Traffic ~ No Time To Live

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An old classic by the group Traffic - A Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi tune set to the times we are living in and the war in Iraq.

(Winwood/Capaldi)

As time begins to burn itself upon me
And the days are growing very short
People try their hardest to reject me
But in a way, their conscience won't be caught

Something's happening to me day by day
My pebble on the beach is getting washed away
I've given everything that was mine to give
And now I'll turn around and find that there's no time to live

So often I have seen that big wheel of fortune
Spinning for the man who holds the ace
There's many who would change their places for him
But none of them have ever seen his lonely face

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Let's bring home our brave troops NOW!




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Music

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• Traffic
• Steve
• Winwood
• Jim
• Capaldi
• Classic
• Rock
• War
• Iraq
• Troops
• Peace
• Now

[kstellm]

this sucks. this has nothing to do with the song. ask our brave troops if they want to come home. they will tell you, yes, after we have won. you people are so out of touch. you're from another world, really (and not the real one).

[coloradream]

@kstellm So tell all of us "how will we know when we won?" The ones winning are companies like Halliburton that pray on the profits of war. I know many that have served in Iraq and Afghanistan that will tell you that the longer we stay occupying this land the more we loose...and creating more people that are wanting to fight the U.S.

[forfaka]

There is only two reasons for war. To kill people and make money. Don't believe a word from our politicians. 99.999% of them are one notch below child molesters. Bring all of our troops home.

[guyglowmore1]

traffic's albums flowed so beautifully from song to song. such works of art. treasures. powerful song, video. it meant something personally different to me until now.

great vid. thanx

[rustribbonwizz]

Great tune from a great group from a great album! All about living, the time gone by so fast and the upcoming end of it all. Brian Auger & the Trinity also did an excellent rendition of this song at about the same time frame.

[difolk]

I absolutely love this song but I didn't want it to be associated to any political position. I just wanted to listen to this fabulous band with if possible pics of Traffic, and the pictures on this video have no connection with the song, it's agressive. You could at least have titled this video differently for that people know what it's about from the beginning, because when you search for this song on youtube, & you find this video, you feel deceived...

[Lewspade]

wow i read the comment from a chickenhawk, thinks that the soldiers don't want to come home till the war is won. WOW. I say to that, sounds like with that opinion you should join the army,the reality is you are a chickenhawk talking shit like that, unless you join to help bring about this so called victory.

[TheRachzerack]

nothing to do with steve or with the song or anything. change the vid

[epirrealISTA]

If a transformation of subject has occurred, this video is a truly an artistic accomplishment. And I ask: The person who received the inspiration to create this artistic work by blending two completely unrelated subjects into an expression of our living present: Is he/she a soldier, returning soldier, a veteran, civilian who lost a person in war, a citizen with depth thought and sorrow about our reality . Does anybody knows? I don't need to know his/her name.

[epirrealISTA]

Has the artist historically transformed the subject of the song? Maybe he even doesn't realize that he has created, a subject that today is more than just a personal subject with a personal issue? Could it be possible the subject has now become our Nation itself?

[epirrealISTA]

Considering the images chosen for this song: Who do you think represents the subject? A Soldier in our present conflict? A returning soldier member of a suicidal epidemic civil war? An American civilian who lost a friend or familiy member to combat? A mental Health V.A. employee? Origianlly I thought the 60's song, described how life turns as we get old. But the excellent combination of images, lyrics and music...Has the subject of the song historically transformed?

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[epirrealISTA]

@madshadows830 #

#"Traffic had nothing to do with war and neither does this song they wrote." That's what I thought until a very mysterious thing happened. My heart is next to yours and join your plea TO STOP THE WAR

[epirrealISTA]

TRAFFIC, in the 60's and written back then by 2 of their members ((excellent artists), Winwood and Capaldi. I need to know, if the person with the idea for the video creating this video comes from a soldier, returning soldier, a veteran, civilian who lost a person in War or a citizen with depth thought about the present conflict . Does anybody knows? I consider the video an excellent artistic expression wtih depth.