Eddie Rabbitt

Songwriter: Even Stevens Eddie Rabbitt

Producer: David Malloy

Hey, Bartender
Pop the top on another can
Give me ten dimes
For this dollar in my hand
Turn the knob on the jukebox way up loud
I might drive out the whole damn crowd
But I'm drinking my baby off my mind

Hey, Joe
You're lookin' at me like I was half crazy
But ain't you never
Loved and lost a real special lady
She was a sweet lovin' momma she treated me right
I stepped out on her one to many times
Now I'm drinking my baby off my mind

Drinkin' and thinking about facin' tomorrow
Sinkin', sinkin' in a sea of sorrow

Hey, Bartender
Line 'em up down the bar
I'm gonna try
And wash away all these lovin scars
Now don't worry 'bout me weavin' I'll be alright
Show me the door when you close up tonight
'Cause I'm drinking my baby off my mind

No don't you worry about me weaving I'll be alright
Show me the door when you close up tonight
'Cause I'm drinking my baby off my mind
Yes I'm drinking my baby off my mind

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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