Back in '68 in a
sweaty old club
Oh Geno
Before Jimmy's machine
and the rocksteady rub
Oh Geno
On a night when flowers
didn't suit my shoes
I've had a week of flunkin'
and bunkin' school
The lowest head
in the crowd that night
A just polishin' steps
you're keepin'
out of the fights
Academic inspiration
you gave me none
You were not
cool, the lover
the fighter that won
But now just look at me
as I'm looking
down on you
Though I'm not being flash
It's what I'm built to do
That man took the stage
his tail was swinging high
Oh Geno
This man
was my bombers
my Dexy's, my high
Oh Geno
On a crowd
they all hail you
and chanted your name
But I 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
and bred me
I remember your name
Academic inspiration
you gave me none
You were not cool,
the lover
the fighter that won
But now just look at me
as I'm looking
down on you
Though I'm not being flash
It's what I'm built to do
Oh Geno
Oh Geno
Oh Geno