Dexys Midnight Runners

Producer: Mick Talbot Kevin Rowland Pete Schwier

If I think about young childhood days and how things used to be
I always think about the summer they're my favourite memories
I was always dreaming about something, about how my life could be
Full of music, girls and clothes I dreamed about beauty
And it was good but there was always disturbance in my mind
Pretty soon it was obvious that I was lost inside
I was so lost, I was lost inside
I was so lost, I was lost inside
But I tried to hide it from the world and all of my family
I could not exist in the world, like there was something wrong with me
(but now you've grown and you understand how things are meant to be
And it's time you stopped the dream and faced up to reality)
I AM so lost, I'm lost inside
I am so lost, I'm lost inside
I don't admit this to the world what would they think of me?
Cos when I show them that I'm soft they take the piss out of me
I am so lost

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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