Rea, Chris - Windy Town Lyrics






Driving home from the highland line
We done some gigs on the Clyde and the Tyne
They flew us in from a Hamburg strip
The taste of Dusseldorf still on our lips
And on the bus there is a friend of mine
We go way back to the scene of the crime
We sit up front and share a cigarette
And try to remember what we tried to forget

He say "Do you remember?"
He say "Do you recall?"
I say yeah I remember, oh, I remember it all
Every time that cold wind blows
Every time I hear that sound
Late night trains shunting down by the river
I remember windy town

We come so far and we move so fast
Making hay see it all go past
Round the world and round again
Up and down on that gravy train
but every time that cold wind blows
Every time I hear that sound
The east coast cross winds on the cold wet stone
I remember windy town

The freezing corners and the empty streets
The burning passion and the cold wet feet
Three tricky miles home every night
Dodging from the shadows underneath those amber light
No car for kissing and nowhere to go
Except inside each other and I loved you so
I held your face as you shivered in the rain
Girl I'll always love you and I'll love you again
Oh everytime, everytime
Every time that cold wind blows
Every time I hear that sound
Late night trains shunting down by the river
I remember windy town
Every time that cold wind blows
Every time I hear that sound
The east coast cross winds on the cold wet stone
I remember windy town





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  1. r.... b....

    una de mis activities se llama Drivintube. Es el intento dinámico del google street view en un espectro más amplio, sin ignorar otras posibles aplicaciones.

  2. d.... ....

    This is one of my favourites of Chris's songs , brings back great memories of days gone by , still Rocks today even after all these years, true proper music never dies it just gets better with age. Keep rocking Chris

  3. G.... T....

    Entièrement d'accord avec toi Peter West.Si Chris et Mark pouvaient jouer ensemble ce serait magique!!!!

  4. R.... S....

    All of your songs are so perfectly written from life !!!

  5. J.... V....

    Brilliant - thanks.

  6. D.... M....

    This doesn't look like Chicago to me

  7. R.... T....

    Видео супер! С замечательным голосом Криса Ри!

  8. S.... d....

    Legend...

  9. S.... N....

    It's an Dream Street...Forever Free...Chris Great..

  10. d.... ....

    Why don't we have music like this nowadays, classic music from a classic singer.

  11. w.... S....

    e sempre attuale,non tramonta mai,le canzoni ascoltate 30 ani fa le risento con la stessa pasione di alora...sei mitico Cris Rea,,,,and always current the songs heard 30 years ago so I resent them with the same passion even today ... you're mythical Cris ..

  12. M.... S....

    Drivin' down from the Highland line
    We done some gigs on the Clyde and the Tyne
    They flew us in from the Hamburg strip
    The taste of Dusseldorf still on our lips

    And on the bus there's a friend of mine
    We go way back to the scene of the crime
    We sit up front and share a cigarette
    And try to remember what we tried to forget

    He said Do you remember?
    He said Do you recall?
    I said Yeah, I remember
    Oh I remember it all

    Every time the cold wind blows
    Every time I hear the sound
    Late night train shunting down by the river
    I remember windy town

    We come so far and we move so fast
    Makin' hay see it all go past
    Around the world and around again
    Up and down on that gravy train

    Every time the cold wind blows
    Every time I hear the sound
    East cost crosswinds on a cold wet stone
    I remember windy town

    I seen it all before

    The freezin' corners and the empty streets
    The burnin' passion and the cold wet feet
    Three tricky miles home every night
    Dodgin' from the shadows underneath those amber lights

    No car for kissin' and no where to go
    'Cept inside each other and I love you so
    I held your face as you shivered in the rain
    Girl I'll always love you and I love you again

    Every time
    Yeah every time

    Every time the cold wind blows
    Every time I hear the sound
    Late night train shunting down by the river
    I remember windy town

    Every time the cold wind blows
    Every time I hear the sound
    East cost crosswinds on a cold wet stone
    I remember I remember windy town

  13. S.... D....

    dire straits copie

  14. v.... c....

