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Baby Let's Play House
Elvis Presley Lyrics

Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby baby
Baby, baby baby, be-be-be-be-be-be baby baby, baby
Baby baby baby
Come back, baby, I want to play house with you
Well, you may go to college
You may go to school
You may have a pink Cadillac
But don't you be nobody's fool
Now baby come back, baby, come
Come back, baby, come

Come back, baby I want to play house with you

Now listen and I'll tell you baby
What I'm talking about
Come on back to me, little girl
So we can play some house
Now baby come back, baby, come
Come back, baby, come
Come back, baby
I want to play house with you (oh let's play house, baby)

Now this is one thing, baby
That I want you to know
Come on back and let's play a little house
And we can act like we did before
Well, baby come back, baby, come
Come back, baby, come
Come back, baby I want to play house with you (hit it)

Yeah

Now listen to me, baby
Try to understand
I'd rather see you dead, little girl
Than to be with another man
Now baby come back, baby, come
Come back, baby, come
Come back, baby, I want to play house with you
Oh, baby baby baby
Baby baby baby be-be-be-be-be-be baby baby baby
Baby baby baby
Come back, baby, I want to play house with you

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Arthur Gunter

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Arthur Gunter wrote and recorded the song, but Elvis's version might just be the most influential tune in rock history. For one thing, Jimmy Page names "Baby Let's Play House" by Elvis as the song that inspired him to play guitar Elvis recorded "Baby Let's Play House" at Sun Records, and by 1955, the tune placed fifth on the country charts. Elvis changed the words from "You may get religion" to "You may drive a pink Cadillac." Elvis played it at Overton Read Full BioArthur Gunter wrote and recorded the song, but Elvis's version might just be the most influential tune in rock history. For one thing, Jimmy Page names "Baby Let's Play House" by Elvis as the song that inspired him to play guitar Elvis recorded "Baby Let's Play House" at Sun Records, and by 1955, the tune placed fifth on the country charts. Elvis changed the words from "You may get religion" to "You may drive a pink Cadillac." Elvis played it at Overton Park and on the road for two years before his famous live performance on the Dorsey show in February of 1956, which is the first time most of America heard it. The dicey line goes, "I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man." On live television, Elvis changed the lyric to ". . . than to wed another man." When Lennon grabbed the original lyric (which Elvis recorded) for his song "Run for Your Life," both songs wound up banned by UK radio. Ironically, Elvis's mother named this song as her personal favorite, and his performance on the Dorsey show rated as among his most electric. In 2007, SonyBMG released a remix which became very popular in sales and YouTube downloads.