Eddie Rabbitt

Songwriter: Eddie Rabbitt

Producer: Richard Landis

I don't wanna hear any heavy metal
I don't wanna hear one more rap song
I don't wanna hear no dirty talkin' on the radio
All day long

I don't wanna hear any songs about Satan
I don't wanna hear any violent screams
How in the world can they call that music
When you're t-t-talkin' with a drum machine?

I wanna hear good old country music on the radio
I wanna hear lead guitar and a hot piano and an old banjo
I wanna hear people singing in sweet harmony
I wanna hear something that sounds like music to me

Well, I was driving around with my baby sittin' by my side
And on the radio came a song about suicide
I looked at her, she looked at me
I said, "We don't need this insanity"
So she flipped around for some variety
Checkin' out low and high society
When on came something that was nice and slow
Was a guy named Rabbitt and I said, "Whoa, don't touch that dial"

I wanna hear good old country music on the radio
I wanna hear lead guitar and a hot piano and an old banjo
I wanna hear people singing in sweet harmony
I wanna hear something that sounds like music to me

Now there are those out there who would have you believe
That it's cool to be as bad as you wanna be
But as for me, what I'd rather hear
Something that sounds like music to my ears

I wanna hear good old country music on the radio
I wanna hear lead guitar and a hot piano and an old banjo
I wanna hear people singing in sweet harmony
I wanna hear something that sounds like music to me

I wanna hear good old American music on the radio
I wanna hear lead guitar and a hot piano and an old banjo
I wanna hear people singing in sweet harmony
I wanna hear something that sounds like music to me
I wanna hear something that sounds like music to me

None of my business what you listen to
It's up to you, it's a free country

I don't wanna hear any heavy metal
I don't wanna hear one more rap song

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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