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Human Traffic

Release date: 21st October 2022

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About This Track

"Human Traffic" is a track by Simple Minds, from the album Direction of the Heart, released 21st October 2022. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Simple Minds

Simple Minds

Lyrics

Human Traffic

Monday morning wakes me up

Tuesday's shift is dragging endlessly

Wednesday's screaming, and I'm up again

Thursday's high on liberty

There's a movie that's in my head

There's a novel that's in my brain

About a drowning man and he's waving

But that's only action

The whole world is playing human traffic

The whole world moving from A to Z

The whole world it circles round and comes back again

It's high on fumes and misery

Only, only human traffic

Only, only human traffic

Only, only human traffic

It circles round now from A to Z

Thursday raises its first minor

Friday trucks them in from the sea

Saturday makes me mad again

Sunday gets the best of me

There's a movie that's in my head

There's a novel that's in my brain

About a drowning man and he's waving

But that's only action

The whole world is playing human traffic

The whole world moving from A to Z

The whole world it circles round and comes back again

It's high on fumes and misery

Only, only human traffic

Only, only human traffic

Only, only human traffic

It circles round now from A to Z

It circles round

Only, only, only, only

It circles round

Only, only, only, only

Only, only human traffic

Only, only human traffic

Only, only human traffic

It circles round now from A to Z

It circles round

Only, only, only, only

It circles round

Only, only, only, only, only, only, only, only

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From Direction of the Heart

2022
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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Charlie Burchill, Jim Kerr
    Producer
    Andy Wright, Gavin Goldberg, Simple Minds
    Guitar
    Charlie Burchill
    Keyboards
    Charlie Burchill
    Background Vocal Arranger
    James Kerr
    Background Vocals
    Andy Wright, James Kerr, Sarah Brown
    Lead Vocals
    James Kerr, Russell Mael
    Programmer
    Andy Wright, Charlie Burchill, Gavin Goldberg
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    Simple Minds and Gary Numan have announced Australian arena dates for 2027

    Simple Minds will bring their V Tour 2027 to Australia in February, with Gary Numan joining five arena shows.

    24 Sept 2026 • 9:16 am