Heartbreak Hotel

words and music by Mae B. Axton, Tommy Durden, and Elvis Presley

Well, since my baby left me,
I found a new place to dwell.
It's down at the end of lonely street
 at Heartbreak Hotel.
You make me so lonely baby,
 I get so lonely,
I get so lonely I could die.
And although it's always crowded,
you still can find some room.
Where broken hearted lovers
 do cry away their gloom.
You make me so lonely baby,
 I get so lonely,
I get so lonely I could die.
Well, the Bell hop's tears keep flowin',
and the desk clerk's dressed in black.
Well they been so long on lonely street
 They ain't ever gonna look back.
You make me so lonely baby,
 I get so lonely,
I get so lonely I could die.
Hey now, if your baby leaves you,
and you got a tale to tell.
Just take a walk down lonely street
 to Heartbreak Hotel.

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 Sessionography:

 

January 10, 1956, RCA studios, Nashville

 

producer: Steve Sholes
guitar: Scotty Moore
 guitar: Chet Atkins
 guitar: Elvis Presley
 bass: Bill Black
vocals: Elvis Presley
 drums: D.J. Fontana
piano: Floyd Cramer
back-up vocals: Gorden Stoker, Ben Speer, Brock Speer
 Session hours: 2:00PM-5PM