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There's Always Me

Rating:
4.6 / 5

Words & Music: Don Robertson

When the evening shadows fall,
And you're wond'ring who to call
For a little company
There's always me

Or if your great romance should end,
And you're lonesome for a friend
Darling, you need never be
There's always me

I don't seem to mind somehow
Playing second fiddle now
Someday you'll want me, dear,
and when that day is here,
Within my arms you'll come to know
Other loves may come and go
But my love for you will be eternally
Look around and you will see
There's always me.

Recordingdate: 1961/03/12, first released on: Something for Everybody (album)

Musicians

Musicians who contributed to the first recording of There's Always Me:

(guitar)
(guitar)
(guitar)
(bass)
(drums)
(drums)
(piano)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(sax)

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old shep wrote on April 18, 2008
Don Robertson wrote this country classic and although I liked Elvis singing it, I have never forgiven RCA for putting it out as a single in the late sixties, as it was by this time dated.
JLpResLey wrote on August 13, 2008
Very good song. One of Elvis´ many great songs in the early sixties. He really sang great during this period and there wasn´t a lot of bad songs. And Don Robertson really delivered. As I see it, he never wrote a bad song for Elvis. I really don´t want to know, I´m counting on you, anything that´s part of you. All great songs, just like this one
My boy, my boy wrote on August 13, 2008
Good arrangement !...A very nice song !...One that I never skip !... :p
Rob Wanders wrote on August 13, 2008
beautiful diamond. This song as a lot of other ballads from the early sixties (Anything thats part of you, Thats someone you never forget, What now, what next a.o.) can match a comparison with the great Schubert songs. A masterpiece!
JerryNodak wrote on August 13, 2008
I've loved this song ever since I first heard it on "Something For Everybody" back in the early '60s. A grrrrrrrrrreat song! Loved it as a single too. Though I've always disliked the flip side, "Judy."
Deano1 wrote on March 03, 2010
In a word "perfect"! From the very first quiet notes to the powerful ending one. This one ranks right there with "It Hurts Me" and "Can't Help Falling In Love" as some of Elvis' best ballads. This was a natural choice to be the follow-up single to "Surrender", but RCA went with "I Feel So Bad" backed with "Wild In The Country"??? "I Feel So Bad could have been the flipside to "There's Always Me", but I think "I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell" would have been a better choice. It would have been a better promotion to the movie than the title song and fits in better with rock and roll in the early 60's. "I Feel So Bad" is great, but too bluesy and "Wild In The Country" is not even in the same galaxy as "There's Always Me". This one would have been a #1 hit.
ElvisSacramento wrote on January 14, 2013
This is such a beautiful ballad and Elvis' rendition of it was tremendous. It's one of 14 songs that Elvis recorded that was written by Don Robertson.
Gorse wrote on May 20, 2013
A ballad of perfection from 1961 using a quiet soulful deivery culminating into a powerful ending. Released as a single in 1967 but much too late and the wrong year to be a massive hit. -5 stars from me.
sugartummy wrote on May 22, 2013
A grand opening leads to a beautiful ballad. It's Floyd Cramer on piano.
trudygillenwater wrote on March 26, 2015
Elvis put out the most beautiful ballads and this is just one of them. A true classic!
Cruiser621 wrote on December 11, 2017
5-star song; one of many great songs from the 1961 album "Something for Everybody".
EJF wrote on December 21, 2017
Although there's hardly a song penned by Don Robertson and recorded by Elvis that I don't like, I find this a tad too operatic for my tastes. I much prefer "Starting Today" from the same album. I give this 3½ stars.
Jeoliverm wrote on December 16, 2019
I like the song but I dislike the ending. It's like a good meal with a bad dessert, it almost ruins the rest. For me, three stars.
Gorse wrote on December 16, 2019
Love this song showing ballad Elvis at his best and the ending is like the perfect finish after a lovely evening with a beautiful woman.
Stevekimb1 wrote on July 15, 2021
If Elvis wanted to be a pop crooner after his stent in the army, this was a great choice flawlessly executed.
DerekH wrote on November 02, 2022
Elvis in the early 60's, my favourite Elvis. Oh yes, this is a gem, 5 stars
Mystery Train wrote on November 03, 2022
Great lyrics wonderful performance by our man. When Elvis found a ballad he really connected with he could sing the hell out of it as he did this one. Give this one less than five stars and you aren't paying attention.
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