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Please Don't Drag That String Around
(Otis Blackwell Winfield Scott)

Copyright Elvis Presley Music Inc.

RCA studio session - May 26-27, 1963 - RCA's Studio B - Nashville
May 26, 6:30 pm-5:30 am

PPA4 0291-06

June 1963 Single B side RCA 47-8188 Devil In Disguise / Please Don't Drag That String Around
Outtakes:

A:B test: December 10, 2002 DVD Audio RCA BMG BMG 07863 65053-9 Elvis 30 Nr 1 Hits

Take 1: February 2000 CD RCA 07863 67840-2 Such A Night Essential Elvis Vol 6

Take 2: April 26, 2003 CD FTD 82876-50411-2 Studio B Nashville Outtakes 1961-1964

Takes 3 (fs), 4 (fs) and 5: August 11 2008 CD FTD 88697 29699-2 Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee

You like to keep me dangling on a string
'Cause you know without you my life don't mean a thing

* So I beg you
Please don't drag that string around, oh no
Well, what if it should break
Oh, tell me, what would I do then
Keep that string up off the ground
Oh, yeah, remember my heart is tied to the other end

Yes, I'm your puppet, my heart is in your hand
One twist of the wrist and I jump to your command

So I beg you
Please don't drag that string around, oh no
Well, what if it should break
What would I do then
Baby, keep that string up off the ground
Oh, yeah, remember my heart is tied to the other end

I feel inside me, as sure as anything
One day I'll mean more to you than a puppet on a string

* Repeat