I Was The One

Album

Single

Label

RCA Victor

Genre

Doo-Wop

Media Type

45

Duration

2:31

Composer(s)

Hal Blair;Claude DeMetrius;Bill Peppers;Aaron Schroeder

Entered Chart

Mar 10, 1956

Released

January 11, 1956

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

RCA Victor PB-11105

B-Side

Heartbreak Hotel

"I Was the One" is a song by Elvis Presley, written by Aaron Schroeder, Bill Peppers, Claude Demetrius and Hal Blair. Presley recorded it at RCA's Studios, Nashville, on January 11, 1956. It was released as the B-side of the "Heartbreak Hotel" single (RCA Victor 20-6420 (78 rpm record) and RCA Victor 47-6420 (single)) in 1956, and was produced by Steve Sholes

I was the one who taught her to kiss
The way that she kisses you now
And you know the way she touches your cheek
Well, I taught her how

I was the one who taught her to cry
When she wants you under her spell
The sight of her tears drives you out of your mind
I taught her so well

And then one day
I had my love as perfect as could be
She lived, she loved, she laughed, she cried
And it was all for me, I

I'll never know who taught her to lie
Now that it's over and done
Who learned the lesson when she broke my heart?
I was the one

And then looking one day
I had my love as perfect as could be
She lived, she loved, she laughed, she cried
And it was all for me, I

I'll never know who taught her to lie
Now that it's over and done
Who learned the lesson when she broke my heart?
I was the one