Jeffrey Roger Kanew (born December 16, 1944) is an American film director, screenwriter, film producer and film editor who early in his career made trailers for many films of the 1970s and is probably best known for directing the film Revenge of the Nerds (1984) and for editing Ordinary People.
Kanew directed Gotcha! (1985) and Tough Guys (1986), the final film pairing actors Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster, having initially directed Douglas in 1983's Eddie Macon's Run. His other directorial efforts includeTroop Beverly Hills starring Shelley Long, V.I. Warshawski starring Kathleen Turner, Natural Enemies starring Hal Holbrook and Louise Fletcher, Babij Jar, a Holocaust drama, National Lampoon's Adam and Eve, several TV episodes, and for the stage and video versions of the Kirk Douglas one-man show "Before I Forget" (2009).
Kanew also directed the documentary Black Rodeo (1972) capturing the events surrounding the first ever performance of an all-black rodeo in the neighborhood of Harlem in New York City.
Sonny:
Why do I say
Don't walk away
You'll be the way you were before
When you don't want me anymore
Don't turn around
Don't ever leave
A lonely room where empty days
Are gathering to meet me when you're
Sonny/Muses:
Gone, gone
Sonny:
How in the world will I go on
Muses:
Don't walk away
Sonny:
All you gotta do is stay
Muses:
Don't walk away
Sonny:
All you gotta do is stay
Muses:
Don't walk away
Sonny:
Don't walk away
Muses:
Don't walk away
Sonny:
Don't say goodbye
Muses:
Don't say goodbye
Sonny:
Don't turn around
Muses:
Don't turn around
Sonny:
Don't let it die
Muses:
Don't let it die
Sonny:
When shadows fall
Muses:
When shadows fall
Sonny:
When day is done
Muses:
When day is done
Sonny:
All through the night
Muses:
All through the night
Sonny:
All of my life
Muses:
All of my life
Sonny:
Don't walk away
Danny:
Is it a dream,
When will it end
When everything we've ever known
Has ended and I'm all alone
Where will I go
Melpomene/Calliope:
Where will he go
Danny:
Where will I be
The feelings that I've never shown
Maybe I'll find the answer when you're
Danny/Melpomene/Calliope:
Gone, gone
Danny:
How in the world will I go on
Melpomene:
Don't walk away
Calliope:
All you gotta do is stay
Melpomene:
Don't walk away
Muses:
Don't walk away
Sonny:
Don't walk away
Muses:
Don't say goodbye
Sonny:
Don't say goodbye
Muses:
Don't turn around
Sonny:
Don't turn around
Muses:
Don't let it die
Sonny:
Don’t let it die
Muses:
When shadows fall
When day is done
All through the night
Sonny:
All through the night
Muses:
All of my life
Sonny:
Don't walk away
Muses:
Don't walk away
Sonny:
Don't say goodbye
Muses:
Don't say goodbye
Sonny:
Don't turn around
Muses:
Don't turn around
Sonny:
Don't let it die
Muses:
Don't let it die
Sonny:
When shadows fall
Muses:
When shadows fall
Sonny:
When day is done
Muses:
When day is done
Sonny:
All through the night
Muses:
All through the night
Sonny:
All of my life
Muses:
All of my life
Sonny/Muses: