Alannah Myles

There's a place on Starowka
Lots of people live there
Not supposed to, government says no
But they don't care

The sirens blare, apocalypse
Musicians still play on
They don't know who their god is now
They only know this song

In all of Warsaw's grandeur
In the eyes of the ancient soul
We call upon our ancestors to sanctify this hall

They do the dance
They do the dance of love
Into each other's arms they fall
They do the dance of love
Oni robie tan ice milosci

We move into the light
We got to set our beings free
We scream our indiscretions
A glorious reprieve

Hold me in your last embrace
Escape the king of doom
Who will hold our hand through time
When the rose has lost it's bloom

In all of Warsaw's grandeur
In the eyes of the ancient soul
We call upon our ancestors to sanctify this hall

We do the dance, we do the dance of love
Into each other's arms we fall
We do the dance of love
Into each other's arms we fall
We do the dance of love

Hold me in your last embrace
Escape the king of doom
Who will hold our hand through time
When the dance has left this room

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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Arival (1997)

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