writer has the guts to rhyme willow with pillow. Yes they rhyme, but it takes guts to go from talking about a tree whispering her name (did these guys write "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro?) to tears on a pillow in the next line. Elvis make it a 3 1/2 star track with five star vocals, but this is one of the worst songs from the great June '70 sessions. To use this song as an example of material going down hill after the '69 sessions is absurd. It is better than the fruity sounding "And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind" or "From A Jack To A King" from the '69 sessions.
Definitely one of my favorite songs. It may be considered an average song but I never tire of it. And what he does with this song makes it so meaningful. And so unusual. I have never heard any of the so-called "authentic" ETAs sing this song well at all. Most of them won't even try! It takes ELvis to pull this off!
always liked this song.just something about it mabye elvis vocal
Indeed not my kind of cup of Elvis tea.
I always liked this song.It was a hit single in Brazil. one of my favorite early seventies songs as well as Heart of Rome.
Good vocal, awful song. The choice of material was certainly going downhill after the fabulous 1969 Memphis sessions.
Doesn't say nothing to me. But i never liked songs with women's names in its title!
Does it always have to be a reason for liking something? I like it! Period!
I like it. It´s not the song itself that does it for me, it´s more Elvis´ vocals. Because the song itself has to be one of the weakest during those great recording sessions
for an average written song,Elvis gives a very good heart felt performance and his voice sounds awsome-especially on the ftd album love letters-the unreleased studio outtake..a very enjoyable version from elvis.
She never called me again :-). Without kidding... he sounds so desperate... only Elvis could put so much feeling in a pretty weak song.
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