Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American sin… Read Full Bio ↴Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".

Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African American music to a wider audience. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. In 1955, drummer D. J. Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage the singer for more than two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number one hit in the United States. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, he became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, made him enormously popular—and controversial.

In November 1956, Presley made his film debut in Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. He held few concerts however, and guided by Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood movies and soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world, Aloha from Hawaii. Years of prescription drug abuse severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate, just 42 years of age.

Presley is one of the most celebrated and influential musicians of the 20th century. Commercially successful in many genres, including pop, country, blues, and gospel, he is the best-selling solo artist in the history of recorded music. He won three competitive Grammys, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame.

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Elvis Presley Lyrics

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When your asleep beside me, I watch you lying there
Your hand upon the pillow and moonlight in your hair
I get the warmest feeling, so good I almost cry
I kiss your sleeping lips and say I'll love you 'til I die

Oh, girl of mine, you make my day
One sunny smile and all the clouds just roll away
Eyes deep as the sea seem to say to me

Our love will always be

So, girl of mine, turn out the light
And in my arms together we'll make sweet love tonight
Down life's golden road and you'll always know
I love you, girl, of mine

Sometimes I know I hurt you when things ain't goin' right
I walk away and leave you to face the lonely night
I wouldn't blame you darlin' if you walked out on me
But I return to find you there still waiting patiently

Oh, girl of mine, you make my day
One sunny smile and all the clouds just roll away
Eyes deep as the sea seem to say to me
Our love will always be

So, girl of mine, turn out the light
And in my arms together we'll make sweet love tonight

Down life's golden road and you'll always know
I love you, girl, of mine (girl of mine, ooh)

Overall Meaning

Elvis Presley's "The Girl I Never Loved" is a melancholic and heart-wrenching ballad about lost love and unspoken feelings. The song describes the singer's unrequited love for a girl who will never know how he feels about her. All of his dreams of being with her will never be realized, and he's forced to watch as someone else takes the place that he so desperately wanted. The lyrics are full of regret and sadness, as Elvis laments the missed opportunities and wonders what could have been if things had been different.

The overarching theme of the song is the pain of regret and unspoken emotions. The message conveyed is that sometimes the fear of rejection and the inability to express one's own feelings can lead to a lifetime of unfulfilled longing and regret. The song is a reminder of the importance of seizing the moment and not being afraid to speak up and express our true emotions.

Line by Line Meaning

The girl I never loved will never Know I care,and all my dreams of her Are dreams I'll never share.
The singer of the song is lamenting the fact that the woman he never loved will never know that he has feelings for her. He has romantic dreams about her but he knows that he'll never be able to tell her how he feels.

Oh I want her and I need her And I know it might have been, But it ended long before it could Begin.
Despite his feelings for the woman he never loved, the singer knows that they will never be together. He thinks that they might have had something if things had gone differently, but they didn't.

The kiss I never got,somebody else Will take.
The singer regrets that he never kissed the woman he never loved. He knows that someone else will have the opportunity to do so in the future.

The plans I never made,somebody else Will make.
The artist also regrets the fact that he never made plans with the woman he never loved. He knows that she will move on and make plans with someone else instead.

Oh I'm lonely,I'm so lonely cause It's her I'm thinking of, But she will always be the girl I Never loved.
The artist is lonely and thinks about the woman he never loved all the time. However, he knows that she will always be the one that got away and he will never be able to change that.

Never loved... never loved.
This refrain at the end of the song emphasizes the fact that the singer never actually loved this woman, but he still has strong feelings for her nevertheless.

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Barry Mason, Les Reed

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