In the room In the room I for you Ya for me
Rain 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 the door the key in the letter box, she turned the door Walked the room and said, "What's goin' on?"
"I just got back 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 and hat, wipe your 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 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 workin' so hard lately that I can only fall asleep in bed"
So he played some more and grooved a while Somebody brought out cherry wine, cherry wine And we talked what was goin' on in the music world And other
The rain outside came down like it came before Down, down, it came, rain, rain, rain And I said, "Baby what time is it, what time is it, tell me time is it? "Ah, four-thirty"
So I peeked the corner, the blind An there ya go, there's another girl comin' home from school Lookin' so cool, just her As to Zs
And said, "Hey man, don't funny All the little girls home from school and they're sittin' Talkin' and and all them other funny things"
And Charlie said to me, "Ya what?", I said, "What?" He said, "Man, you gotta go out there and do somethin' for Feel like you make it or else you gonna be sittin' 'round here nothin' "
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' right 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 to the river And once the artists go through the Gotta do my thing, aah-ah, ah-ah do my thing"
In the back In the back