Steve Winwood - The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys Lyrics






If you see something that looks like a star
And it's shooting up out of the ground
And your head is spinning from a loud guitar
And you just can't escape from the sound
Don't worry too much, it'll happen to you
We were children once, playing with toys
And the thing that you're hearing is only the sound of
The low spark of high-heeled boys

The percentage you're paying is too high priced
While you're living beyond all your means
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams
But today you just read that the man was shot dead
By a gun that didn't make any noise
But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest was
The low spark of high-heeled boys

If you had just a minute to breathe and they granted you one final wish
Would you ask for something like another chance?
Or something similar as this? Don't worry too much
It'll happen to you as sure as your sorrows are joys
And the thing that disturbs you is only the sound of
The low spark of high-heeled boys

If I gave you everything that I owned and asked for nothing in return
Would you do the same for me as I would for you?
Or take me for a ride, and strip me of everything including my pride
But spirit is something that no one destroys
And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound
The low spark of high-heeled boys





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  1. m.... l....

    Opps enjoying traffic and 70 rock music

  2. m.... l....

    71 black and still emjoying traffic

  3. S.... R....

    Used to listen to this with my uncle in his truck back in the day. Good times. Been searching for this gem for the longest time, glad to have finally found it!

  4. R.... P....

    join me. eat a hashish brownie, wait 30 minutes, and then groove to traffic. you, too, will feel close to god and humanity.

  5. W.... I....

    Traffic didn't get acknowledgement in the old days, not so much now, in my book, they have always been # 1, this is not a hashtag but a number

  6. D.... ....

    That guitar at the end rivals In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida with that drenched, acidy tone,

  7. K.... M....

    Was there when it first came out and it blew me away. Still does.

  8. B.... F....

    À 62 ans, toujours les mêmes sensations. Merveilleux.

  9. T.... F....

    My walk to the car on my way to work song every morning. So brilliant how the introduction of the different instruments one or two at a time.

  10. M.... L....

    You sir was in fact running a record store, while at the age of 14, I was told I had to go fend for myself. I ran around the country, working Fields, picking fruit, shovelling pig shit, finally @15 I attained a false I.D. that said my name was Lloyd... So onto Daytona Beach FLA. where I took a night job at Mickey D's.

  11. J.... L....

    This is a masterclass in economy, Traffic always left a space between the notes, to let the music breathe! Lolx

  12. T.... H....

    What the world needs is more BONGOS!

  13. J.... A....

    An awesome song by Traffic. Love it...still listening February 2020

  14. R.... N....

    Songs like this make you grounded and true

  15. P.... W....

    I get high just listening to it!

  16. K.... H....

    Jus seems like the 70's music was simply a great time to live and enjoy life on Life's terms. Thanx to all our great musicians and Bands.

  17. 1.... ....

    I was a teen when I first heard this perfection...it's still my go to brain drain

  18. M.... J....

    This was when the music was more important than the dance steps.

  19. p.... ....

    One of the coolest and the only "oblong" album covers ever created...I liked the design so much that I bought a dozen rolls each of sky-blue and checkered Contact paper to recreate it on metal kitchen cabinets that I won from a closed RC HS auction...inside checkered and outside blue. Took about 3 months in my spare time to do 5 of them. 2 are being used in my garage, and 3 in my basement laundry room.

  20. F.... G....

    Music was so much better when drugs were involved!

  21. S.... D....

    Aloha !!!!!!

  22. R.... J....

    Just one minute to breath..

  23. C.... D....

    Bravo ⚘

  24. P.... H....

    Truly ... another gem from the golden age of popular music ... we've been blessed to have experienced it, as it happened.

  25. T.... D....

    Shame on me for loving this song so much

  26. S.... T....

    1600 men wont come out of the closet

  27. b.... ....

    Excatly 🤗

  28. s.... v....

    The lyrics, wtf

  29. J.... B....

    Great Song

  30. T.... ....

    Such a brilliant song!

  31. R.... T....

    hard life (MULDEW)

  32. T.... W....

    Perfect ROCK/JAZZ Fusion.....Twist One UP!

