In the back In the back I for you Ya for me
came down, pitter-pat Say, what you think, raining outside, you said, "So what" You turned the record on, had a smoke, stood up Walked across to the joint in a cloud of mist, 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 down the road, I couple a bottles of wine Somethin' to turn you on, you think of that?" I said, "Sit cat, pull up a seat, you're soakin' wet off your coat and hat, wipe your feet on the mat"
In the room In the back I for you Ya for me
I said, "What time is it Charlie, where did we go all You seem to get nowhere and do nothin' but sit at each other" He said, "I know, I doin' the same thing for weeks"
I look at the clock and all of a 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 lately that I can only just fall in bed"
So he played some sounds and grooved a while Somebody brought out some wine, cherry wine And we talked about what was on in the music world And things
The rain outside down like it came never before 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, look funny All the little girls comin' home 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 you wanna 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' records You come that"
An' just all the time, you're gonna be out on the road I'm out on the backseat man, on the, on the And the colors are run
All of a sudden, ya feel safe the next gig, you gotta make it "I said, "Yeah I feel safe, I said, "Yeah, you 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 the artists go through the motions Gotta do my thing, aah-ah, ah-ah do my thing"
In the room In the room