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Written by: Billy Strange, Mac Davis Recorded: October 23, 1968, United Artists Recorders, Hollywood Released master is take 6. Single:w/ "The Fair Is Moving On", 47-9747, June 17, 1969 Also re-released as Gold Standard Series, 447-0672, December 1970 RIAA Certified: Gold (as of 03/27/1992) Highest U.S. Charts Positions: #35 on Billboard's Hot 100 #25 on Cash Box Top 100 #37 on the Easy Listening chart #74 on the Country chart 1st LP release: Almost In Love - October 1, 1970 |
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| I remember seeing The Trouble With Girls on late-night TV when I was a teenager and I thought the scene with "Clean Up Your Own Back Yard" was pretty cool. Usually in Elvis' films, the songs are ruined by the movie scene, but in this case the scene, with its fast-cut edits and hand-held camera movements, enhances the song. It also helps when the song is a catchy, country-funk tune with lyrics telling bossy characters to mind their own business. |
Other Spins(What did the critics and fans say?)"Clean Up Your Own Back Yard" is a good number, with a gentle but solid beat, and receives a superb performance from Presley. Every inflection can be heard and savoured, and the overdubbing of brass and female vocals enhances the gospel feel of the song. Robert Matthew-Walker, Elvis Presley: A Study in Music, 1979 Check out other Elvis fans' opinions on the Elvis News page for Clean Up Your Own Back Yard "Clean Up Your Own Back Yard" Links
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Back porch preacher preaching at me Acting like he wrote the golden rule Shaking his fist and speeching at me Shouting from his soap box like a fool Come Sunday morning he's lying in bed With his eyes all red, with the wine in his head Wishing he was dead when he oughta be Heading for Sunday school Clean up your own backyard Oh don't you hand me none of your lines Clean up your own backyard You tend to your business, I'll tend to mine Drugstore cowboy criticizing Acting like he's better than you and me Standing on the sidewalk supervising Telling everybody how they ought to be Come closing time 'most every night He locks up tight and out go the lights And he ducks out of sight and he cheats on his wife With his employee Clean up your own backyard Oh don't you hand me none of your lines Clean up your own backyard You tend to your business, I'll tend to mine Armchair quarterback's always moanin' Second guessing people all day long Pushing, pulling and hanging on in Always messing where they don't belong When you get right down to the nitty-gritty Isn't it a pity that in this big city Not a one a little bitty man'll admit He could have been a little bit wrong Clean up your own backyard Oh don't you hand me, don't you hand me none of your lines Clean up your own backyard You tend to your business, I'll tend to mine Clean up your own backyard You tend to your business, I'll tend to mine |
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