Released: December 1, 1978

Songwriter: Steve Dorff Snuff Garrett Milton Brown

Producer: Snuff Garrett

I've always been the kind of man
Who doesn't believe in strings
Long term obligations are just unnecessary things
But girl, ya got me thinkin'
While I'm drinkin' one more beer
If I'm headed for a heartache
Then why the hell am I still here

I'm testin' my resistance
And it's wearin' mighty thin
I've got the feelin' I should leave
Before the roof caves in
My mind tells me to move along
But my body begs me stay
And now I feel the need to hold you close
And love the night away
While you're turnin' me

Every which way but loose
You turn me
Every which way but loose
Inside the fire's burnin' me
In my mind you just keep turnin' me
Every which but loose
Baby there's no excuse
To turn me every which way but loose

When the sun comes up in the mornin'
It should find me some place new
But right this minute all I want
Is to lay here next to you
Those memories still keep callin' me
From somewhere in my past
Better hurry if they want me
'Cause I can feel me fadin' fast
While you're turnin' me

Every which way but loose
You turn me
Every which way but loose
Inside the fire's burnin' me
In my mind you just keep turnin' me
Every which but loose
Baby there's no excuse
To turn me every which way but loose

Eddie Rabbitt

Edward Thomas Rabbitt was born November 27, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York to Irish immigrant parents. He was raised in East Orange, New Jersey. On his 35th birthday, he married Janine Girardi. They had three children. One daughter, Demelza, and two sons, Timmy & Tommy. Timmy was born with biliary atresia and died in childhood after a failed liver transplant intended to save his life. In March 1997, Eddie learned that he had lung cancer. He passed away on May 7, 1998. Rabbitt received several awards over the years. The Academy of Country Music Awards Top New Male Vocalist in 1977. Music City News Country Songwriter of the Year and BMI’s Robert J. Burton Award for “Suspicions” in 1979. 1980 brought BMI’s Song of the Year for “Suspicions.” In 1996 he pulled in BMI’s Three Million-Air Award and Two Million-Air Awards for “I Love a Rainy Night” and “Kentucky Rain”, respectively. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame the year of his death, 1998. Eddie’s final #1 hit came in 1989 with “On Second Thought”.