Clean Up Your Own Backyard – Elvis Presley

About The Song

Clean Up Your Own Backyard is a song recorded by American singer Elvis Presley. Written by Mac Davis and Billy Strange, it was released as a single in 1969. The song was featured in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Trouble with Girls (and How to Get into It), starring Elvis Presley.

“(You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care” is a country-pop song with a rockabilly edge. The song’s lyrics are about a young man who is tired of being criticized by his girlfriend for his lifestyle. He tells her that he is not going to change who he is to please her, and that she should “clean up her own backyard” before worrying about his.

The song was a commercial success, reaching number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. It was also a Top 10 hit in several other countries, including Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

“(You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care” has been covered by many artists, including Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Carl Perkins. It has also been featured in several films and television shows, including Thelma and Louise and That ’70s Show.

The song is a classic example of Elvis Presley’s unique blend of country, pop, and rockabilly music. It is a fun and catchy song with a timeless message about self-acceptance.

Elvis Presley was one of the most popular and influential singers of the 20th century. He was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, in 1935. He began his music career in the early 1950s, and quickly became a star. He was known for his distinctive voice, his energetic stage presence, and his good looks.

Presley had a string of hit singles and albums throughout the 1950s and 1960s. He also starred in several successful films. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.

Presley died in 1977 at the age of 42. He remains one of the most popular and iconic singers of all time.

“(You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care” is a classic song from a legendary singer. It is a fun and catchy song with a timeless message about self-acceptance. If you are a fan of Elvis Presley, or if you simply enjoy good music, then you should definitely check out this song.

Here are some additional details about the song and its recording:

• The song was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 30, 1968.
• The session was produced by Felton Jarvis.
• The song’s backing band included Scotty Moore on guitar, Bill Black on bass, D.J. Fontana on drums, and Floyd Cramer on piano.
• The song was released as a single in the United States on November 18, 1969.
• The song’s B-side was “The Fairytale of You”.
• The song reached number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States.
• The song was also a Top 10 hit in several other countries, including Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
• “(You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care” has been covered by many artists, including Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Carl Perkins.
• It has also been featured in several films and television shows, including Thelma and Louise and That ’70s Show.

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Lyrics

Back porch preacher preaching at me
Acting like he wrote the golden rules
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 eye 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, fooling 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