Alannah Myles

In the chilly moments of a lifetime gone astray
There's a look in your eyes that I just can't explain
All my angels surround me as I sleep
Protecting me from falling in too deep

I don't know what to make of you
So I'll make believe that you love me
I don't know what to believe is true
All I wanna do is make love

Part of me is waiting for you
Part of me is free
I would show my world to you
If only you could see
Part of me is living inside you
Why have angels denied you?

I don't know what to make of you
So I'll make believe that you love me
I don't know what to believe is true
All I wanna do is make love

To you, darling to you
Part of me is living inside you
Why have angels denied you?

I don't know what to make of you
So I'll make believe that you love me
I don't know what to believe is true
All I wanna do is make love

I don't know what to make of you
So I'll make believe that you love me
I don't know what to believe is true
All I wanna do is make love, oh

I don't know what to make of you
I don't know what to believe is true, oh
I don't know what to make of you
I don't know what to believe is true
All I wanna do is make love

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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