Eddie Rabbitt

Songwriter: Even Stevens Eddie Rabbitt

Producer: Jimmy Bowen Eddie Rabbitt Even Stevens

There's a plane comin' in at nine
I'm gonna leave a little early, wanna be there on time
'Cause my baby's flyin' in tonight
And I really can't believe I'm gonna look in her eyes
And my heart is racin' down the road
But there's something that my heart don't know

She ain't comin' back to stay the night
She's just comin' back to make things right
To tell me face to face the truth
She's found somebody new in her life
No, she's ain't comin' back to stay this time
She's just comin' back to ease her mind
No, she ain't comin' back to stay
She's comin' back to say goodbye
She ain't comin' back to stay
She's comin' back to say goodbye

She sees the lights of the city below
In just a couple of minutes we'll be kissin' hello
And she acts like she's readin' her book
But she's thinkin' how happy I'm gonna look
And already there's a lump in her throat
How will she tell me what I don't wanna know?

She ain't comin' back to stay the night
She's just comin' back to make things right
To tell me face to face the truth
She's found somebody new in her life, in her life
No, she's ain't comin' back to stay this time
She's just comin' back to ease her mind
No, she ain't comin' back to stay
She's comin' back to say goodbye
She ain't comin' back to stay
She's comin' back to say goodbye
She ain't comin' back to stay
She's comin' back to say goodbye
She ain't comin' back to stay
She's comin' back to say goodbye
Ooh, she ain't

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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