SUSPICIOUS
MIND
MARK
JAMES
SONGWRITER: MARK JAMES
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: SUSPICIOUS
LABEL: SGEPTER RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1968
Mark James(born Francis Rodney Zambon;
November 29, 1940) is an American songwriter who wrote hits for singers B.J. Thomas, Brenda Lee, and Elvis Presley,
including Presley's US number one hit single,
"Suspicious Minds."
"Suspicious Minds" is a 1968 song
written and first recorded by the American songwriter Mark James.
After this recording failed commercially, it was recorded by Elvis Presley with the producer Chips Moman.
Presley's version reached Nº1 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
The song is about a mistrusting and
dysfunctional relationship, and the need of the characters to overcome their
issues in order to maintain it. Written in 1968 by Mark James,
who was also the co-writer of "Always on My Mind"
(which Presley would later record), the song was first recorded and released by
James on Scepter Records in 1968. Chips Moman had asked James to come to Memphis to write songs for American
Sound Studio. At the time, James was residing
in Houston.
He had written three songs that became Nº1 hits in the Southern
United States. American Sound Studio was
gaining a reputation in the industry, as the Box Tops had just recorded "The Letter"
there, so James relocated to Memphis.
James said that late one night, he was
fooling around on his Fender guitar and using his Hammond organ pedals for a
bass line and came up with what he thought was a catchy melody. At the time, he
was married to his first wife but still had feelings for his childhood
sweetheart, who was married back in Houston. James's wife had suspicions about
his feelings. He felt it was a confusing time for him and that all three were
"caught in this trap that they could not walk out of." At the
recording session, James sang the lead vocals and the studio band backed him;
Moman produced. The horns, strings, and vocals of the Holladay Sisters were
later overdubbed. After the tape was mixed, James and Moman flew to New York,
where James's manager had contacts with Scepter Records. The label loved the
song and put it out, but Scepter did not have the money to promote new artists
and the song did not make the charts.
We're caught in a trap
I can't walk out
Because I love you too much, baby
Why can't you see
What you're doing to me
When you don't believe a word I say?
We can't go on together
With suspicious minds (suspicious minds)
And we can't build our dreams
On suspicious minds
So if an old friend I know
Stops by to say hello
Would I still see suspicion in your eyes?
Here we go again
Asking where I've been
You can't see the tears are real, I'm crying
(Yes I'm crying)
We can't go on together
With suspicious minds (suspicious minds)
And we can't build our dreams
On suspicious minds
Oh, let our love survive
I'll dry the tears from your eyes
Let's don't let a good thing die
When honey, you know I've never lied to you
Mmm, yeah, yeah
We're caught in a trap
I can't walk out
Because I love you too much, baby
Why can't you see
What you're doing to me
When you don't believe a word I say?
Well, don't you know I'm caught in a trap?
I can't walk out
Because I love you too much, baby
Well, don't you know I'm caught in a trap?
I can't walk out
Because I love you too much, baby
Well, don't you know I'm caught in a trap?
I can't walk out
Because I love you too much, baby
Well, don't you know I'm caught in a trap?
I can't walk out
Because I love you too much, baby
Well, don't you know I'm caught in a trap?
I can't walk out
Because I love you too much, baby
Well, don't you know I'm caught in a trap?
I can't walk out
Because I love you too much, baby
Well, don't you know I'm caught in a trap?
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