In the back In the room 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 across to the joint in a cloud of mist, couldn't resist
A stepped in the hall and she rapped the door Found the key in the box, she turned the door Walked the room and said, "What's goin' on?"
"I just got back from down the road, I gotta a bottles of wine Somethin' to turn you on, what-a you of that?" I said, "Sit down cat, pull up a seat, soakin' wet Take off your coat and hat, wipe your on the mat"
In the back In the room I for you Ya for me
I said, "What is it Charlie, where did we go all day? You seem to get nowhere and do nothin' but sit at each other" He said, "I know, I been the same thing 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 know you guys do But I been workin' so hard lately that I can just fall asleep in bed"
So he played some more and grooved a while Somebody brought out some cherry wine, wine And we talked about what was goin' on in the music And things
The rain outside came down like it came never Down, came down, it came, rain, rain, And I said, "Baby time is it, what time is it, tell me what time is it? "Ah, four-thirty"
So I 'round the corner, the blind An there ya go, another girl that's comin' home from school so cool, just learned 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 to me, "Ya know what?", I said, "What?" He said, "Man, you go out there and do somethin' 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 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, ya feel safe the next gig, you gotta make it "I said, "Yeah I safe, I said, "Yeah, you know I can't stay here all the time as as I'd like to But, I just about all day and all night"
"And dig sounds, and go to the river And the artists go through the motions do my thing, aah-ah, ah-ah gotta do my thing"
In the back In the back