Dexys Midnight Runners

Producer: Kevin Rowland Mick Talbot Pete Schwier

At first I didn't know how I would be without somebody loving me
Would I be lost inside?
Then from finding out that we could not fix me
No-one can heal that part of me, I'm better off alone
I can't fucking wait to go outside and live my life
Unless I'm free and then I'm going to be the man I'm meant to be

They say (If you don't marry you will be lonely) Yeah
(All good men raise a family) yeah, that's not what I see
In truth some of them they don't seem so happy
They tolerate their misery, well that is not for me
I can't fucking wait to go outside and live my life
Unless I'm free and then I'm going to be the man I'm meant to be

I'm free

Sometimes I think I should get some manogamy
I try and fit into society, just be like everybody
But i can never be the same as them
I don't want to be like them
I'm a man who must be free
I can't fucking wait to go outside and live my life
Unless I'm free and then I'm going to be the man I'm meant to be

I'm free

Why would I buy a book when I can join a library?
It doesn't make any sense to me

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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