Released: May 29, 1995
Songwriter: Chris Rea
Producer: Trevor Horn
[Verse 1]
Driving down from the Highland Line
We'd done some gigs on the Clyde of the Tyne
They flew us in from a 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
Sit up front and share a cigarette
And try to remember what we tried to forget
[Pre-Chorus]
He said, "Do you remember?"
He said, "Do you recall?"
I said, "Yeah, I remember
Oh, I remember it all"
[Chorus]
Every time the cold wind blows
Every time I hear the sound
Late-night trains
Shuntin' down by the river
I remember Windy Town
[Verse 2]
We've come so far and we moved so fast
Makin' haste, see it all grow past
'Round the world and around again
Up and down on that gravy train
[Chorus]
Every time the cold wind blows
Every time I hear the sound
East Coast crosswinds
On the cold wet stone
I remember Windy Town
[Instrumental Break]
[Interlude]
I've seen it all before
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
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 the overlights
No card for kissin' and nowhere to go
'Cept inside each other and I love you so
I held your face as you shivered in the rain
Girl, I'll love you again, oh every time, yeah every time
[Chorus]
Every time the cold wind blows
Every time I hear the sound
Late-night trains
Shuntin' down by the river
I remember Windy Town
Every time the cold wind blows
Every time I hear the sound
East coast crosswinds
On the cold wet stone
I remember Windy Town
[Outro]
There it goes, there it goes
Windy Town
Driving down from the Highland Line
We'd done some gigs on the Clyde of the Tyne
They flew us in from a 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
Sit up front and share a cigarette
And try to remember what we tried to forget
[Pre-Chorus]
He said, "Do you remember?"
He said, "Do you recall?"
I said, "Yeah, I remember
Oh, I remember it all"
[Chorus]
Every time the cold wind blows
Every time I hear the sound
Late-night trains
Shuntin' down by the river
I remember Windy Town
[Verse 2]
We've come so far and we moved so fast
Makin' haste, see it all grow past
'Round the world and around again
Up and down on that gravy train
[Chorus]
Every time the cold wind blows
Every time I hear the sound
East Coast crosswinds
On the cold wet stone
I remember Windy Town
[Instrumental Break]
[Interlude]
I've seen it all before
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
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 the overlights
No card for kissin' and nowhere to go
'Cept inside each other and I love you so
I held your face as you shivered in the rain
Girl, I'll love you again, oh every time, yeah every time
[Chorus]
Every time the cold wind blows
Every time I hear the sound
Late-night trains
Shuntin' down by the river
I remember Windy Town
Every time the cold wind blows
Every time I hear the sound
East coast crosswinds
On the cold wet stone
I remember Windy Town
[Outro]
There it goes, there it goes
Windy Town
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