In 1975, Rabbitt signed on with Elektra Records, who had recently created a country music division. His early pieces were strongly C&W, such as "Two Dollars in the Jukebox." Later, his music began to be influenced by R&B and pop. He scored some of his biggest hits with tunes such as "Drinkin' My Baby Off My Mind" (1976), "You Don't Love Me Anymore" (1978), "I Love a Rainy Night" (1980), "Drivin' My Life Away" (1980), "Step by Step" (1981), and a duet with Crystal Gayle, "You and I" (1982) which broke over into the adult contemporary charts. He was also well-known for writing and recording the theme song for the 1978 Clint Eastwood movie "Every Which Way But Loose."
During the late 1980s, Rabbitt was one of many pop-influenced country stars who lost ground on the charts to more traditional-sounding artists. He recorded very little during the 1990s, in part because of the illness and subsequent death of his young son. After his son died, Rabbitt became active in raising money for organizations that aid sick children. Rabbitt himself died of lung cancer at the age of 56.
During his career, Rabbitt scored 26 #1 hits on the country charts, and had 8 Top 40 pop hits. He was named the Top New Male Vocalist by the Academy of Country Music in 1977, and he won an American Music Award for Best Pop Male Vocalist in 1981.
Eddie Rabbitt is interred in Calvary Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee.
You Can't Run from Love
Eddie Rabbitt Lyrics
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Trying to loose her memory
But every where that I touched down
I found it waiting there for me
You can't run from love, there's just no place
In this world you can hide
You can't run from love,
Give up.
Sail across the seven sea's
Climb upon the mountain high
Build a wall around your heart
It's going to find you every single time
You can travel in a time machine,
Disappear without a trace
It won't matter where you go
It's going to find you any place
You can travel in a time machine,
Disappear without a trace
It won't matter where you go
It's going to find you any place.
You can't run from love there's just no place
In this world you can hide
You can't run from love
You can't run from love there's just no place
In this world cause I've tried
You can't run from love
You can't run from love
In Eddie Rabbitt's song You Can't Run from Love, the singer expresses the futility of trying to escape the power of love. The lyrics describe how the singer tries to lose the memory of a past love by traveling around the world, sailing across the seven seas, and even climbing mountains, but to no avail. Everywhere he goes, the memory of the love he left behind follows him. The chorus drives home the message that there is no hiding from love, and that the only thing left for the singer to do is to give up trying to escape its grasp.
The lyrics convey a sense of emotional vulnerability and a longing for a lost love that persistently haunts the singer. The repetition of the line "You can't run from love" reinforces this message, while the listing of various methods of escape creates a feeling of desperation and futility. The imagery of traveling across the world and through time gives the impression that the singer has tried everything in his power to escape his memories, but ultimately, love is an omnipresent force that cannot be outrun.
Line by Line Meaning
I took a plane around the world,
I traveled around the world on a plane,
Trying to loose her memory
I was trying to forget about my love,
But every where that I touched down
But no matter where I went,
I found it waiting there for me
My love was always waiting for me there,
You can't run from love, there's just no place
You cannot escape love, anywhere you go,
In this world you can hide
You can't hide from love in this world,
When it's looking for you all you can do is
When love is searching for you, there's nothing you can do but
Give up.
accept it.
Sail across the seven sea's
You could travel across the seven seas,
Climb upon the mountain high
Climb a high mountain,
Build a wall around your heart
Build a barrier around your heart,
It's going to find you every single time
Love will always find its way in,
You can travel in a time machine,
Even if you could travel in a time machine,
Disappear without a trace
You could disappear without leaving any trace,
It won't matter where you go
It doesn't matter where you go,
It's going to find you any place
Love will still find you anywhere,
You can't run from love there's just no place
You can never run away from love, anywhere you go,
In this world you can hide
You can't hide from love in this world,
You can't run from love
Trying to run away from love is futile,
You can't run from love there's just no place
Nowhere in this world can you escape from love,
Cause I've tried
I've tried but failed.
You can't run from love
You cannot run away from love.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: DAVID MALLOY, EDDIE RABBITT, EVEN STEVENS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Joseph Amari
on Gotta Have You
These are the correct lyrics for Gotta Have You Eddie Rabbitt
Standing at the window
Waiting for the light
Staring down the barrel
Of a rainy night
Mister Walker, help me kill the pain
'Cause red is his color
And John is his name
Help me kill the pain
I gotta have you
Nothing's ever gonna be right
If I don't have you
Another string of these lonely nights
Ain't never gonna do
When I let you get away from me
I was a fool in the first degree
And I gotta have you
I used to listen to your heartbeat every night
It was such a good love, and it felt so right
And I still don't know what made me stray
But I took you for granted, and I gave you away
I just gave you away
I gotta have you
Nothing's ever gonna be right
If I don't have you
Another string of these lonely nights
Ain't never gonna do
When I let you get away from me
I was a fool in the first degree
And I gotta have you, you
I feel like I'm living on borrowed time
I've got a damn good reason for walking the line
I keep praying for the ringing of the telephone
I'm gonna hope these tears will bring you home
Won't you please come home, yeah
'Cause I gotta have you
Nothing's ever gonna be right
If I don't have you
Another string of these lonely nights
Ain't never gonna do
When I let you get away from me
I was a fool in the first degree
And I gotta have you
Nothing's ever gonna be right
If I don't have you
Another string of these lonely nights
Ain't never gonna do
When I let you get away from me
I was a fool in the first degree
And I gotta have you
Nothing's ever gonna be right
If I don't have you
Another string of these lonely nights
Ain't never gonna do