Eddie Rabbitt

Songwriter: Reed Nielsen

Producer: Richard Landis

A full moon hangs in an empty sky
They're just two people in a car going by
They're young and restless, and they don't know
They'll take any road, they don't care where it goes

The scene is set, everything is right
He turns to her in the fading light
And he says I don't understand it
But there's no way to stop it

When we make love
And I feel the power you give me
We're talking wordlessly
When we make love

Time is on the wing, it just goes flying by
And it gets late and she starts to cry
And he says we gotta go but it won't always be this way
I feel it coming closer every day

When we make love
And I feel the power you give me
We'll go on endlessly
When we make love

When we make love
And I feel the power you give me
We'll go on endlessly
When we make love

Scratched-up lunchbox, pale blue shirts
Slide in the front seat, getting off from work
She folds the kids clothes, puts them away
And after all this time he can't wait to her
At the end of the day she smiles
She remembers what he used to say

A full moon hangs in an empty sky
Screen door slams, and a baby cries
It's the end of another long day
And I just thank God some things never change

When we make love
And I feel the power you give me
We'll go on endlessly
When we make love

When we make love
And I feel the power you give me
We'll go on endlessly
When we make love

When we make love
And I feel the power you give me
We'll go on and on and on
When we make love

When we make love
And I feel the power you give me

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”.

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