GENO
(Kevin "Al" Archer / Kevin Rowland)

Dexy's Midnight Runners - 1980


 

Back in sixty-eight in a sweaty club (Oh, Geno) 
Before Jimmy's Machine and The Rocksteady Rub (Oh, Geno) 
On a night when flowers didn't suit my shoes 
After a week of flunking and bunking school 
The lowest head in the crowd that night 
Just practicing steps and keeping out of the fights 

Academic inspiration, you gave me none 
You were Michael the lover, the fighter that won 
And now just look at me as I'm looking down on you 
No, I'm not being flash, it's what I'm built to do 

That man took the stage, his towel was swinging high (Oh, Geno) 
This man was my bombers, my Dexy's, my high (Oh, Geno) 

The crowd, they all hailed you and chanted your name 
But they never knew like we knew me and you were the same 
And now you're all over, your song is so tame 
You fed me, you bred me, I'll remember your name 

Academic inspiration, you gave me none 
You were Michael the lover, the fighter that won 
And now just look at me as I'm looking down on you 
No, I'm not being flash, it's what I'm built to do 

Oh, Geno (Oh, Geno) 

Oh, Geno



 







(Contributed by  - June 2010)