In the back In the back I for you Ya for me
came down, pitter-pat Say, what you think, it's outside, you said, "So what" You turned the player on, had a smoke, stood up Walked to the joint in a cloud of mist, couldn't resist
A kitty stepped in the hall and she rapped the Found the key in the letter box, she the door Walked into the and said, "What's goin' on?"
"I just got back from the road, I gotta couple a bottles of wine Somethin' to you on, what-a you think of that?" I said, "Sit cat, pull up a seat, you're soakin' wet Take off your coat and hat, wipe feet on the mat"
In the room In the back 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 nothin' but sit lookin' at other" He said, "I know, I been the same thing for weeks"
I look at the clock and all of a sudden I'm It speaks to me, it goes, "Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock", The kid he said, "I don't what you guys do But I been so hard lately that I can only just fall asleep in bed"
So he played some more sounds and a while Somebody brought out some wine, cherry wine And we about what was goin' on in the music world And things
The outside came down like it came never before Down, came down, it came, rain, rain, And I said, "Baby what time is it, what time is it, tell me time is it? "Ah, four-thirty"
So I 'round the corner, the blind An there ya go, there's another that's comin' home from school so cool, just learned her As to Zs
And said, "Hey man, don't look All the girls comin' home from school and they're sittin' Talkin' and drinkin' and all them other things"
And Charlie 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, records right You come that"
An' just through all the time, you're gonna be out on the I'm out on the backseat man, on the, on the And the colors are run
All of a sudden, don't ya feel safe the next gig, you gotta it "I said, "Yeah I feel safe, I said, "Yeah, you I can't stay here all the time as as I'd like to But, I just learned all day and all night"
"And dig sounds, and go to the river And the artists go through the motions Gotta do my thing, aah-ah, ah-ah do my thing"
In the back In the back