Not Gonna Fall Away

[Image: 'Limelight' Front Cover]

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Oh God do you know I love you
You're more than a friend to me
Much more than another lover
Much more than a friend could be

I'm willing to take my chances
I'm giving it all away
Won't take any mere romances
I'll leave them to yesterday

Once all of my life was fading away
And now that I've found you here
Waiting for me to make it your way
Now that I've found you

Hey I'm not gonna fall away
No I'm not falling away

I've been in a way so wicked
More trouble than I can know
I never believed I'd make it
From seeing the fire below

You're taking away my worry
For reasons I never knew
I'm praying to see you hurry
'Cause I'm waiting to be with you

Once all of my life was fading away
And now that I've found you here
Waiting for me to make it your way
Now that I've found you

Hey I'm not gonna fall away
No I'm not falling away

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About The Song

From "...As You Squint With the Light Of Truth In Your Eyes", Cross Rhythms, February/March 1994:

Are there any things you did during your Sparrow days as an artist you are determined to never do again?

"I look back on most of those events very fondly, but there were a few embarrassing moments. The one that springs more immediately to mind is a certain duet that the record company talked me into singing on. I think that, given the choice between prolonged dental surgery and hearing that particular record in its entirety, I would choose the former."

From a thread on rec.music.christian, February-March 1995:

... "Not Gonna Fall Away" from the Transatlantic Meow Mix album will be reissued over my cold, dead, lifeless, pestilence-ridden, buzzard-pecked, one-hour-Martinized bones. In fact, I'm probably willing to pay for copies to destroy during my leisure hours, although burning them causes the neighborhood to reek of molten sap. But thanks for the suggestion.

From Sonfest '95 Press Conference, Peter T. Chattaway, July 28th, 1995:

PTC: There were two songs I'm aware of that have not been released on CD yet. One of them, "Not Gonna Fall Away", you said would be released over your "chicken-pecked corpse".

ST: That's correct, yes.

PTC: Why?

ST: Because I think it's just a dreadful nine-minute meow mix from the pit of hell. [laughter around the room] I wouldn't wish it on anybody.