The song is about drugs. Winwood was a young musician when he watched one of his idols take a fix while on stage and the guy was dead n 6 months.
Cocaine was nicknamed girl and heroin nicknamed boy. A speedball back then was called a high heeled boy. The low spark is the feeling when you inject. The gun without any noise is the needle. The man in the suit is the dealer. No cosmic science. Just street reality.
The song is about drugs. Winwood was a young musician when he watched one of his idols take a fix while on stage and the guy was dead n 6 months.
Cocaine was nicknamed girl and heroin nicknamed boy. A speedball back then was called a high heeled boy. The low spark is the feeling when you inject. The gun without any noise is the needle. The man in the suit is the dealer. No cosmic science. Just street reality.