Dexys Midnight Runners

Released: May 3, 2016

Songwriter: Otto Harbach Jerome Kern

[Verse 1]
They asked me how I knew
My new love was true ohh
I of course replied, something deep inside
Cannot be denied
No no

[Chorus]
They said someday you'll find
All who love are blind oh oh
When your heart's on fire, you must realize
Smoke gets in your eyes

[Verse 2]
First I chaffed and them I gaily laughed
To think they could doubt my love
Yet today my love has gone away
I am without my love
Now laughing friends deride
Tears I cannot hide ohh
I just smile and say, when a loving flame dies
Smoke gets in your eyes
(smoke gets in your eyes)
Huh

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]
Hmmm
I am without
Without my , my love
Now laughing friends deride
Tears I cannot hide woahh
I just turn and say, when a loving flame dies
Smoke gets in your eyes
Smoke gets in your eyes

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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