Heavy Traffic Songtext / Lyric

Heavy Traffic

music by Elton John & Davey Johnstone
lyrics by Taupin

album Reg Strikes Back 1988


shakey wake up thirsty from a night in the bar
and snake hips Joe is Mr. Cool
out on the boulevard
the pimp from the Jack of Diamonds
just got another Jane Doe
she just got off the last bus from Montecedo

Sailor boys find trouble in the alien state
it's one on one from Las Palmas to the Golden Gate
fly boys on the corner waiting for a ride
for twenty bucks he'll pull the cork on the man inside

cause we're rolling in heavy traffic
Judy's in the jump seat and Jody's in the bucket
Bill likes to drive and Jackie's just high
Cindy thinks we are all gonna commit suicide
cause we're rolling in heavy traffic
yes we're rolling in heavy traffic

Mack he's got his Marlboros tucked up in his sleeve
he's shacked up in this basement making P.C.P.
he used to shake the French Fries
down on 12th and Maine
and now he stays up nights on apple juice and cocaine

cause we're rolling in heavy traffic
Judy's in the jump seat and Jody's in the bucket
Bill likes to drive and Jackie's just high
Cindy thinks we are all gonna commit suicide
cause we're rolling in heavy traffic
yes we're rolling in heavy traffic