Eddie Rabbitt

Songwriter: David Malloy Larry Byrom Even Stevens Eddie Rabbitt

Producer: David Malloy

Lightning struck me from out of the blue
It just a-hit me like a bolt
I just stood there shakin' all over
From the jolt

I opened up my eyes and discovered
What knocked me to my knees
You make my heart skip a beat, beat

All day long I'm walkin' around in a daze, yeah
And when I close my eyes, surprise, I see your pretty face

You kissed me, you touched me
The Earth moved 'neath my feet
You make my heart skip a beat, beat

All day long I'm walkin' around in a daze, yeah
And when I close my eyes, surprise, I see your pretty face

You kissed me, you touched me
The Earth moved 'neath my feet
You make my heart skip a beat, beat
You make my heart skip a beat, beat
You, yeah, you, make my heart skip a beat
Only you make my heart, skip a, skip a
Oh, oh, only you make my heart skip a beat, beat
Oh, oh, only you make my heart skip a beat, beat
Only you make my heart skip a beat, beat
Oh, oh, only you make my heart skip a beat, beat, beat
(Only you make my heart skip a beat)
(Only you make my heart skip a beat)

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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