Alannah Myles

Make me a necklace of carnelian
Buy me some ribbons for my hair
I will change like a chameleon
If you show me that you care

Take a deep breath of this virtue
Remember who your princess is
Your smile will be the guardian
Of all my weaknesses

Chorus:
Will you be the keeper of my heart
Will you be what time has not forgot
When I have fallen from your grace
Will you be what time cannot erase
Will you be the keeper baby
Will you hide the darkness deep
Will you be the keeper of my heart

Verse II:
I rest my gaze upon this ocean
Buried deep inside your eyes
I'm a slave to my emotions
The innocence that lies

And when the winds of change have broken baby
Every battle, every bough
Will your anger be unspoken
On the twilight of this vow

Chorus:
Will you be the keeper of my heart
Will you be what time has not forgot
When I have fallen from your grace
Will you be what time cannot erase
Will you be the keeper baby
Will you hide the darkness deep
Will you be the keeper of my heart

Solo

Chorus:
Will you be the keeper of my heart
Will you be what time has not forgot
When I have fallen from your grace
Will you be what time cannot erase
Will you be the keeper baby
Will you hide the darkness deep
Will you be the keeper of my heart

Will you be the keeper baby
Will you hide the darkness deep
Will you be in my heart

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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