Dexys Midnight Runners

What's that? What's that on the start?
Let's get this straight from the start, Who's that? Who's that? What's his part? Tell him come back tomorrow and start
You keep saying (so what did I say?) You keep saying (tell me what did I say?) Pardon me, ooh, pardon me, ooh, pardon me, please, pardon me, suggest you come round here singin' let's get this straight from the start
This is something I don't even understand, oh, these people round here have their own way of thinking, some of them get angry with the things I've heard, watch what you're saying, that's not what I'm thinking
You keep saying (so what did I say?) You keep saying (tell me what did I say?) Pardon me, ooh, pardon me, ooh, pardon me, please, pardon me, suggest you come round here singin' let's get this straight from the start
No joking me, you better look at what you think about, No joking me, you better look at what you think, I'll just live where I'll live, have ideas, and they're all so old

What's that, what's that repeating part, Who's that? Who's that? What's his part? Tell him come back tomorrow and start
You keep saying (so what did I say?) You keep saying (Go on, tell me what I said, I know what I said I said) Pardon me, ooh, pardon me, ooh, pardon me, please, pardon me, suggest you come round here singin' let's get this straight from the start

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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