Dexys Midnight Runners

Released: June 3, 2016

[Chorus]
I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen
Across the ocean wild and wide
To where your heart has ever been
Since first you were my bonny bride
The roses all have left your cheeks
I watched them fade away and die
You voice is sad when ever you speak
And tears before your loving eyes
Oh I will take you back Kathleen
To where your heart will feel no pain
And when the fields are fresh and green
I will take you to your home Kathleen

[Verse 1]
I know you love me Kathleen dear
Your heart was always fond and true
But I always feel when you are near
That life holds nothing more than you
But the smiles that once you gave to me
I scarcely ever see them now
But more and more and more I see
A darkening shadow on your brow

[Chorus]
Oh I will take you back Kathleen
To where your heart will feel no pain
And when the fields are fresh and green
I will take you home again Kathleen
Hmm
And when the fields are fresh and green
I will take you to your home Kathleen

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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