    Красава

  15. V.... L....

    Beuty plases _were was that shooting?

  16. J.... K....

    Tolle Landschaften super Video Musik wie immer vom Feinsten

  17. r.... ....

    nup... off to find the original

  18. E.... T....

    Windy town😍

  19. D.... D....

    When are you coming to Canada please? Its very important for me to see you live Maaaannn

  20. A.... D....

    I love chris rea

  21. S.... I....

    ROD STEWART!!!

  22. S.... K....

    Ultimate song to have change of mood

  23. J.... C....

    My all-time favorite Chris Rea song

  24. B.... b....

    Zna Chris ..

  25. V.... R....

    Love 💖 Windy Town brilliant.

  26. a.... f....

    one of the greatest artists of ll times , god bless you chris . love from morocco

  27. V.... R....

    This song really cheers me up thanks Chris.

  28. J.... E....

    Fuck Google YouTube commercials.... you destroyed it!

  29. d.... ....

    Great song this and heartbeat are truly classic 80s music , by one of the masters MR. REA , one of a kind. Still listen to his music even now , on CD in the car .

  30. P.... L....

    hypnotic video which has no relevance to this great song but still good video

  31. T.... ....

    So good. So very good.

  32. f.... f....

    Love this song.Chris is the best.

  33. �.... �....

    Какие дороги в Японии классные!

  34. s.... ....

    Amazing. Glorious. Can't stop listening!!

  35. M.... P....

    Hamburg.... Düsseldorf....Strecke machen.... Kilometer hinter sich lassen... 5000km mit Chris Rea und die Fahrt ist ..... GUT! THANKS FOR YOUR MUSIC!

  36. s.... c....

    This guy never ceases to amaze me always cool videos the music is amazing!!

  37. e.... ....

    when i was in sendai it was chris' music
    when i was in obihiro it was chris' music
    when i was in nakasatsunai it was chris' music
    when i was in hirafu it was chris' music
    when i was in fujinomiya it was chris' music
    when i was in tokyo it was chris' music
    on okinawa it was chris' music

    thank you so much for this wonderful clip!
    i feel it more than anyone else here, i think
    i'm shaking. really.

    thank you thank you thank you

    e.... ....

    and the last scene looks so wonderful T_T

  38. J.... v....

    Awesome

  39. �.... �....

    ДОРОГ У НАС МНОГО, ВЫБОР ЗА НАМИ..Я ОБОЖАЮ КРИС РИ... С УВ.ЛЮСЯ ЗЫКИНА

  40. n.... ....

    Could listen to this 100 times and never get sick of it. Cool stuff.

  41. P.... W....

    this guy is a legend and this song is so far king good. The lyrics are poignant and that guitar, it could be Mark Knopfler, there are similarities to his vocals, and the lyrics with Mark Knopler

    P.... W....

    Both brilliant artists. Mark Knopfler had played with many artists but I can't find any songs with Chris Rea.

    P.... W....

    @Charles Dyce http://www.oneverybootleg.nl/rogerscott.htm

    P.... W....

    I thought the same thing. He does sound like Mark knopfler.

    P.... W....

    I dunno, I like both of them, but Rea has more of a crackling in his voice, and is a bit softer. I like Rea's singing more, but Knopfler is extremely talented on the guitar. This song has a good guitar in it, but its not as complex as Knopfler's guitar parts. Its still an awesome song though

  42. J.... C....

    This version is different from the original version in *Dancing with Strangers*. This version is a little more punchy.

  43. c.... j....

    Love chris rea an awesome singer ever

  44. P.... S....

    Adoro conduzir a ouvir esta música alto. Bravo Chris rea, amazing.

