Eddie Rabbitt

Songwriter: Even Stevens Eddie Rabbitt

Producer: David Malloy

The honky-tonk hero
Met the honky-tonk girl
She took him on a heartbreak ride
All around the world

So, bartender
Don't ask me why
I'm sitting drinking in this place
It's as plain as the pain on my face

She had a set of red lips
Burned a hole in my heart
She had a way of holding me
That really tore me apart

But, bartender
Don't ask me why
I'm looking like a hopeless case
It's as plain as the pain on my face

Well, it's as plain as the pain
Running like rain down my cheek
And I cry from the lies
I never saw in her eyes when she made love to me

So, bartender
Don't ask me
What I think about the human race
It's as plain as the pain on my face

Well, it's as plain as the pain running
Like rain down my cheek
And I cry from the lies
I never saw in her eyes when she made love to me

So, bartender
Don't you ask me
What I think about the human race
Ooh, it's as plain as the pain on my face
It's as plain as the pain on my face

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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