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Tryin' To Get To You

Words & Music by Rose Marie McCoy, Margie Singleton

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Tryin' To Get To You

Words & Music by Rose Marie McCoy, Margie Singleton

Lyrics:

I've been traveling over miles
Even through the valleys, too
I've been traveling night and day
I've been running all the way
Baby, trying to get to you.

Ever since I read your letter
Where you said you loved me true
I've been traveling night and day
I've been running all the way
baby, trying to get to you

When I read your loving letter
Then my heart began to sing
There were many miles between us,
But they didn't mean a thing.

I just had to reach you, baby,
In spite of all that I've been through.
I kept traveling night and day,
I kept running all the way,
Baby, trying to get to you.

Well if I had to do it over
That's exactly what I'd do,
I would travel night and day,
And I'd still run all the way,
Baby, trying to get to you.

Well, there's nothing that could hold me
Or that could keep me away from you
When your loving letter told me
That you really loved me true

Lord above me knows I love you
It was He who brought me through,
When my way was darkest night,
He would shine His brightest light,
When I was trying to get to you.

First album:

LPM-1254, 1956, Elvis Presley

First recorded:

Sun Studio Memphis, Tennessee, July 11, 1955

More info:

Tryin' to Get to You was written by Rose Marie McCoy and Margie Singleton, and first recorded by the Eagles (Mercury 70391) in mid-1954.

Elvis attempted to record Tryin' to Get to You on February 5, 1955, at Sun Records, but the recording was unsatisfactory. Elvis finally got an acceptable recording on July 11, 1955. That version was released by RCA on the LP Elvis Presley. Tryin' to Get to You was the only Sun recording by Elvis to use a piano, which was probably played by Elvis himself. Frank Tolley of Malcolm Yelvington's band has also been mentioned as the piano player. Backing Elvis were Scotty Moore (guitar), Bill Black (bass), and Johnny Bernero (drums). Elvis's September 1956 single release of Tryin' to Get to You did not chart. On June 27, 1968, Elvis recorded the song for use in his TV special, Elvis, but it was not used.


Lyrics:	I've been traveling over miles Even through the valleys, too I've been traveling night and day I've been running all the way Baby, trying to get to you. Ever since I read your letter Where you said you loved me true I've been traveling night and day I've been running all the way baby, trying to get to you When I read your loving letter Then my heart began to sing There were many miles between us, But they didn't mean a thing. I just had to reach you, baby, In spite of all that I've been through. I kept traveling night and day, I kept running all the way, Baby, trying to get to you. Well if I had to do it over That's exactly what I'd do, I would travel night and day, And I'd still run all the way, Baby, trying to get to you. Well, there's nothing that could hold me Or that could keep me away from you When your loving letter told me That you really loved me true Lord above me knows I love you It was He who brought me through, When my way was darkest night, He would shine His brightest light, When I was trying to get to you.

First album:	LPM-1254, 1956, Elvis Presley

First recorded:	Sun Studio Memphis, Tennessee, July 11, 1955

More info:		Tryin' to Get to You was written by Rose Marie McCoy and Margie Singleton, and first recorded by the Eagles (Mercury 70391) in mid-1954. Elvis attempted to record Tryin' to Get to You on February 5, 1955, at Sun Records, but the recording was unsatisfactory. Elvis finally got an acceptable recording on July 11, 1955. That version was released by RCA on the LP Elvis Presley. Tryin' to Get to You was the only Sun recording by Elvis to use a piano, which was probably played by Elvis himself. Frank Tolley of Malcolm Yelvington's band has also been mentioned as the piano player. Backing Elvis were Scotty Moore (guitar), Bill Black (bass), and Johnny Bernero (drums). Elvis's September 1956 single release of Tryin' to Get to You did not chart. On June 27, 1968, Elvis recorded the song for use in his TV special, Elvis, but it was not used.