I'm playin' for keeps
This time it's real
And I want you to know
Exactly how I feel
I'm playin' for keeps
I'm sure this time
And I won't be happy
Until I know you're mine

There have been others
That could love me true
But no one else can thrill me like you do
I'm playin' for keeps
Oh love me too
Oh, don't make me sorry
That I fell in love with you

There have been others
That could love me true
But no one else can thrill me like you do
I'm playin' for keeps
Oh love me too
Oh, don't make me sorry
That I fell in love with you

RCA 20-6800, 1957, Too Much / Playing For Keeps (78)

Radio Recorders, West-Hollywood, September 1, 1956

Stanley A. Kesler wrote Playing for Keeps for Elvis. The demo was recorded by Barbara Pittman, a singer at Sun Records who Elvis dated for a brief time. Elvis recorded Playing for Keeps at Radio Recorders on September 1, 1956. Take #7 is the one used by RCA. The single release had a nine-week stay on Billboard's Top 100 chart, peaking at #34. It reached #8 on the Country Juke Box chart. Some sources credit Playing for Keeps with selling a million copies.