Traffic

Released: January 1, 1968

Songwriter: Chris Wood (Traffic) Jim Capaldi Steve Winwood

Producer: Jimmy Miller

No time to waste when you need such a lot
Push your way in to the good things you've got

People keep saying you look very rough
Means that your clothes just don't look good enough

Trip out and [?] when life feels slow
Putting it in wherever you go

All over town people putting you down
Drive you out of your mind
How can they be so blind?

Don't speak too soon it might never come out
Hiding yourself like a red-coated clown

Closing your ears to the whispering sound
Remembering when you were one of the crowd

No time to waste when you need such a lot
Push your way in to the good things you've got

Push your way in
Push your way in
Push your way in
Push your way in
...

British psychedelic pop/rock band Traffic found success in both the UK and the US, captivating listeners with a broad array of genre-bending instrumentation.

Traffic was formed in 1967 when Steve Winwood parted ways with the Spencer Davis Group to join drummer Jim Capaldi, guitarist Dave Mason, and woodwind and keys player Chris Wood in their exploration of psychedelia and the tougher variations of late-sixties rock.

Traffic performing live at Woodstock in 1994

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