Eddie Rabbitt

Songwriter: David Malloy Even Stevens Eddie Rabbitt

Producer: David Malloy

I was just passing through
Wasn't staying long till I met you
And when you said, "hello"
My heart just knew
What else could I do?

Stand right here
And fall in love with you
Girl, you're almost too good to be true

Now we're swaying to the music
And your body's soft and warm
Flowing with the feeling
Here in my arms

I just want to love you
I just want to hold you tight
Lay right here with you all night
I just want to love you

What good is life
If you don't take a chance on love a time or two?
And I want to take my chance with you

Cause it could be so sweet
As long as you're close to me
There's nothing in this world we couldn't be

Now we're swaying to the music
And your body's soft and warm
Flowing with the feeling
Here in my arms

I just want to love you
I just want to hold you tight
Lay right here with you all night
I just want to love you

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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