Dexys Midnight Runners

Songwriter: Kevin Rowland Steve Torch

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

Don't stand me down, or around
For I'll never stop saying your name

I was the one who came rushing to see you believed in your strategy
Followed your course
Around this time, yes, I came near to remorse
I never quite did, of course
But then, things were no worse

And you were the one I was waiting to see, believed implicitly
But I never took tea
I was always in doubt
About working it out
Hence my reasons to shout

Were in permanent doubt

It's all changed now

Now, though it seems I am losing
It's not true
And though it seems there's confusion
It's also not true

As if I could not see
Believed implicitly
In the tales of the British democracy
How I swooned to the stories of Royal victories
But the books of history were fairy tale stories
But, never one to doubt
And not first think about
I restrained all my doubt
Now I'm working it out
Your good sister, it seems
Is nowhere to be seen
They don't talk of Kathleen
Things are not how they seem

There's no beauty any more

Now, though it seems I am losing
It's not true
And though it seems there's confusion, it's also not true
You say wait
But some things don't wait any more
Well, I've been to the promised Land
I've been there
I've also been down to the bottom
And looked up from despair

Now, though it seems I am losing
It's not true
Now, though it seems there's confusion it's also not true
Some things won't wait any more

Don't stand me down, or around
For I'll never stop saying your name

Here is a protest

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.

more tracks from the album

Don’t Stand Me Down

From the albums

Don’t Stand Me Down (1985)
Nowhere Is Home (2014)

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Don’t Stand Me Down