Dexys Midnight Runners — Kevin Rowlands 13th Time

From a youth of waste A life of mess It's a prize to be able to Express myself But first: My name is Kevin Rowland I'm the leader of the band Herein I wish to clarify Relate and state my plans Tales from near and foreign parts B-but my friends before we start I would like to call upon PC Barrington Well now There's no point in punishing The guilty with their crimes I've been chastised so many times I get bitter more every time PC Barrington and me We're inclined to disagree He does not see things like I do I was never very sure about anything until I was never very sure What won't go for me Will not go for me Y'see I'm not pleading ignorance Of fundamental things Politics must be dealt with But they should not be dwelt in Well I'm a (?) of a different breed I take what I want say what I need I don't intend to follow suit I got blood, veins, bones now here's my point I was never very sure... NICK! I was never very... What don't go for me Will not go for me What don't go for me Will not go for me [Spoken]: Yeah, well, I thought a little Joke might be a good idea Just to sorta, I dunno Kick off the proceedings As it were, y'know Whattaya think, good idea? [Voices agree] Yeah, did you ever hear the one About the, um, y'know, the Middle-class idiots, who, who Sorta, spend all their time Analysing their own emotions And writing bullshit poetry Y'know, that we're supposed to read? [Laughter begins] I mean, as if we're fuckin' interested! [Laughter] (That's a good one!) Y'like that one, eh? (Where did ya hear that one?) Um (Did'ja make it up yourself) No, no, it's a true story that one Honestly, it's true, I didn't make it up I was never very sure I was never very... It don't go for me It won't go for me What don't go for me Will not go for me