Well, you're right, I'm left, she's gone.
You're right, and I'm left all alone.
Well, you tried to tell me so,
But how was I to know
That she was not the one for me?

You told me all along,
You're right, our love was so wrong.
But now I changed my mind,
Because she broke the ties that bind,
And I know that she never cared for me.

Well, I thought I knew just what she'd do,
I guess I'm not so smart.
Oh, you tried to tell me along she'd only break my heart.
I'm left, you're right, she's gone.
You're right, and I'm left all alone.

Well, she's gone I know not where,
But now I just don't care.
For now I'm falling for you.

If you'll forgive me now,
I'll make it up somehow.
So happy we will be,
In a home just for three,
And I'll soon forget her,
Now I know.

Well, I thought I knew just what she'd do,
I guess I'm not so smart.
You tried to tell me all along,
She'd only break my heart.

Well, you're right, I'm left, she's gone.
You're right, and I'm left all alone.
Well, she's gone, I know not where,
But now I just don't care,
For now I've fallen for you.

SUN 217, 1955, Baby Let's Play House / I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone

Sun Studios, Memphis, March 5, 1955

Stanley Kesler and Bill Taylor wrote I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone in 1954, based on a Campbell's soup jingle. Elvis first recorded the song on December 18, 1954, at Sun Records. Instrumentation was provided by Elvis (guitar), Scotty Moore (guitar) and Bill Black (bass). The Sun release didn't chart, nor did the RCA reissue in 1956. A slower, bluesier version of I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone, called My Baby's Gone, was recorded during the December 18, 1954, session. Reportedly, Sam Phillips first released that version to Memphis disc jockeys, but not to the general public. My Baby's Gone has been on numerous bootlegs.

The original copyright title was You're Right, I'm Left, She's Gone. An advertisement for the Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Day Celebration in Meridian, Mississippi, on May 26, 1955, printed the title that way.