Let's Get This Straight From The Start - Dexys Midnight Runners

From the start From the start Remember when, I caught your eye You gave me rainbows and butterflies We did enjoy, our happiness When our love was over, I was such a mess I smiled at you, and you smiled back That's when I knew, there's not turning back You said you loved me and I did too Now though it's over, I still love you You're in my mind, you're in my heart I wish I knew right from the start All my friends say you will break my heart A heart breakup right from the start A heart breakup right from the start I tried to fight it, I tried so hard And everyday, I prayed to God That you and me were meant to be But you had another, you had a lover And now it's cold, I don't know why I feel like crying, I wanna die I can't look at you and you know why Know I tried so hard to catch your eye You're in my mind, you're in my heart I wish I knew right from the start All my friends say you will break my heart A heart breakup right from the start A heart breakup right from the start A heart breakup right from the start

And I see this all again From the start until the end And I've waited for so long And I see this all again From the start until the end And I've waited for so long And I see this all again From the start until the end And I've waited for so long So long Keep stopping myself From trying to find what we are What we are Keep stopping myself From trying to find what we are What we are Keep stopping myself From trying to find what we are What we are Keep stopping myself From trying to find what we are What we are (Keep stopping myself) and I see this all again From the start until the end And I've waited for so long

Don't you notice how I get quiet when there's no one else around? Me and you and awkward silence Don't you dare look at me that way I don't need reminders of how you don't feel the same Oh, the burning pain Listening to you harp on 'bout some new soulmate "She's so perfect, " blah, blah, blah Oh, how I wish you'll wake up one day Run to me, confess your love, at least just let me say That when I talk to you oh, Cupid walks right through And shoots an arrow through my heart And I sound like a loon, but don't you feel it too? Confess I loved you from the start What's a girl to do? Lying on my bed, staring into the bluе Unrequited, terrifying Lovе is driving me a bit insane Have to get this off my chest I'm telling you today That when I talk to you, oh, Cupid walks right through And shoots an arrow through my heart And I sound like a loon, but don't you feel it too? Confess I loved you from the start Confess I loved you Just thinking of you You know I've loved you from the start

You say you don't want me over But that's alright 'Cause I don't believe you're worth the fight I'd rather talk to you sober But it's okay 'Cause I won't believe you anyway It's just that I'm getting older But you won't win 'Cause I've gotten underneath your skin And it was right from the start And I can't believe that you felt it, felt it too And it was wrong in my heart But it's over now 'cause you're needing something new It's not about getting closer For me to see That you won't become a part of me These nights, they keep getting colder So why pretend? That we don't know how it's gonna end And it was right from the start And I can't believe that you felt it, felt it too And it was wrong in my heart But it's over now 'cause you're needing something new And it was right from the start And I can't believe that you felt it, felt it too And it was wrong in my heart But it's over now 'cause you're needing something new You've gone to the darkest place But your mind is in danger I know you can't help yourself, oh Headstrong is a foolish strength It's just like you're a stranger I know you can't help yourself, oh I felt it right from the start I felt it right from the start I felt it right from the start I felt it right from the start I felt it right from the start I felt it right from the start

L-shaped bar, you were leanin' against it Something about you, baby, you were hitting me different The band was playin' loud, yeah, but I couldn't listen I was locked onto you, it was all tunnel vision Maybe it was the midnight or maybe just a buzz, yeah But it sure felt like love Why did you hit me with that brown eyed, drop dead stare at the bar? Why did you reach for my hand and try to pull me back into your car? Why did you kiss me in the backseat out under the stars? Why weren't there be warnings until you were dead set on breaking my heart? I guess it didn't stick, now the taste of my lips on your lips in the dark Why did you kiss me if you knew that it was over Already over, over, over from the start? 'Cause locking me down never was your intentions I'm just another ex, just an honorable mention You probably threw out all our memories but I can't forget 'em A couple million questions, all the answers are missing I was love drunk, you were love buzzed just looking for that rush Baby you were fiendin', gave you what you needed, now you're done Why did you hit me with that brown eyed, drop dead stare at the bar? Why did you reach for my hand and try to pull me back into your car? Why did you kiss me in the backseat out under the stars? Why weren't there be warning until you were dead set on breaking my heart? I guess it didn't stick, now the taste of my lips on your lips in the dark Why did you kiss me if you knew that it was over Already over, over, over from the start? Friends said I should've seen this coming Mama said I should've never started lovin' Long gone and I'm wishing she wasn't Guess mama was right, I should've never started lovin' Why did you hit me with that brown eyed, drop dead stare at the bar? Why did you reach for my hand and try to pull me back into your car? Why did you kiss me in the backseat out under the stars? Why weren't there be warning until you were dead set on breaking my heart? I guess it didn't stick, now the taste of my lips on your lips in the dark Why did you kiss me if you knew that it was over Already over, over, over from the start?

Geno! Geno! Geno! Geno! Geno! Geno! Geno! Geno! Geno! Geno! Geno! Geno! Geno! Back in '68 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 flunkin' and bunkin' school With the lowest head in the crowd that night Just practicin' steps and keepin' outta the fights Academic inspiration You gave me none But you were Michael the lover The fighter that won But now just look at me As I'm looking down at you No, I'm not bein' flash It's what I'm built to do That man took the stage, his towel was swingin' 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, brrrrr 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 at you No, I'm not bein' flash It's just what I'm built to do Oh Geno, whoa, Geno Oh Geno, whoa, Geno Geno! Geno! Geno! Geno! Geno!

Like a madman I'm up in the morning, Headin' for the walls of heartache. Working everyday, bringing home a/the pail of heartbreak. You look down and the walls are higher* They are built from the tears you're cryin. Oh, I got to bring it back, I'm workin' til the day I'm dyin (oh, yeah!) Breakin' down the walls of heartache, baby I'm a carpenter of love and affection! Breaking down the walls of heartache, baby Got to tear down all the loneliness and tears And build you up a house of love. Yeah! Breakin' down the walls of heartache, baby Shakin' down the walls of heartache! Shakin' down the walls of heartache! Brick by brick, I'm tearin' them down! Yeah, lonely night, my name is given(?) Chip-chippin' at the walls of heartache. Callin' out your name. Go with a pail of heartbreak And the faces there before me, Writing on and no tomorrow? Your letter of goodbye, Is written on the walls of the heartache. Oh yeah! Breakin' down the walls of heartache, baby I'm a carpenter of love and affection Breakin' down the walls of heartache, baby Got to tear down all the loneliness and tears And build you up a house of love. Yeah! Breakin' down the walls of heartache, baby. (Yeah yeah!) Shakin' down the walls of heartache! Shakin' down the walls of heartache! Shakin' down the walls of heartache! Tearin' them down, Tearin' them down, Watch me baby! I'm a carpenter! A carpenter of love! Love and affection! Brick by brick, tearing them down!