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Charro

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(Davis and Strange)

Information:
Charro was the title tune to Elvis’s 1969 movie of the same name. The instrumental track was recorded on October 15, 1968, at the Samuel Goldwyn Studios. Elvis’s vocal was recorded at a later date. The Jordanaires and Hugo Montenegro’s Orchestra backed Elvis on this recording. Former Mouseketeer Carl (Cubby) O’Brien was the drummer on the session. Although released as single, Charro did not chart. Billy Strange and Mac Davis are the composers, although the film credits list Alan and Marilyn Bergman in that capacity.

Lyrics:

With eyes that hide the man within
You see behind the eyes of other men
You've lived and died and come to life again
And now you're standing alone at the crossroads of your mind
You've left too yesterdays behind…
But which road leads you to tomorrow?
Charro...

You've turned your back on yesterday
Betrayed a man who swore he'd make you pay
For when you left you took his bride away
You know he'll never let you break away so easily
You'll have to fight before you're free
But how much more time can you borrow?
Charro...

Now in a single moment your past grows dim
One thought goes racing across your mind
You ride to meet the woman you stole from him
Oh no!...Charro, don't go!...
Charro, don't go!!...

There's something hanging in the wind
Your past is catching up and closing in
You've been halfway to hell and back again
And now you laugh in the devil's face
with your last breath...
You'll run a race with life and death...
But will you live to see tomorrow?

Charro...

Where it was released:

Released for the first time in single »

Singles:

- Memories / Charro (RCA 47-9731) March 1969. Standard release »

- Memories / Charro (RCA 447-0669) December 1970. Gold standard series reissue.

LPs/CDs:

- Almost In Love (1970) »

– Elvis in Hollywood (1976) »

- Elvis - A Collectors Edition (1976) »

- Double Features: Live a Little Love a Little / Charro / The Trouble With Girls / Change Of Habit (1995)

- Command Performances – The Essential 60’s Masters II (1995)

– The Last Movies (2017) - FTD »