Well, well, well,
Just because you think you're so pretty,
And just because your momma thinks you're hot,
Well, just because you think you've got something
That no other girl has got,
You've caused me to spend all my money.
You laughed and called me old Santa Claus.
Well, I'm telling you,
Baby, I'm through with you.
Because, well well, just because.

Well, well, well,
There'll come a time when you'll be lonesome
And there'll come a time when you'll be blue.
Well, there'll come a time when old Santa
He won't pay your bills for you.

You've caused me to lose all my women
And now, now you say we are through.
Well, I'm telling you
Baby, I was through with you
A long long time ago.

Well, just because you think you're so pretty
And just because your mama thinks you're the hottest thing in town
Well, just because you think you've got something
That nobody else has got,
You've caused me to spend all of my money.
Honey, you laughed and called me your old Santa Claus.
Well, I'm telling you I'm through with you
Because, well well, just because

LPM-1254, 1956, Elvis Presley

Sun Studio Memphis Tennessee, September 10, 1954

Just Because was composed by Bob Shelton, Joe Shelton and Sid Robin in 1937 and recorded that year by Dick Stabile (Decca 716). Bunny Berigan played trumpet on Stabile's recording. It wasn't until the early 1940s that the Shelton Brothers recorded their own song (Decca 5872). Frankie Yankovic had a popular version of Just Because in 1948.

Elvis recorded Just Because at Sun Studios on September 10, 1954. It remained unreleased until his first LP, Elvis Presley, reached the stores in March 1956. Just Because was one of the songs that Elvis sang on the Louisiana Hayride.