Cover of "Please Release Me" by Eddie Miller, Robert Yount, and James Pebworth 1946; Part of my pictures in video series: http://youtu.be/Uebnu-2SVXE
Story behind the song
please_release_me_modified_lyrics_piano_sing_01.mp3
A friend said the lyrics to the original song scared her (the song is about breaking-up); I said musically it was a good song, so I'll write new lyrics... in the process it took on a critical social message...
Lyrics
Please, release me, let me go
I'll return with puppies to your door
so, as we play like them, we'll have
reminders that our love is grand.
Ive found two kittens here, my dear
theyll nuzzle us nightly, on our ears
their fur is warm, their noses cold,
so release me, the pet store is going to close.
We will soon have crawling arachinids
reptiles, rodents, amphibians
a skunk, three monkeys, a wallaroo -
release me, and our home will become a zoo.
Please, release me, can't you see
I'll bring us an entire menagerie
for our exotic, luxurious personal show...
hmmm... now I know why you will not let me go.