In the room In the room I for you Ya for me
came down, pitter-pat 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 box, she turned the door into the room and said, "What's goin' on?"
"I got back from down the road, I gotta couple a bottles of wine Somethin' to you on, what-a you think of that?" I said, "Sit down cat, pull up a seat, soakin' wet Take off your coat and hat, your feet on the mat"
In the back In the back 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 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 I can only just fall asleep in bed"
So he played some more sounds and grooved a brought out some cherry wine, cherry wine And we talked about what was goin' on in the music And other
The rain outside down like it came never before Down, came down, it came, rain, rain, And I said, "Baby what is it, what time is it, tell me what time is it? "Ah, four-thirty"
So I peeked 'round the corner, the An there ya go, there's another girl that's comin' home from so cool, just learned her As to Zs
And said, "Hey man, don't funny All the girls comin' home from school and they're sittin' Talkin' and drinkin' and all them other things"
And said to me, "Ya know what?", I said, "What?" He said, "Man, you gotta go out there and do for yourself Feel you wanna 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, cuttin' records, cuttin' records right You through 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 colors are 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 here all the 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 the motions do my thing, aah-ah, ah-ah gotta do my thing"
In the room In the back