Alannah Myles

Everything happens for a reason
All our rivers run to the sea
Every last emotion has its season
Who knows which one brought you to me?

You struck me like a match
And I had to burn
You found a deeper part of me

What am I gonna do about
The way I feel
How do I shake the weight of everything that I
Have been?
It's so hard to fall after all
That's fallen through
What am I gonna do… with you?

The whole world's hangin'
On this heartbeat
And the angle of your smile
I can only hold back for so long
Lemme know you for a while

Love is like a flood
And there ain't no end in sight
Comin' from a deeper part of me

So What am I gonna do about
The way I feel
How can I shake the weight of
Everything that I have been?
It's so hard to fall after all
That's fallen through
What am I gonna do… with you?

What am I gonna do about
The way I feel
How do I shake the weight of everything that I
Have been?
Its so hard to fall after all
That's fallen through
What am I gonna do… with you?

What am I gonna do… with you?

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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