Well I got a woman
Way across town
She's good to me, oh yeah
Say, I got a woman
Way 'cross town
She's good to me, oh yeah

She gives me money when I'm in need, yeah
She's a kind of friend indeed
I got a woman
Way across town
She's good to me, oh yeah

She saves her lovin' early in the mornin'
Just for me, oh yeah
She saves her lovin' early in the mornin'
Just for me, oh yeah
She saves her lovin' just for me, yeah
You know she loves me, so tenderly
I got a woman
Way 'cross town
She's good to me, oh yeah

She's there to love me both day and night
No grumbles or fusses, just treats me right
Never running in the streets
Leavin' me alone
She knows a woman's place is right there now in the home
I got a woman
Way 'cross town
She's good to me, oh hoh yeah

Say, I got a woman
Way 'cross town
She's good to me, oh yeah

Well she's my baby, 'cos she understands
I-I-I-I'm her lovin' man
I got a woman
Way 'cross town
She's good to me, oh hoh yeah

Don't you know she's alright
She's alright, she's alright
I got a woman way o-over town
Good to me, yeah

LPM-1254, 1956, Elvis Presley

Studio Nashville, Tennessee, January 10, 1956

I Got a Woman was written and first recorded (using the title I've Got a Woman) by Ray Charles in 1954 at radio station WGST, on the grounds of Georgia Tech University in Atlanta. Charles based the tune on the gospel song My Jesus Is All the World I Need. His recording (Atlantic 1050) rose to #2 on Billboard's rhythm and blues chart in early 1955. Other popular recordings of I Got a Woman include those by Jimmy McGriff (Sue 770), a 1962 instrumental; Ricky Nelson (Decca 31475) in 1963; Freddie Scott (Colpix 709) in 1963; and Bob Luman (Epic 10755) in 1971. Both Charles and McGriff used the title I've Got a Woman.

Elvis sang I Got a Woman on the Louisiana Hayride and on tour in 1955. Some speculate that he recorded the song while at Sun Records, but no proof exists.

At 02:00 P.M. on January 10, 1956, Elvis recorded I Got a Woman at RCA's Nashville studios. It was his first recording for RCA. Musicians on the session were Elvis, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, D.J. Fontana, and Floyd Cramer. Backing vocals were by Gordon Stoker, Ben Speer, and Brock Speer. I Got a Woman appeared on Elvis's first LP, Elvis Presley, and later in 1956 was released as a single. It did not chart. In England, I Got a Woman was released on albums with the title I Got a Sweetie.

Elvis sang I Got a Woman on his first appearance on Stage Show (January 28, 1956). A performance of the song at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on April 9, 1972, was used in the documentary Elvis On Tour. I Got a Woman was a staple of Elvis's repertoire in the 1970s. He often sang it in a medley with Amen.