In the back In the room I for you Ya for me
came down, pitter-pat Say, what you think, raining outside, you said, "So what" You the record player on, had a smoke, stood up Walked across to the joint in a cloud of mist, couldn't
A kitty stepped in the hall and she rapped the Found the key in the box, she turned the door Walked into the room and said, "What's on?"
"I just got from down the road, I gotta couple a bottles of wine Somethin' to turn you on, you think of that?" I said, "Sit down cat, up a seat, you're soakin' wet Take off your coat and hat, wipe feet on the mat"
In the room In the room I for you Ya for me
I said, "What time is it Charlie, did we go all day? You seem to get nowhere and do but sit lookin' at each other" He said, "I know, I been doin' the same for weeks"
I look at the and all of a sudden I'm hypnotized It to me, it goes, "Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock", ah-huh The kid he said, "I don't what you guys do But I been workin' so hard that I can only just fall asleep in bed"
So he played some more sounds and grooved a brought out some cherry wine, cherry wine And we talked about what was goin' on in the world And things
The rain outside came down it came never before Down, down, it came, rain, rain, rain And I said, "Baby what time is it, what time is it, me what time is it? "Ah, four-thirty"
So I peeked 'round the corner, the An there ya go, there's another girl that's comin' from school Lookin' so cool, learned her As to Zs
And said, "Hey man, don't look All the little girls comin' from school and they're sittin' and drinkin' and all them other funny things"
And said to me, "Ya know what?", I said, "What?" He said, "Man, you gotta go out there and do for yourself Feel like you wanna make it or else you gonna be sittin' here Like "
I said, "You're right, I said, "You're so right" He said, "I know", I said, "Do ya?" Said, "You know, you're cuttin' records, cuttin' records You through that"
An' through all the time, you're gonna be out on the road I'm out on the man, on the, on the highway And the are gonna run
All of a sudden, don't ya feel safe the next gig, you make it "I said, "Yeah I safe, I said, "Yeah, you know I can't stay all the time as much as I'd like to But, I learned about all day and all night"
"And dig sounds, and go down to the And once the artists go through the do my thing, aah-ah, ah-ah gotta do my thing"
In the back In the back