697 – Traffic – Hole in my shoe (1967)

Escrita por Dave Mason, foi lançada em agosto de 1967 pelo Traffic, em um compacto que tinha Smiling phases como Lado B. Chegou ao número 2 nos charts britânicos e número 22 nos charts alemães.

Nenhum membro da banda alem de Mason gostou da música. Disseram que não representava o som do Traffic.

A letra:

I looked to the sky
Where an elephant's eye
Was looking at me
From a bubblegum tree
And all that I knew
The hole in my shoe
Was letting in water (letting in water)

I walked through a field
That just wasn't real
Where 100 tin soldiers
Would shoot at my shoulder
And all that I knew
The hole in my shoe
Was letting in water (letting in water)

(I climbed on the back of a giant albatross
Which flew through a crack in the cloud
To a place where happiness reigned all year round
Where music played ever so loudly)

I started to fall
And suddenly woke
And the dew on the grass
It stuck to my coat
And all that I knew
The hole in my shoe
Was letting in water (letting in water)

A versão do Traffic:

A versão de Neil:

A versão de Joe Giddings: