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Forty thousand headmen couldn't make me change my mind
If I had to take the choice between the deafman and the blind
I know just where my feet should go and that's enough for me
I turned around and knocked them down and walked across the sea
Hadn't traveled very far when suddenly I saw
Three small ships a-sailing out towards a distant shore
So lighting up a cigarette I followed in pursuit
And found a secret cave where they obviously stashed their loot
Filling up my pockets, even stuffed it up my nose
I must have weighed a hundred tons between my head and toes
I ventured forth before the dawn had time to change its mind
And soaring high above the clouds I found a golden shrine
Laying down my treasure before the iron gate
Quickly rang the bell hoping I hadn't come too late
But someone came along and told me not to waste my time
And when I asked him who he was he said, 'Just look behind'
So I turned around and forty thousand headmen bit the dirt
Firing twenty shotguns each and man, it really hurt
But luckily for me they had to stop and then reload
And by the time they'd done that I was heading down the road
| wrangler (swamps of jersey) | Posted: Mar 07, 2013 - 05:58 had this disc for years, one of my favs since college. just picked it up on vinyl a few weeks ago, and man o man does it sound sa-weet  |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Jan 03, 2013 - 14:09 whtahtefcuk wrote: Takes me back to the summer Traffic opened for the Dead... I think I saw Traffic live like 10 times that summer! Beautifully haunting. That is funny... I made this same comment 2 years ago. So it goes |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Jan 03, 2013 - 14:08 Takes me back to the summer Traffic opened for the Dead... I think I saw Traffic live like 10 times that summer! Beautifully haunting. |
| oldsaxon (Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | Posted: Dec 03, 2012 - 05:17 Love the song....hate the recording |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Oct 03, 2012 - 23:53 silby wrote: I like the studio version of this one better... More Traffic please!!! I am with you! |
| silby | Posted: Oct 03, 2012 - 23:44 I like the studio version of this one better... More Traffic please!!! |
| bluecshells | Posted: Oct 01, 2012 - 11:07 Timeless |
| Lichenia, (uk) | Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 10:41 just amazing .I'm 14 again.
thanks Bill |
| caregiver (near contentment now) | Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 23:55 Encharma wrote: Oh my my, oh hell yes ...... orange sunshine barrels on a lazy afternoon in upstate new york .......sigh ....the good ol' days. One of my favorite songs of all time I don't know what you're talking about.  |
| Webfoot (Eugene, Oregon) | Posted: Jul 01, 2012 - 13:39 Cynaera wrote: This song takes me on a journey... I won't go into details, but it involves camels, sand dunes, coveted jewels, and a couple of bad guys. What a wonderful piece of music - I love Traffic... Good luck on your journey. |
| steveinmaine (Louisville, KY) | Posted: May 30, 2012 - 16:16 I can't remember the last time I heard this song. Radio Paradise rocks! |
| kakabliblak | Posted: May 30, 2012 - 15:49 :) |
| kakabliblak | Posted: May 30, 2012 - 15:49 Something inside. |
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: May 30, 2012 - 15:46 Lovin' this one - never heard it before now! Thanks once again RP! |
| Bobert_ParkCity (Park City Utah) | Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 10:59 Dear Mr fantasy - won't you play more Traffic tunes? |
| Horsechestnut (UK) | Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 10:49 Traffic one of the great 70s bands. Chris Woods's flute, haunting. Got the LP when a student in the early 70s. |
| Foot (NorCal / Wine) | Posted: Mar 25, 2012 - 18:06 Stingray wrote: MISTER REBOP KWAKU BAAH! Plus WINWOOD PLUS MASON PLUS THE INCREDIBLE MISTER WOOD PLUS RICK GRETCH PLUS CAPALDI! WHAT A BAND!!! WOOOOOW You got that right... |
| ad4tise (Oil Spill County.) | Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 19:33 Great tune, great sound!!! |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Jan 22, 2012 - 08:10 Nice! |
| drictor (Victor, ID, Cultural center of the universe!) | Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 14:23 Encharma wrote: Oh my my, oh hell yes ...... orange sunshine barrels on a lazy afternoon in upstate new york .......sigh ....the good ol' days. One of my favorite songs of all time In my neck of the woods at the time they were purple.  |
| mfcrowe (Chicago,, IL) | Posted: Nov 19, 2011 - 20:43 very true words gypsyman, very true words. after all these years this tune and this version is still outstanding. gypsyman wrote: If somebody's gotta explain it to you, you'll never get it. |
| haresfur (Bendigo Australia) | Posted: Oct 21, 2011 - 17:52 Never liked the muddy recording. Pity because I like the track otherwise. |
| oldviolin (Esse Quam Videri) | Posted: Oct 19, 2011 - 06:21 vandal wrote: This song takes me on a moderately short journey: hitting the mute button and waiting patiently for it to be over. . . Sorry you were inconvenienced. Maybe a game of mumbletypeg while you wait...;) |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Aug 19, 2011 - 17:19 This song takes me on a moderately short journey: hitting the mute button and waiting patiently for it to be over. . . |
| Encharma (Upstate New York) | Posted: Aug 19, 2011 - 17:16 Oh my my, oh hell yes ...... orange sunshine barrels on a lazy afternoon in upstate new york .......sigh ....the good ol' days. One of my favorite songs of all time |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: Aug 17, 2011 - 06:36 Cynaera wrote: This song takes me on a journey... I won't go into details, but it involves camels, sand dunes, coveted jewels, and a couple of bad guys. What a wonderful piece of music - I love Traffic... ...keep on goin'..  |
