Eddie Rabbitt

Songwriter: Billy Joe Walker Jr. Eddie Rabbitt

Producer: Richard Landis

I came in here to have a good time
With nothing particular on my mind
When I saw you sitting there by yourself
Why don’t we put a nickel in the old jukebox?
Yeah, come on baby, I’ll dance off your socks
Cause you sure look like you need a friend tonight

I wanna dance with you, be with you
Maybe you could show me a thing or two
I wanna dance with you, talk with you
Maybe together we can shake the blues
I wanna dance with you, rock with you
We’ll have a ball before the night is through
I wanna dance with you
I wanna dance with you
I wanna dance with you-woo-woo-woo-woo

I don’t even know your name yet
But you’re the kind of girl a man can’t forget
The way you move sure sets my soul on fire
So come on baby we’ll show ‘em all
We’ll dance on the ceiling, we’ll dance on the wall
Before you’re through, dance into this heart of mine, mine, mine

I wanna dance with you, be with you
Maybe you could show me a thing or two
I wanna dance with you, and talk with you
Maybe together we can shake the blues
I wanna dance with you, rock with you
We’ll have a ball before the night is through
I wanna dance with you
I wanna dance with you
I wanna dance with you-woo-woo-woo-woo
Yeah

So come on baby we’ll show ‘em all
We’ll dance on the ceiling, we’ll dance on the wall
Before you’re through, dance into this heart of mine, mine, mine, mine, mine

I wanna dance with you, be with you
Maybe you could show me a thing or two
I wanna dance with you, talk with you
Maybe together we can shake the blues
I wanna dance with you, rock with you
We’ll have a ball before the night is through
I wanna dance with you
I wanna dance with you
I said I wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna dance with you-woo-woo-woo-woo
Woo-woo-woo-woo
Can’t you hear me little darling?

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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