DESCRIPTION:
"Josie's Tune" and "Curse Of The Traveller" from a 1987 Album "Dancing With Strangers".

Dancing with Strangers is the ninth studio album by Chris Rea, released in 1987. It became Rea's first major success in UK, peaking at #2, behind Michael Jackson's Bad, and spent 46 weeks in the charts, achieving Platinum accreditation. It reached the Top 10 in six other countries, including New Zealand where it became a number one album.

"Let's Dance" was released as the first single and, like the album, became a major hit for Rea in UK, peaking at #12. In tone with the success of the album, "Let's Dance" became a major hit in New Zealand as well, peaking at #2. The other singles released from this album were "Loving You Again" (UK #47), "Joys of Christmas" (UK #67) and "Que Sera" (UK #73).

Personnel:

Chris Rea - vocals, guitar, keyboards, slide guitar, synthesizer, accordion, mixing, producer

Robert Ahwai - guitar

Jerry Donahue - guitar

Davy Spillane - guitar, uilleann pipes

Eoghan O'Neill - bass

Kevin Leach - piano, keyboards

Max Middleton - keyboards

Martin Ditcham - percussion, drums

Dave Mattacks - drums

Adrian Rea -- drums

Stuart Ealses - engineer

Jean Jacques Lemoine - engineer

Justin Shirley-Smith - engineer

Jon Kelly - mixing

Willie Grimston - coordination

Mark Entwistle - cover illustration

Lyrics:

On the restless road to nowhere
There's no certain peace it seems
Desire to keep on moving
till the river of dreams
Is it just 'cos someone told you
Is it just because you found
Old freedom feels uneasy when duty is around

When allegiance asks the questions
Old freedom twists and turns
And chokes on codes of honour
On the sword of no return

And it's the curse of the traveller
The curse of the traveller
Got a hold of me
And it won't let you be

And in sleepless nights
You'll call her name
And feel loneliness cold to the bone
And when the daylight breaks
This old tired heart aches
To be such a long way, such a long way from home

And you cry for the harbour lights
But you'll never be free
Of the craving for refuge
And the call of the sea
Always wanting to sell up
But always needing to buy
So till the road leads to somewhere
And that river runs dry

It's the curse of the traveller
Ain't gonna let you be
The curse of the traveller
And it sure got a hold of me.

This video has been published with absolute respect and admiration to Chris Rea's music !

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