  45. K.... Z....

    All time favorite

  46. R.... L....

    " Blown Away " *****

  47. O.... I....

    My best

  48. S.... B....

    He has been loved in Japan.

  49. R.... L....

    " A Brilliant Musician "

  50. j.... k....

    Windy Town is the town Middlesbrough in north England the town he was brough up in when he was a boy,It got battered in the blitz during world war two.

    j.... k....

    Good of u for video info.

    j.... k....

    did not get battered in blitz at all i was born across the the river of tees the best part .....stockton

  51. r.... c....

    Kad bih već ušao u levu traku na ovakvom putu, teško da bi me neko obišao...

  52. g.... ....

    der clown 😁 série qui date mais toujours au top

  53. J.... C....

    this is my all-time favorite Chris rea song

  54. B.... K....

    He does magic with his music. It's not important if you know the windy town or not, he can make you believe in the beauty of this town. You can also reminisce about your own hometown and feel the nostalgia in this masterpiece.

  55. F.... K....

    And another wowsong from the man.

  56. H.... C....

    Having a Chris Rea moment, finding stuff I've never heard before, think I was too wrapped up in the Gothic mode back then lol but boy his music is pretty good 😊

  57. G.... V....

    What an absolute masterpiece, especially if compared to the contemporary shitty music. Glad that Mr. Rea has got Italian roots. God bless him and his art.

  58. J.... V....

    ¡¡¡¡Pero qué bueno es éste hombre haciendo música!!!!

  59. �.... �....

    This Englund? Great Breat

  60. R.... ....

    thanks for the trip good feeling a beauty promenade 😉

  61. j.... m....

    I haven't listened to Chris Rea for a long time.....so glad I have as he's such a craftsman. Every song is pure perfection .....he was my 1st love....in my mind 😋💞

  62. M.... K....

    One of the most underated artists of all time..

    M.... K....

    Never truer words spoken about a musician my friend.

    M.... K....

    Chris Rea is shamefully underrated , a true talent.

  63. k.... L....

    Mazing Chris

  64. x.... ....

    Chris Rea make music worth listening to a lot.

    x.... ....

    Love all of Chrises music especially this one 😊😊

  65. �.... L....

    gitesss

  66. c.... k....

    Beautiful song ,excellent car-ride.

  67. R.... F....

    what.classic.great.song.great.voice.great.music.great.chris.rea.

  68. M.... C....

    может не Бог вас проклял а вы сами себя

  69. M.... K....

    Simply brilliant!

  70. C.... C....

    I think I like the film clip to this song as much as I like the actual song.Does anyone know where it's filmed? Cosentino, Perth, West Australia 18/6/16

    C.... C....

    Maybe Europe somewhere!! Arrigato guzamus. Coso

    C.... C....

    Coso Cos, greetings from Brisbane. I have identified the bridge at about 1:40. it is the "Odawara Blue Way Bridge" across the fishing-boat harbour at Odawara - which is about 80km south-west of Tokyo, straight through Kanagawa if you were on the Shinkansen (the line is just out of sight to the right shortly before you cross that cable-stayed bridge).
    As to the other locations (tunnels, etc) - I'm guessing they're a composition from footage taken in the same area.
    UPDATE: I found the tunnels! They are on the same road but some 10km closer to Yokohama at Kotsubo (small resort). Two tunnels edited to seem like one.
    Later in the sequence the landscape looks distinctly like the road sequence he uses in "Curse of the Traveler" - which was shot another 80km further to the SW; from Yumigahama Beach to Cape Iroksaki. Beautiful landscapes.

    C.... C....

    Awesome. I wonder why he chose Japan for the video?

  71. C.... T....

    Another video I like. often wonder where the film was taken

    C.... T....

    It is Japan

  72. �.... �....

    Боже мой, Боже. Никогда мне не проехать по такой дороге. Никогда мне не жить в такой стране. За что же Бог проклял Украину ? А голос - просто чудо-чУдное.

    �.... �....

    Величанствено :)

  73. R.... C....

    I feel like i'm flying listening and watching this. so good my friend. so good.

  74. H.... ....

    I was worried back in 2015 I'd heard all the good chris rea songs, I was completely wrong this is awesome!

  75. s.... p....

    Genious

  76. D.... D....

    Said do you remember. I remember this 1, my mum hoovering the house wit this cd that she stole from my dad

    D.... D....

    +den dan normally i'd say theft is unnaceptable
    but when it comes to listening to chris rea ANYTHING goes!!!

  77. P.... G....

    I never get tired of this song it's a pure classic.

    P.... G....

    indeed it is

  78. S.... t....

    Sadely all gone with the tsunami. We'll always remember the islands that used to be called Japan.

  79. L.... H....

    Adel Houdrouge. 👍👍👍Great song from a Great musician.

  80. g.... ....

    Chris Rea is amazing!!!

  81. i.... f....

    It is the maximum.
    I also have ideas, need is more time to be able to share.

  82. L.... K....

    i dont like chris rea songs i like rod stewart 199999 0% better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    L.... K....

    That's like saying you prefer to eat poo instead of good food.

  83. j.... ....

    This footage works so well with this track.

    Thanks for posting

  84. M.... H....

    西湘から伊豆ですかね(^-^)/

  85. P.... J....

    The best song of the best artist.

    P.... J....

    Looking for the summer and Windy Town - his best.

  86. M.... G....

    Creación de éste gran compositor y una de mis favoritas

  87. K.... M....

    Well done Alex that turned out well.

  88. J.... S....

    Wonderful trip on a Japan motorway accompanied with the
    powerful music of a great Chris Rea.

    J.... S....

    @Juergen Strauss Music and video are amazing!!!

    J.... S....

    Juergen Strauss single lane motorways?

  89. D.... ....

    Hong Kong maybe?? :)

    D.... ....

    @Dippers85 Japan!

    D.... ....

    Japan. The bridge at about 1:40. it is the "Odawara Blue Way Bridge" across the fishing-boat harbour at Odawara - which is about 80km south-west of Tokyo.,
    UPDATE: I found the tunnels! They are on the same road but some 10km closer to Yokohama at Kotsubo (small resort). Two tunnels edited to seem like one.
    Later in the sequence the landscape looks distinctly like the road sequence he uses in "Curse of the Traveler" - which was shot another 80km further to the SW; from Yumigahama Beach to Cape Iroksaki. Beautiful landscapes.

  90. J.... F....

    Great song love the music.,great sound.

  91. S.... K....

     Great song. <3 :)

    S.... K....

    @Somdee Krongchai Yes,awesome!!

  92. d.... c....

    Superb  Windy  Town    Thank you .

    d.... c....

    dario corsaro k,kxkxjc,kx,,,,k,,🚩🇦🇮. &

    d.... c....

    All time favorite

  93. J.... B....

    Chris Rea for President :-)

  94. P.... M....

    i love his videos, the driving

  95. V.... ....

    Middlesbrough the town he,s singing about 

    V.... ....

    @VakP79

    V.... ....

    @VakP79 yes it is but thats not uk country side hes singing about its about northern town and that is stockton on tees
    across the river we love him to

    V.... ....

    +John Buckley I live in Holland but my dad lived in Stockton on Tees when he was a young lad. He lived in Norton so i have been in Stockton lot,s of times when i was younger. Still proud off my english roots.

  96. 6.... ....

    The end of this song has always annoyed me. The song is brilliant and always seems to be heading to a brilliant finish. The reality is that it just fades away. I would love Chris to have another look at Windy Town, and make it the classic it deserves to be

    6.... ....

    jerry donahue plays the  lead on the album the telemaster ...wont get much better than the album version ..im abig rea fan .. but horses for courses...

  97. D.... G....

    Have to agree with TheDockerfan...absolutely remarkable!