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Roustabout
(Giant,Baum,Kaye)

Copyright R & H Music Corp.

As sung by Elvis in the 1964 movie "Roustabout"

Soundtrack recording for Paramount - Roustabout - March 2-3, April 29 and May 14, 1964 - Radio Recorders - Hollywood
April 29 - 7-9:50 pm

Studio matrix: N0-11(tr) - RCA matrix: RPA3 5273-11

May 14

Studio matrix: N0-11(tr) - RCA matrix: RPA3 5273-17 - Elvis vocal overdub

September 21, 1964 LP RCA LSP 2999 Roustabout
Outtakes:

Take 6: August 13, 1991 CD RCA 3114-2-R Collectors Gold

Take 8: June 25, 2002 CD RCA BMG 07863-65115-2 Elvis Today, Tomorrow & Forever

I'm just a roustabout
Shifting from town to town
No job can hold me down, I'm just a knock-around guy
There's a lot of space beneath that sky
Till I find my place there's no doubt...
I'll be a rovin' roustabout

Call me the carefree kind
I wander with the breeze
My mind and heart's at ease
Doing what pleases me best
Gotta keep-a movin' east or west
Till I find my place there's no doubt
I'll be a rovin' roustabout

And even if a pretty girl, should catch my eye
I'll give her a quick "hello", and a fast goodbye

I'll go the way I want
Driftin' just like the sand
Doin' what job I can
Changing my plans as I choose
Long as I keep happy I can't lose
Till I find my place there's no doubt
I'll be a rovin' roustabout

I'll be a rovin' roustabout...I'll be a rovin' roustabout

..rovin', rovin' roustabout....