Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)

Album: Vulture Culture (1985)
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Songfacts®:

  • In this song, a young man drifts from town to town, affair to affair, afraid of becoming attached to anyone or anything: "The traveler is always leaving home, the only kind of life he's ever known." >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Mike - Santa Barbara, CA
  • Chris Rainbow, who sang backup on many Alan Parsons Project tracks, took the lead on this one. The song was written by Parsons and Eric Woolfson.

Comments: 5

  • Sherry from Springfield, MissouriWhere can I find a list of songs on the albums. I can sadly no longer check my collection of albums.
  • Kitten1952 from TexasHuge, lifelong Brian Wilson/Beach Boys and Alan Parsons Project fan here. Heard this song for the very first time today on Pandora. Are you sure Brian Wilson didn’t help write this one? Or at least influence the writers heavily? It’s beautiful!!!
  • Mary from Phoenix, AzUmmmm...that video is like a live version of the Coyote and Roadrunner. Strange and cheesy. Although the actors look very familiar. I wish I knew their names.
  • Soutiman from Mumbai, IndiaThe song is absolutely amazing .. super amazing.
  • Gaj from Nagoya, JapanI am.
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