In the room In the back I for you Ya for me
Rain down, pitter-pat Say, what you think, raining outside, you said, "So what" You turned the record player on, had a smoke, up Walked to the joint in a cloud of mist, couldn't resist
A kitty stepped in the and she rapped the door Found the key in the letter box, she the door into the room and said, "What's goin' on?"
"I just got back from down the road, I gotta a bottles of wine 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 nowhere and do nothin' but sit lookin' at other" He said, "I know, I doin' the same thing for weeks"
I look at the clock and all of a sudden I'm It to me, it goes, "Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock", ah-huh The kid he said, "I don't know what you do But I been workin' so hard lately that I can only fall asleep in bed"
So he played some more sounds and grooved a Somebody brought out cherry wine, cherry wine And we about what was goin' on in the music world And things
The rain came 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 the corner, the blind An there ya go, there's another that's comin' home from school so cool, just learned her As to Zs
And said, "Hey man, look funny All the little girls home from school and they're sittin' Talkin' and drinkin' and all them other things"
And Charlie said to me, "Ya what?", I said, "What?" He said, "Man, you gotta go out there and do 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' right You come that"
An' through all the time, you're gonna be out on the road I'm out on the backseat man, on the, on the 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 down to the And the artists go through the motions Gotta do my thing, aah-ah, gotta do my thing"
In the back In the room