Dexys Midnight Runners

Released: July 11, 1980

Songwriter: Kevin Rowland Peter Saunders

Producer: Pete Wingfield

I've never seen it, but I still believe it
I'd like to dig it out, or maybe wrench it out
No touching, but there's not much involved
In casting doubt, too hard to think about
We'll be ready to move
But I'm not that stupid to put my faith in you
(Opportunity knocks)

(Ooh-ooh, ah-ah) Ooh
(Ooh-ooh, ah-ah) No searching anymore
(Ooh-ooh, ah-ah) Oh-ooh

Lord have mercy on me, keep me away from Leeds
I've been before, it's not what I'm looking for
No touching, but there's not much involved
In casting doubt, no need to think about
We'll be ready to move
But I'm not that stupid to put my faith in you
(Opportunity knocks)

(Ooh-ooh, ah-ah) No longer searching, searching
(Ooh-ooh, ah-ah) No looking anymore
(Ooh-ooh, ah-ah) Oh-ooh

I've walked around, seen the town and the crowds
With their frowns on their faces
And occassional traces of doubt
I've walked about, worked it out, pissed about
Tried to shout, no one's listening
It's all you and your rules and fools and
It's all you in schools they'll, tools they'll
Cut, cut

Lord have mercy on me, keep me away from Leeds
I've been before, it's not what I'm looking for
No touching, but there's not much involved
In casting doubt, no need to think about
I'd relate my thoughts to you
But I'm not so stupid to put my faith in you
(Opportunity knocks)

(Ooh-ooh, ah-ah) Ooh
(Ooh-ooh, ah-ah) No longer looking anymore
(Ooh-ooh, ah-ah) Oh-ooh

I've walked around, seen the town and the crowds
With their frowns on their faces
And occassional traces of doubt
I've walked about, worked it out, pissed about
Tried to shout, no one's listening
It's all you and your rules and fools and
It's all you in schools they'll, tools they'll
Cut, cut

(Ooh-ooh, ah-ah) No longer searching, searching
(Ooh-ooh, ah-ah) No longer looking anymore
(Ooh-ooh, ah-ah) Oh-ooh
(Ooh-ooh, ah-ah) Oh, yes I
(Ooh-ooh, ah-ah) Oh, no longer looking, looking, looking, looking, looking, looking
(Ooh-ooh, ah-ah) Oh-ooh
(Ooh-ooh, ah-ah) No longer searching
(Ooh-ooh, ah-ah) No longer looking
(Ooh-ooh, ah-ah) Somebody help me
(Ooh-ooh, ah-ah) Oh-ooh

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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