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Datin'
(Fred Wise / Randy Starr)

Copyright Williamson Music Co.

Recorded for the film "Paradise, Hawaiian Style"

Soundtrack recording for Paramount - Paradise Hawaiian Style - July 26-27 and August 2-4, 1965 - Radio Recorders - Hollywood
July 26

Studio matrix: B0-02 (tr) - RCA matrix: TPA3 3843-02 - Rhythm track

August 4, 7 pm-12:30 am

Studio matrix: B0-02 (tr) - RCA matrix: TPA3 3843-14 - Vocal overdub

June 1966 LP RCA LSP 3643 Paradise Hawaiian Style
Outtakes:

Takes 1 (fs), 2 (fs), 3 (fs), 4, 6 (fs), 7 (fs), 8 (fs), 11 (fs) and 12: July 1 2004 CD FTD 82876-59846-2 Paradise, Hawaiian Style

Takes 6 (fs), 7 (fs), 8 (fs), 11 (fs) and 12: August 1980 LP RCA CPL8-3699 Elvis Aron Presley

Datin' is a game that grown-ups play
Datin' means acting in a silly way
Datin' makes girls start wiggle walking
Datin' makes a guy start baby talking

Dizzy like children on a merry-go-round
Grown-ups are the biggest kids I've found
You'd think they belong in a baby carriage
They're doing things that lead to marriage
But don't you laugh at what thay do, oh no
'Cos some day you'll be datin' too

Datin' makes a guy comb his hair just right
His girl can mess it up when they kiss good-night
Datin' makes you quarrel and say you'll break up
And just because it's so much fun to make up

Children can't wait to grow up but then
They're datin and they're acting like kids again
You'd think they belong in a baby carriage
They're doing things that lead to marriage
But don't you laugh at what thay do, oh no
Some day you'll be datin' too