Alannah Myles

Do you really wanna know me?
Do you care what's inside?
Can you ever really show me?
There's no secrets I must hide

If I bare my soul, can you accept it all?
My darkest corner's safe behind a wall
Do you really wanna know me at all?

I can't accept the pain
My brain screams like a runaway train
Trying to keep my heart on track
The embers turned to flame and I want you back

But I can't trust a memory
I can't trust a memory
No, I can't trust me

Do you really wanna know me?
Do you know what makes me smile?
Can you ever really promise me?
This time it's not a lie

I'll believe it's true
When you're standin' at my door
I'm always here for you
And I'll open it once more

Do you really wanna know me?
Do you really wanna know me at all?
Do you really wanna know me?
Do you really wanna know me at all?

Do you really wanna know me?
Do you really wanna know me at all?

When Alannah Myles played the role of a young aspiring singer on an episode of The Kids Of Degrassi Street, it was more than just an act. Less than a decade later, the daughter of Canadian Hall Of Fame Broadcaster William Douglas Byles would be a Grammy and Juno Award-winning singer best known for her 1990 international hit “Black Velvet”.

Myles (who changed her last name from Byles as a teen) began writing songs at nine and was participating in Toronto’s Kiwanis Music Festival at twelve. While gigging solo at nineteen across southern Ontario, songwriter/musician Christopher Ward invited her to form a rock and blues cover band with him. During this time Ward became MuchMusic’s first VJ.

Ward spent seven years trying to get Myles signed. He produced a three song demo for her, and her entertainment lawyer Stephen Stohn came up with the idea of making a ‘video demo’ of Myles singing “Just One Kiss”. This finally attracted Warner Music Canada in 1987. The demo was passed along to Warner’s US affiliate labels and Atlantic Records also took interest.

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