  33. T.... R....

    Yeppers

  34. j.... m....

    you didn't need dope to get off on this---i love my org. coors but the music is it's own drug but hey what ever enjoy

  35. L.... P....

    “The percentage you’re paying is too high priced while you’re living beyond all your means. And, the man in the suit just bought a new car from the profit he made on your dreams”. In 2020 this song, and this line, is still relevant.

    L.... P....

    Amen Lula !!! Intriguing Words....

    L.... P....

    It's MORE relevant!

  36. K.... S....

    I am 61years old. I lived it also. The record shops.........sold records! And posters.( ha ha) If memory serves me right.

  37. T.... S....

    Masterpiece!!!!

  38. t.... r....

    Mr kerritt- yeah. I feel you . I'm also a pianist.. so I live in a world of love and music..its different today. <3

  39. k.... ....

    As of 1/30/20 there are 1.6K dullards out there. No real surprise...

  40. s.... c....

    Yes so uncomplicated instant bliss yet with the harbinger of narcs close by. Also the misery of stagflation, Watergate and a host of other ills.

  41. R.... R....

    What can you say.

  42. C.... W....

    Brilliant musical lesson. Cherish and learn from one another. End hate. Time for the reign of the greedheads to end.

  43. z.... ....

    What a trip it was to hear this w/ my first joint in '67. Still love it at age 73

  44. r.... m....

    The fastest 11 minutes in music

  45. J.... F....

    It’s a funny little space! Now onto Glad.

    Oh, I usually only played side A, and often only Hidden Treasure and Low Spark.

  46. T.... H....

    Traffic was, is, and always will be unconscionably underrated and underappreciated. "Low Spark" is but one example. "71"? Are you kidding me? This song, and Traffic, were so far ahead of their time that it's preposterous.

  47. S.... O....

    Should have appreciated my sisters more and paid closer attention to their mannerisms, talents and desires. (Gu gik gu tisot♡) ris vis mo

  48. O.... G....

    I was not getting high back in 71, but my brother was. I was only 9, and my dear bother RIP was 15. After school all his class mates would come over the house, kick us out the living room and play this Album all afternoon long. This was in the dusty streets of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. We learned English on this Album, and of course as I grew up and came to the States bought the LP first, then the CD and now digital. I am in tears as I write this, and every time I listen Traffic, since it reminds me of Tony, my brother who was killed back in 86. LONG LIVE ROCK

    O.... G....

    Sorry about your brother , keep on rocking amigo !!!!!

  49. J.... R....

    102.7 WNEW FM Where Rock LIves in New York

  50. R.... W....

    1.6K dislikes, are you people MAD!!!

    R.... W....

    Roger Warde it wasn’t a bullet that laid them to rest

  51. T.... W....

    This is one of those tunes that, the moment it starts playing, you find yourselves brought back to an earlier and easier time in your life. Or in my case, you're just grateful that you've reached that wonderful point in your life where you just don't give a fuck.

    T.... W....

    Superb..... - Calvin / Bergo '45

  52. M.... G....

    50 years ahead of its time!

  53. c.... ....

    and the bassline.....something wonderful

  54. c.... ....

    That last supernatural note.. streaking from jazz to electro to haunting sound....unbelievable

  55. M.... V....

    its raining outside .gray day in houston tx. doesnt get any better than this. rain and this is meant for each other

  56. S.... M....

    I remember this in quad stereo! Yeah Man, no other way to hear it!! Circa 1970's...still a great track with the genius of Traffic! xx

  57. E.... M....

    I was born in 56 grew up a teenager listening to the best music a teenager could ask for!! Man those were the days!!!!

  58. k.... 5....

    ...and the thing that you're hearing is the line at Lido's Pizza...and the low spark of high heel boys!!!

  59. J.... L....

    It's kind of hypnotic,to say the least, sort of Zen like, if you catch my drift! Lolx

  60. C.... V....

    It's no wonder why young kids of today are tuned into the music of this era. It's timeless.

  61. D.... M....

    You picked a great tune!

