Dexys Midnight Runners

Songwriter: Kevin Rowland

Producer: Billy Adams Helen O’Hara Alan Winstanley Kevin Rowland

I don't want sympathy, No
Somewhere for these sins to go
Compromise is the devil talking and he spoke to me

He mentioned something of moving in
I conversed once with him and yes
He related to me how necessity is evil's mother
He has no father
Only victims weak or strong
I hope this won't take long
It won't take long

I was right the first time
I'll put it right with thirst now

Well, you might say I'm trying to redeem myself and in a way
I think this is true
I'm just trying to chew off more than those people that bite more than I do

You could say I'm a bitter man
I would agree I think this is true
I will remain so until I know more than those that know more than I do

It kind of reminds me of that burning feeling
I used to get
Yeah?
Kind of reminds me, it's the same kind of feeling
I see
You know that, you know the little problem I used to get
What problem?
You know the problem
Are you still getting trouble with that?
Yeah, not all the time or anything
Like it was?
Yeah, sometimes
Are you sure it's not heartburn?
Heartburn, no it's not a bit like heartburn, it's nothing like that

You know that problem, the one I used to get
Oh yeah
Well I still get trouble
Somethings I won't forget

Nothing big, nothing important
Just a little incident about burning
It's just a little matter of a burning
It's not arson, it's not arson
Nothing to get excited about
It's my own problem I'll deal with it in my own time, alright?

My burning, oh my burning

Like I said, it's my problem I'll deal with it myself

Ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah

Dexys Midnight Runners (currently officially Dexys, their common nickname; sometimes styled with and sometimes without an apostrophe) are an English pop band with soul influences, who achieved their major success in the early to mid-1980s. They are best known in the UK for their songs “Come On Eileen” and “Geno”, both of which peaked at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, as well as six other top-20 singles.

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Dexys went through numerous personnel changes over the course of three albums and thirteen singles, with only singer/songwriter/co-founder Kevin Rowland remaining in the band through all of the transitions and only Rowland and “Big” Jim Paterson (trombone) appearing on all of the albums. By 1985, the band consisted only of Rowland and long-standing members Helen O'Hara (violin) and Billy Adams (guitar). The band broke up in 1987, with Rowland becoming a solo artist. After two failed restart attempts, Dexys was reformed by Rowland in 2003 with new members, as well as a few returning members from the band’s original lineup (known as Dexys Mark I). Dexys released their fourth album in 2012 and a fifth followed in 2016.

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