In the room In the back I for you Ya for me
Rain came down, Say, you think, it's 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, resist
A stepped in the hall and she rapped the door Found the key in the letter box, she the door Walked into the room and said, "What's on?"
"I just got back from down the road, I gotta couple a bottles of Somethin' to you on, what-a you think of that?" I said, "Sit down cat, pull up a seat, you're 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 is it Charlie, where did we go all day? You seem to get and do nothin' but sit lookin' at each 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 that I can only just fall asleep in bed"
So he some more sounds and grooved a while Somebody brought out cherry wine, cherry wine And we talked about what was goin' on in the world And other
The rain 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 what is it? "Ah, four-thirty"
So I peeked the corner, the blind An there ya go, there's another girl that's comin' from school Lookin' so cool, just her As to Zs
And said, "Hey man, look funny All the little girls comin' home from school and sittin' Talkin' and drinkin' and all them funny things"
And Charlie said to me, "Ya what?", I said, "What?" He said, "Man, you go out there and do somethin' for yourself Feel like you make it or else you gonna be sittin' 'round 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 come that"
An' just through all the time, you're 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 gig, you gotta make it "I said, "Yeah I safe, I said, "Yeah, you know I stay here all the time as much 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 do my thing, aah-ah, ah-ah gotta do my thing"
In the back In the back