No Time

They were on radio last night, live. It was pretty sweet. Anyway, they explained the meaning of this song! Someone asked if it was because of a bad breakup or had anything to do with a relationship and they said no. Apparently, it was just things that they were "annoyed by". Like the "killing floor" was referring to slaughtering of animals. And "my watch and chain" referred to a song that he didn't like because of how the singer sang it!

This song is about me as a 9 year old in 1970 listening to this tune on a transistor radio while playing with Hot Wheels. Just thought you'd like to know.

I went to see Randy play in Calgary a year or so ago. He was talking about this song and the story he had told, was that as a young group, they were touring down into a few states, including California I believe. As they were crossing the border in some backwood area of Saskatchewan or Alberta, the American border guard was surprised hey were heading south as musicians, with work visas. He warned them to stay away from the military border outpost on the other side of the road, because, since they had work Visas in the states, they could basically be drafted immediately and sent to Vietnam. Basically kidnapped into service. They then turned around and went back into Canada to find another route to their gigs instead of risking being stopped down the road. He also explained about getting to California, and while waiting outside the venue, listening to a group of american 17/18 years old discussing being drafted, with the 18 yr olds thinking of running to Canada to escape the 'killing Floor' in vietnam, and the 17 yr old discussing that he didnt have much time left before his draft card arrived when he turned 18 the next month. Thats what Mr. Bachman stated the song was referring to with No time, killing floor, and borders.

It may be useful to go back and read the lyrics to "American Woman." It came out around the same time and the U.S. was receiving heavy criticism around the world for the Vietnam War and radical chic was the order of the day. So both of these songs express some of the same sentiment.

In the meat packing industry the "killing floor" refers to the area in the slaughterhouse where the animals are herded to be killed. "...the killing floor" lyric refers to Vietnam and draws a grim parallel between the wholesale slaughter of innocent animals in the meat packing industry and the slaughter of the soldiers in the Vietnam theater as well as the the more generalized slaughter of American innocence.

This song is pretty obvious. It's about him saying he's got no time for his relationship. He is saying how he changed and now he is moving on (seasons change and so did I)

I love the guitar riffs in this song. They are angry and fed up with the girl in the relationship. This is a not-so-subtle way of saying that he's washed his hands of her.

yes...it's an awesome break up song too.

Then this is one of those songs that are written without any intention or any meaning, and when they finally record it, fans and listeners assume it's because of a break up and it doesn't necesarily sound like a break up, it sounds more like he doesn't really want to be in a relationship at all!

Then this is one of those songs that are written without any intention or any meaning, and when they finally record it, fans and listeners assume it's because of a break up and it doesn't necesarily sound like a break up, it sounds more like he doesn't really want to be in a relationship at all!