Hard Headed Woman

Album: Elvis' 30 #1 Hits (1958)
Charted: 1
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  • Well, a hard headed woman
    A soft hearted man
    Been the cause of trouble
    Ever since the world began

    Oh yeah (oh yeah)
    Ever since the world began
    A hard headed woman
    Been a thorn in the side of man

    Adam told Eve
    "Listen here to me
    Don't you let me catch you
    Messing 'round that apple tree"

    Oh yeah (oh yeah)
    Ever since the world began
    A hard headed woman
    Been a thorn in the side of man

    Oh yeah (oh yeah)
    Ever since the world began
    A hard headed woman
    Been a thorn in the side of man

    Samson told Delilah
    Loud and clear
    "Keep your cotton picking fingers
    Out my curly hair"

    Oh yeah (oh yeah)
    Ever since the world began
    A hard headed woman
    Been a thorn in the side of man

    I heard about a king
    Who was doing swell
    'Til he started playing
    With that evil Jezebel

    Oh yeah (oh yeah)
    Ever since the world began
    A hard headed woman
    Been a thorn in the side of man

    I got a woman
    A head like a rock
    If she ever went away
    I'd cry around the clock

    Oh yeah (oh yeah)
    Ever since the world began
    A hard headed woman
    Been a thorn in the side of man
    A hard headed woman
    Been a thorn in the side of man Writer/s: Claude De Metruis
    Publisher: RALEIGH MUSIC PUBLISHING, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Jennifur Sun from RamonaThose Dixie Land band members playing behind him on this song could reallly SWING.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn September 11th 1958, Elvis, a Private in the U.S. Army, was assigned to the 3rd Armored Division in West Germany*...
    On that day "Hard Headed Woman" was at #56 on the Billboard's Top 100 chart; earlier in the year on July 15th, 1958 it peaked at #1 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Best Sellers chart...
    It reached #2 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's R&B singles chart...
    * He departed for Germany on September 22nd from Brooklyn, NY aboard the USS General Randall.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn August 28th 1958, Elvis' movie "King Creole" premiered in London, England...
    {See next post below}...
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn July 2nd 1958, Elvis' fourth movie, 'King Creole', opened in theaters across the U.S.A. and Canada...
    Two songs featured in the film made Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; "Hard Headed Woman" would peak at #1 (for 2 weeks) while the B-side, "Don't Ask Me Why", would reached #25 on the chart...
    And it was exactly two years earlier on July 2nd, 1956 Elvis would record "Don't Be Cruel" and "Hound Dog" at the RCA Studios in New York City (it was also the first time he recorded with the Jordanaires as his back-up group)...
    R.I.P. to The King (1935 - 1977).
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