Elvis Presley - Return To Sender Lyrics

Elvis Presley Lyrics

"Return To Sender"

Return to sender
Return to sender

I gave a letter to the postman
He put it in his sack
Bright and early next morning
He brought my letter back

(She wrote upon it)
Return to sender
Address unknown
No such number
No such zone
We had a quarrel
A lover's spat
I write, "I'm sorry"
But my letter keeps coming back

So then I dropped it in the mailbox
And sent it special D
Bright and early next morning
It came right back to me

(She wrote upon it)
Return to sender
Address unknown
No such person
No such zone

This time, I'm gonna take it myself
And put it right in her hand
And if it comes back the very next day
Then I'll understand

(The writing on it)
Return to sender
Address unknown
No such number
No such zone

Ah, return to sender
Return to sender
Return to sender
Return to sender

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Thanks to Emily Heath, Dianne Crockett for correcting these lyrics.

Writer(s): Otis Blackwell, Winfield Scott

Elvis Presley performed this song in his film "Girls! Girls! Girls!" (1962).

Gerri Granger recorded an answer song "Don't Want Your Letters" with the same tune from the girl's point of view.

The US postal zones were used before the current US ZIP (Zone Improvement Plan) codes.

The song reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, and was the UK Christmas number one of 1962.

This single was certified "Platinum" by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales over one million units in the USA.

When the U.S. Postal Service issued a commemorative postage stamp honoring Elvis Presley (on the 8th of January 1993), many stamp collectors would put those stamps on envelopes and send them to a fictitious addresses in hope of receiving them back with a marking "Return to sender".

soundtrack: "Girls! Girls! Girls!" (1962)

Girls! Girls! Girls!

I Don't Wanna Be Tied

Where Do You Come From

I Don't Want To

We'll Be Together

A Boy Like Me, A Girl Like You

Earth Boy

Return To Sender

Because Of Love

Thanks To The Rolling Sea

Song Of The Shrimp

The Walls Have Ears

We're Comin' In Loaded

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"Return To Sender" lyrics

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