Dexys Midnight Runners

Released: June 3, 2016

Songwriter: Diane Warren

[Verse 1]
Without you
There would be no sun in my sky
There would be no love in my life
What kind of life would that be
Oh I

Baby, I don't know what I would do
I'd be lost if I lost you

[Chorus]
If you ever leave
Baby you would take away
Everything worthwhile in my life
And tell me
How do I live without you
I want to know
How do I breathe without you
If you ever go
How could I ever, ever survive
How could I live

[Chorus]
If you ever leave
Baby you would take away everything
Need you with me
Baby don't you know that you are
The only thing worthwhile in my life
And tell me
How do I live without you
I just want to know
How do I breathe (tell the people)
How do I ever, ever survive
Oh how, how, how, how how how how
How do I live

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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