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zeemike

(18,998 posts)
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 11:16 AM Jul 2014

Traffic - Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys - Live 72 [View all]

I was responding to a post by a right winger that I have known for years on another site and what he said reminded me of a song...(A great song from the past and found that it too is on You tube, the meaning of which is still relevant today, and thought I would share both,)
I posted the lyrics below in a response to him...



"The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys"

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 sim'lar 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

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 (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 (heeled boys
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Great song, great band. I love Steve Winwood n/t hlthe2b Jul 2014 #1
Oh my, in my hippy dippy days... angstlessk Jul 2014 #2
I THOUGHT THEY'D NEVER END zeemike Jul 2014 #3
For sure, in the house we rented...the basement apartment angstlessk Jul 2014 #5
DURec... for a great song bvar22 Jul 2014 #4
LOL Roy Rolling Jul 2014 #6
That one, bvar22 Jul 2014 #8
I met Capaldi in 1974 at the airport in Pensacola. I was 16. He was headed to Muscle Shoals. Mnemosyne Jul 2014 #7
good song. rec. Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #9
One of my FAVORITES. It just doesn't age. catbyte Jul 2014 #10
Thanks for reminding me. calikid Jul 2014 #11
Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Jul 2014 #12
Winwood is one of the great jazz pianists in rock klook Jul 2014 #13
Your right about that Interesting analysis zeemike Jul 2014 #14
You got that right! klook Jul 2014 #15
Yep they still got it. zeemike Jul 2014 #16
Love Steve Winwood. He's ageless. Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2014 #17
And this littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #18
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