This song first appeared on the soundtrack album “Here We Go ‘Round The Mulberry Bush”, which is principally attributed to The Spencer Davis Group.
The track also appears on a later compilation under the incorrect and incoherent title “Am I What Was Or Am I What I Am”
No time to waste when you need such a lot
Push your way in to the good things you've got
People keep saying you look very rough
Means that your clothes just don't look good enough
Trip out and grab it when life feels slow
Putting it in wherever you go
All over town people putting you down
Drive you out of your mind
How can they be so blind?
Don't speak too soon it might never come out
Hiding yourself like a red-coated clown
Closing your ears to the whispering sound
Remembering when you were one of the crowd
No time to waste when you need such a lot
Push your way in to the good things you've got
Push your way in
Push your way in
Push your way in
Push your way in
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Am I What I Was or Was I What I Am was written by Chris Wood (Traffic) & Jim Capaldi & Steve Winwood.
Am I What I Was or Was I What I Am was produced by Jimmy Miller.
Traffic released Am I What I Was or Was I What I Am on Mon Jan 01 1968.