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Make Believe

Words & Music by Oscar Hammerstein, Jerome Kern

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Make Believe

Words & Music by Oscar Hammerstein, Jerome Kern

We couldn't make believe
Lala la make believe
But your love dear
Lala could pretending couldn't you
Couldn't I, couldn't we
Make believe our lips are blended
In a special kiss
For to love me miles away
Make believe I love you
For to tell my true, I do

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This song was released for the first time in 1999, in The Home Recordings. Just before singing this song, Elvis is singing Hands Off, which was rewrite of an old country song, Keep Your Hands Off Of It (Birthday Cake). Some claim to remember Elvis singing Birthday Cake back in Lauderdale Courts, but by 1960, he couldn't remember much of either version. Then, in a musical volte-face, he switched to Make Believe, an Oscar Hammerstein- Jerome Kern song from Showboat. Elvis is joined by Red West and a 20th Century Fox wardrobe girl, Nancy Sharp, whom he'd met on the set of Flaming Star. This song was recorded in Perugia Way, in Bel Air, where Elvis decamped while filming. Red West preserved a home performance from the Fall of 1960.

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We couldn't make believe
Lala la make believe
But your love dear
Lala could pretending couldn't you
Couldn't I, couldn't we
Make believe our lips are blended
In a special kiss
For to love me miles away
Make believe I love you
For to tell my true, I do


This song was released for the first time in 1999, in The Home Recordings. Just before singing this song, Elvis is singing Hands Off, which was rewrite of an old country song, Keep Your Hands Off Of It (Birthday Cake). Some claim to remember Elvis singing Birthday Cake back in Lauderdale Courts, but by 1960, he couldn't remember much of either version. Then, in a musical volte-face, he switched to Make Believe, an Oscar Hammerstein- Jerome Kern song from Showboat. Elvis is joined by Red West and a 20th Century Fox wardrobe girl, Nancy Sharp, whom he'd met on the set of Flaming Star. This song was recorded in Perugia Way, in Bel Air, where Elvis decamped while filming. Red West preserved a home performance from the Fall of 1960.