| Cynaera (Kenneth's Frequency) | Posted: Jul 16, 2011 - 21:45 This song takes me on a journey... I won't go into details, but it involves camels, sand dunes, coveted jewels, and a couple of bad guys. What a wonderful piece of music - I love Traffic... |
| coloradojohn (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe) | Posted: Jul 16, 2011 - 21:40 Flashback...bong sessions, keggers, G.D.I. Parties, E-School Daze, Windowpane, Conehead, TFG, Click and the gang at The Brown Hole, Kenny B., Jimmy the Greek, H.B., Chuck the Fucker, Crash, Mindy, Elaine, Laura, Tish, Peggy, Janella, Cathy, Kim, Teresa, endless drinking at The Mine Shaft, the Kabuki Lounge, the Wagon Wheel, Two O' Nine, Top Hat, Green Acres, The Cliffs, Lane Springs... and though it all, Traffic was always somewhere in the background...such a rich sound, always lots going on, deep as you want to go, or plenty cool enough to just bop along on the surface...GOOD STUFF! |
| egroman | Posted: Jun 17, 2011 - 16:14 Loved this then and still do 40 frigging years later |
| RideMaine (Coast o' Maine) | Posted: Mar 12, 2011 - 12:28 Absolutely one of the most transporting songs of the era. Sit, back, maybe a little high, let this song take you places... LOVE IT!!! |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Mar 12, 2011 - 12:27 I think it was 94... Traffic opened for the Dead most of the summer... I saw them around 10 times... LOVED THEM LIVE... Wonderful! |
| maxmox (Broome, Western Australia) | Posted: Jan 08, 2011 - 21:26 bam23 wrote: Despite the many complaints about the recording quality, this sounds fine. You are there! Indeed it may have been an auto body repair shop, but it sounds immediate. And authentic. Winwood impressed me long ago with not just his distinctive vocal timbre but also with use of percussion in his tunes. |
| bam23 (Berkeley) | Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 19:44 Despite the many complaints about the recording quality, this sounds fine. You are there! Indeed it may have been an auto body repair shop, but it sounds immediate. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Dec 08, 2010 - 06:38 Stingray wrote: Excuse me - but TRAFFIC is another league! A league of their own - I may even say! Quite possibly. To use an English analogy, they'd be in the Unibond League Division 2... |
| nicolewe | Posted: Nov 06, 2010 - 13:31 Cool vibe to this song. I wish I were sitting with them in that photo. |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Nov 06, 2010 - 13:28 CHRIS WOOD IS BADLY MISSED!!!! |
| oldman (Lost in Northern Virginia) | Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 13:17 Good to hear this again, somebody hijacked my album years ago..................you know who you are............. I'm sure I'll attract haters galore on this next statement, but I always liked the BS&T cover of this, always thought it was more fun and more "tongue in cheek". |
| anotherlistener (outside Bawlmer) | Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 13:05 gypsyman wrote: If somebody's gotta explain it to you, you'll never get it. That's exactly how it was recorded, and its still fantastic. 10 |
| gypsyman (just passing through....) | Posted: Oct 05, 2010 - 23:35 crockydile wrote: This sounds like it was recorded on someone's personal reel-to-reel tape deck with a Realistic microphone...in the back of the room... under a table. If somebody's gotta explain it to you, you'll never get it. |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Sep 06, 2010 - 13:21 socalhol wrote: I'm not a big fan of Traffic, but this is nice! I think it would pair very well together with Black Sabbath's "Planet Caravan" Excuse me - but TRAFFIC is another league! A league of their own - I may even say! Sabbath? A few pranoid-good songs, sure! But as a whole...? Cannot and should not be compared to TRAFFIC! |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Sep 06, 2010 - 12:42 socalhol wrote: I'm not a big fan of Traffic, but this is nice! I think it would pair very well together with Black Sabbath's "Planet Caravan" Oooo - good call.  |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Sep 06, 2010 - 12:40 MISTER REBOP KWAKU BAAH! Plus WINWOOD PLUS MASON PLUS THE INCREDIBLE MISTER WOOD PLUS RICK GRETCH PLUS CAPALDI! WHAT A BAND!!! WOOOOOW |
| socalhol (Seattle) | Posted: Aug 05, 2010 - 12:22 I'm not a big fan of Traffic, but this is nice! I think it would pair very well together with Black Sabbath's "Planet Caravan" |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Aug 02, 2010 - 23:16 jagdriver wrote: Love Traffic. Love Steve. RIP, Jim and Chris. Me too!!! |
| rage | Posted: Apr 29, 2010 - 13:34 wow, great track. never heard it before. thx Bill! |
| jersey_birdman | Posted: Mar 31, 2010 - 10:25 YES  h8rhater wrote: Hey Bill... break out the Medicated Goo!!! |
| h8rhater | Posted: Mar 31, 2010 - 10:23 Hey Bill... break out the Medicated Goo!!! |
| Anax (Seattle, WA) | Posted: Feb 27, 2010 - 19:58 A peculiar song of which I've always been fond. There's a sad feeling about it. |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Feb 25, 2010 - 08:22 crockydile wrote: This sounds like it was recorded on someone's personal reel-to-reel tape deck with a Realistic microphone...in the back of the room... under a table. . . . while holding the mic under their armpit and repeatedly chanting under their breath, "god, please make it stop. . ."  |
| crockydile (Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way) | Posted: Feb 25, 2010 - 08:18 This sounds like it was recorded on someone's personal reel-to-reel tape deck with a Realistic microphone...in the back of the room... under a table. |