Traffic Jam

Album: JT (1977)
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  • Damn this traffic jam,
    How I hate to be late,
    It hurts my motor to go so slow.
    Damn this traffic jam,
    Time I get home my supper'll be cold,
    Damn this traffic jam.

    Well I left my job
    About five o'clock,
    It took fifteen minutes
    To go three blocks,
    Just in time
    To stand in line
    With a freeway looking
    Like a parking lot.
    Damn this traffic jam,
    How I hate to be late,
    It hurts my motor to go so slow.
    Damn this traffic jam,
    Time I get home my supper'll be cold,
    Damn this traffic jam.

    Now I almost had
    A heart attack,
    Looking in my rear view mirror,
    I saw myself
    The next car back,
    Looking in the rear view mirror,
    About to have
    A heart attack, I said,
    Damn this traffic jam,
    How I hate to be late,
    It hurts my motor to go so slow.
    Damn this traffic jam,
    Time I get home my supper'll be cold,
    Damn this traffic jam.

    Now when I die
    I don't want no coffin,
    I thought about it
    All too often.
    Just strap me in
    Behind the wheel
    And bury me with
    My automobile.
    Damn this traffic jam,
    How I hate to be late,
    It hurts my motor to go so slow.
    Damn this traffic jam,
    Time I get home my supper'll be cold,
    Damn this traffic jam.
    Damn.

    Now I used to think
    That I was cool
    Running around
    On fossil fuel,
    Until I saw
    What I was doing
    Was driving down
    The road to ruin. Writer/s: JAMES TAYLOR
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