(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear

Album: Loving You (1957)
Charted: 3 1
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  • Oh, baby let me be, your lovin' teddy bear
    Put a chain around my neck, and lead me anywhere
    Oh, let me be (oh, let him be)
    Your teddy bear

    I don't want to be your tiger
    'Cause tigers play too rough
    I don't want to be your lion
    'Cause lions ain't the kind you love enough

    I just want to be, your teddy bear
    Put a chain around my neck and lead me anywhere
    Oh, let me be (oh, let him be)
    Your teddy bear

    Baby, let me be, around you every night
    Run your fingers through my hair
    And cuddle me real tight
    Oh, let me be (oh, let him be)
    Your teddy bear

    I don't want to be your tiger
    'Cause tigers play too rough
    I don't want to be your lion
    'Cause lions ain't the kind you love enou-ou-ou-ough

    Just want to be, your teddy bear
    Put a chain around my neck and lead me anywhere
    Oh, let me be (oh, let him be) your teddy bear
    Oh, let me be (oh, let him be) your teddy bear
    I just want to be your teddy bear (ooh) Writer/s: Bernie Lowe, Kal Mann
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • H.lCould I please have the author who wrote this?
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn October 29, 1957, Elvis appeared in concert at the Pan Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA; after the concert he met with Rick Nelson at the Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills...
    At the time both stars had records on Billboard's Best Sellers in Stores chart; Elvis had three with "Jailhouse Rock" at #4, "Teddy Bear" at #8, and "Loving You" at #49, while Rick's "Be-Bop Baby" was at #28 and "You're My One and Only Love" was at #45...
    And also at the time, Elvis' soundtrack album from the movie "Loving You" was at #1 on Billboard's Best-Selling Albums in Stores chart.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn September 27th 1957, Elvis appeared at a benefit for his proposed Elvis Presley Youth Recreation Center, the benefit was held at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair & Dairy Show in his hometown of Tupelo, MS...
    This was his first show with his new backing duo, Hank Garland and Bob Moore; six days earlier on September 21st Scotty Moore and Bill Black quit over a salary dispute with Col. Parker...
    At the time Elvis had three records on Billboard's Top 100 chart; at #12 was "Teddy Bear", "Loving You" was at #38, and "All Shook Up" was at #74*...
    * According to Billboard "All Shook Up" was actually tied at #74 with "Melodie D'Amour" by the Ames Brothers.
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