  62. R.... B....

    Played this song on KVHS-FM at night in Concord California. It was a high school FM station hosted by Clayton Valley High in the east bay.

  63. B.... D....

    Traffic!! Smoke a big fat joint put on Low Spark on that bad ass turn table crank it UP!! sit back relax enjoy!!! good ole days ! But i have the memories!!! hell yeah

  64. D.... H....

    Great music ,better then today's music.

  65. D.... B....

    An all-time classic. So thankful I was around for all of the great music of the 1960s and '70s.

  66. B.... M....

    These songs never go away......and always stay excellent.

  67. L.... L....

    love it, always have & still continue to listen to the very best music of the era!!!

  68. J.... L....

    Great stoner tune, but that sure is a strange chord at the end with the synthesizer.

  69. M.... K....

    A true timeless rock masterpiece - sounds just as good in 2019 as it did all those decades ago. I close my eyes and I am right back there, through space and time. The power of legendary music art.

  70. D.... D....

    anyone know the instrument heard at 1:46 and from 10:53 to 11:32?

  71. G.... D....

    I was at my bosses house one night back in the the seventies. He loved getting high to this song, and so did I. If you're still alive and kicking Jim, party on!

  72. M.... T....

    where did the time go, nowhere it is all one.

    M.... T....

    the bye and bye it did

  73. M.... P....

    Traffic as a group awesome!! But Steve was the most talented in the group. By the way Classic Tune!!

  74. O.... Z....

    Real music. What is MIA these days. The scary thing is just how damned good this stuff is ; Real talent and skill.

  75. J.... 1....

    This never gets old ! I was a teenager when this came out and still love it today , !

  76. W.... B....

    Fantastico

  77. P.... K....

    My mother would not let me bring this album home when she saw the title...

  78. p.... l....

    and the long jams of those days..........................and the incredible album covers

  79. D.... W....

    growing up in the early 50s was great and the 60s were even greater the old hippies days we're the best . if you can't be with the one you love ... love the one your with . got to see all the big bands in Philly and even the Beatles . stones , pink Floyd . wow to many to name . this was one of the great one to . I was lucky to be born in the greatest time .

  80. j.... d....

    love the keyboard rock it Steve

  81. J.... E....

    I would never take that second chance. Good and bad my story is all good.

  82. R.... D....

    EXACTLY....... back in the good old days

  83. T.... D....

    Isn't it amazing how music mysteriously allows us to get younger immediately after hearing a song. Memories are part of the reason but also music gives us a reprieve from reality at the specific time you are hearing it!

  84. J.... S....

    RIP Michael J Pollard

  85. m.... ....

    bought this 40 yrs ago when i was a freshman in HS, still listen to this very day! Happy New Year Rock On!!!!

  86. R.... S....

    Where are you right now ?

  87. R.... S....

    Waiting for freight elevator to bring up freight for the NAMM show 2020 in Anaheim CA. Now this is what I call elevator music.

  88. G.... W....

    This definitely was a great head song. Put on the headphones, get a little buzz, lean back and let yourself flow around into the sound...

  89. n.... b....

    I love this song, and hate the stupid ads that accompany it.

  90. G.... S....

    To Me, There is nothing better than a great long playing song, just laying back and soaking in all the nuances of the music and the lyrics...I sometimes fall asleep to the song and have to replay it, oh well....

  91. A.... L....

    I love this song, funny enough I first heard it in a porn movie from waaaaaaay back when. Imagine my shock when I heard it on the radio and learned that it wasn’t some generic stock porn music. 😂

  92. M.... P....

    Yes,of course playa!!!

  93. a.... ....

    Steve Winwood & Band... Classic!
    So great!

  94. T.... R....

    Yep at 65, we had the BEST music, ever and always?

  95. D.... H....

    This is when modern music created new experiential treatments not for TikTok dance moves. Talent (maybe more) is out there but where is it? It's all self-promo crap

  96. L.... M....

    LEWIS MONTGOMERY 3... My Daughter's FATHER Introduced me to this song... Love him still. 1-5-2020