During the 70s, while still in his teens, Mitchell began playing with local bands in the city of Sarnia. After evolving through a few name changes with essentially the same band, Mitchell and a group titled "Zooom" headed off for Toronto, Ontario. The band eventually dissolved, with Mitchell travelling over to the Greek islands.
Upon his return to Canada, he formed the band Max Webster, which managed to finally break through commercially. Besides playing the group, Mitchell and wrote most of the band's songs with fellow Sarnia native and lyricist, Pye Dubois (Paul Woods). Max Webster toured extensively and built a string of hits. Mitchell's solo career began after his departure from Max Webster, with session work and a succession of solo albums.
In early 1985, the song "Go For Soda" from the Akimbo Alogo album became an international hit and perhaps remains his best known song outside of his native Canada.
In 2004, Mitchell entered the radio broadcasting industry, becoming afternoon drive time host on Toronto classic rock radio station Q107.
As of 2005, Mitchell, still does the afternoon drive time on Q107, and is working on a new double CD set for a Spring 2006 release.
In December of 2005, Mitchell had proposed to the Q107 listeners that they write a Christmas song together. The resulting song is entitled "A Christmas Smile". At the end of the song, Mitchell advises his fans not to drink and drive, but to "go for a soda" instead.
Get Back What's Gone
Kim Mitchell Lyrics
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Again your love tasted sweet
The sun came and melted us away one day
Rain drops they fall on me I yell, get off my lawn
You maybe, you wanna be I wanna get back what's gone
Get back what's gone
Everything that she brings
Come on and be my anything
I wanna get back what's gone
Two minus me is you
Tell me, how are you enjoying the view
How do you like walking home at night alone
Am I getting through to you
Was is ho hum and yawn
I need something more than me
I need to get back what's gone
Get back what's gone
Give me that everything that she brings
Get back what's gone
Come on and be my everything
Get back what's gone
Oh I wanna talk to you in the night
When I said, it was time that I moved on
Rain drops were falling Get off my lawn
In Kim Mitchell's song "Get Back What's Gone," the lyrics capture the longing that one feels after losing something or someone they once had. The song starts with the image of the singer and his love walking along the water's edge, and how good their love tasted at one point. However, the poignant reality of the loss hits soon after, as raindrops begin to fall and the singer yells, "get off my lawn," as if to ward off any interlopers in his heartbreak. The chorus then comes in, where the singer repeats his desire to get back what he's lost, to have everything that she brings, and be his everything.
The second verse expands on the idea that the singer needs someone other than himself, and that the loss of his love has left him feeling incomplete. He wonders how his former love is doing and if she's enjoying the view of the world without him. The line "two minus me is you" speaks to the idea that the singer feels less than himself without his love, and that they were a complete unit when they were together. He asks if he's getting through to her and if his need for something more than himself is resonating with her. The song ends with a repetition of the chorus, and the singer once again stating that he wants to talk to his love in the night.
Overall, "Get Back What's Gone" is a touching and relatable song about the heartbreak that comes with losing someone we love. The lyrics capture the emptiness and longing that can follow, and the desire to reclaim what's been lost.
Line by Line Meaning
Dream that we walked by the waters edge
Remembering a time when we were in love and carefree
Again your love tasted sweet
Remembering how it felt to be in love with you
The sun came and melted us away one day
Our love faded away as time passed
Rain drops they fall on me I yell, get off my lawn
I'm angry and frustrated with the world
You maybe, you wanna be I wanna get back what's gone
I want to rekindle our love and get back what we've lost
Two minus me is you
We are incomplete without each other
Tell me, how are you enjoying the view
Are you happy with your life without me?
How do you like walking home at night alone
Do you miss having me by your side?
Am I getting through to you
Are you understanding how I feel?
Was is ho hum and yawn
Our lives were boring without each other
I need something more than me
I need you in my life to be complete
Get back what's gone
I want to regain our lost love
Give me that everything that she brings
Remind me of what I've lost without you
Come on and be my everything
I want you to be all that I need
Oh I wanna talk to you in the night
I want to connect with you on a deeper level
When I said, it was time that I moved on
I thought I could live without you
Rain drops were falling Get off my lawn
I was angry and frustrated because I couldn't live without you
Contributed by Nolan S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Gary 'Bubba Kent' Carpenter
This is one of my favorite cd's, got to meet Kim and Paul at the Tralf Theater in Buffalo, NY in 2001. Amazing show!
Kelly Mark
Yes i bet it was ,... he always puts on amazing show! I have seen him live so many time and i have never been disappointed ! Got To Love the Kim Mitchell :)