Biography:
Dexys Midnight Runners - the name consistently spelled without an apostrophe - were a British post-punk and Northern Soul band who achieved their major success in the early to mid 1980s. The word Dexys in this case, comes from a colloquialism of dextroamphetamine, a type of amphetamine diet pill that was a popular 'upper' drug with England's Northern Soul scene in the 1960s.
Founded in 1978 by former singer of the Killjoys, Kevin Rowland, and guitarist Kevin "Al" Archer
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DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS - Liars A to E
from the 1982 album "Too-Rye-Ay"
written by Kevin Rowland/Jimmy Patterson/Steve Torch
The lyrics in parenthesis are backing vocals.
[Verse]
G C
Nobody tells you, you end up knowing
G D
(Knowing) Bad habits, you should sleep alone
G C D
Open to suggestions, is that the way you feel?
(Is that the way the way you feel?) Cuz you're the
G C
Voice of experience, every word you choose
G D
Sweet stolen info you must never lose
G C D
You're so secure in your habitat familiar
(You feel it, you feel so secure)
[Chorus]
Am C G/B D
But you won't want from me (You never want nothing, no nothing)
Am C G/B D
There's nothing else to see (And you should know something)
Am C G/B D G
Try smo - king your own and don't look at me.
(I'm looking, I'm looking, singing, singing it, singing it)
[Verse]
G C
No need to explain, just order dresses
G D
Bad habits (you keep) you shouldn't keep.
G C D
Quick nip next door to the, the vendor of charisma
(No need to explain just nip next door to the vendor of charisma)
G C
Because the time, the place and the mood is right
G D
And good old Kevin is gonna be all right
G C D
Here comes "His Soul" get your pen and notebooks ready
(here comes his, here comes his soul get your pen and notebooks ready)
[Chorus]
Am C G/B D
But you won't look like me (You never want nothing, no nothing no)
Am C G/B D
You'll never think like me (And you should know something)
Am C G/B D
Try smo - king your own and don't follow me.
(I'll follow, I'm singing, singing, singing it, singing it)
[Instrumental Verse]
|G |C |G |D |G |C |D | |[*key change to C]
|C |F |C |G |C |F |G | |
You're the
C F
Voice of experience, every word you choose
C G
Sweet stolen info (no no) you must never lose
C F G
You're so secure in your habitat familiar
[*Back to G]
Am C G/B D
You won't want from me (You never want no nothing, no never)
Am C G/B D
There's nothing else to see (And you should know something)
Am C G/B D G
Try smo - king your own and don't look at me.
(I'm looking, I'm looking, singing, singing it, singing it)
[Verse]
G C
No need to explain it, just order dresses
G D
Bad habits, you should sleep alone
G C D
Open to suggestions, is that the way you feel? (Is that the way you feel?)
from the 1982 album "Too-Rye-Ay"
written by Kevin Rowland/Jimmy Patterson/Steve Torch
The lyrics in parenthesis are backing vocals.
[Verse]
G C
Nobody tells you, you end up knowing
G D
(Knowing) Bad habits, you should sleep alone
G C D
Open to suggestions, is that the way you feel?
(Is that the way the way you feel?) Cuz you're the
G C
Voice of experience, every word you choose
G D
Sweet stolen info you must never lose
G C D
You're so secure in your habitat familiar
(You feel it, you feel so secure)
[Chorus]
Am C G/B D
But you won't want from me (You never want nothing, no nothing)
Am C G/B D
There's nothing else to see (And you should know something)
Am C G/B D G
Try smo - king your own and don't look at me.
(I'm looking, I'm looking, singing, singing it, singing it)
[Verse]
G C
No need to explain, just order dresses
G D
Bad habits (you keep) you shouldn't keep.
G C D
Quick nip next door to the, the vendor of charisma
(No need to explain just nip next door to the vendor of charisma)
G C
Because the time, the place and the mood is right
G D
And good old Kevin is gonna be all right
G C D
Here comes "His Soul" get your pen and notebooks ready
(here comes his, here comes his soul get your pen and notebooks ready)
[Chorus]
Am C G/B D
But you won't look like me (You never want nothing, no nothing no)
Am C G/B D
You'll never think like me (And you should know something)
Am C G/B D
Try smo - king your own and don't follow me.
(I'll follow, I'm singing, singing, singing it, singing it)
[Instrumental Verse]
|G |C |G |D |G |C |D | |[*key change to C]
|C |F |C |G |C |F |G | |
You're the
C F
Voice of experience, every word you choose
C G
Sweet stolen info (no no) you must never lose
C F G
You're so secure in your habitat familiar
[*Back to G]
Am C G/B D
You won't want from me (You never want no nothing, no never)
Am C G/B D
There's nothing else to see (And you should know something)
Am C G/B D G
Try smo - king your own and don't look at me.
(I'm looking, I'm looking, singing, singing it, singing it)
[Verse]
G C
No need to explain it, just order dresses
G D
Bad habits, you should sleep alone
G C D
Open to suggestions, is that the way you feel? (Is that the way you feel?)
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