Alannah Myles

Writers: A.Myles M.Borkosky, Featuring Jeff Healey on guitar
April 25th,2002 (9 in E )

Anywhere but home
That's where you're going
It sucks to be alone
It's safer not knowing

When everything feels wrong
You don't know your left from right
When passion's running strong
And you can't see the light

B/ It's cold out there alone
As you're filling up your belly with doubt
You keep running home
Everytime we've, fallen out

Chorus:
You ain't goin' anywhere baby, You ain't goin' anywhere but home
You ain't goin' anywhere baby, You ain't goin' anywhere but home

Verse II
With me or without me
It doesn't matter
Truth hurts like hell
There ain't nobody sadder

B/ It's cold out there alone
You won't feel it til the bottle runs dry
Until your, blind and running home
Asking yourself, why...

Chorus
You ain't goin' anywhere baby, You ain't goin' anywhere but home
You ain't goin' anywhere baby, You ain't goin' anywhere but home...

When Alannah Myles played the role of a young aspiring singer on an episode of The Kids Of Degrassi Street, it was more than just an act. Less than a decade later, the daughter of Canadian Hall Of Fame Broadcaster William Douglas Byles would be a Grammy and Juno Award-winning singer best known for her 1990 international hit “Black Velvet”.

Myles (who changed her last name from Byles as a teen) began writing songs at nine and was participating in Toronto’s Kiwanis Music Festival at twelve. While gigging solo at nineteen across southern Ontario, songwriter/musician Christopher Ward invited her to form a rock and blues cover band with him. During this time Ward became MuchMusic’s first VJ.

Ward spent seven years trying to get Myles signed. He produced a three song demo for her, and her entertainment lawyer Stephen Stohn came up with the idea of making a ‘video demo’ of Myles singing “Just One Kiss”. This finally attracted Warner Music Canada in 1987. The demo was passed along to Warner’s US affiliate labels and Atlantic Records also took interest.

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