In the back In the room 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 across to the in a cloud of mist, couldn't resist
A kitty stepped in the hall and she rapped the the key in the letter box, she turned the door Walked the room and said, "What's goin' on?"
"I just got back from down the road, I gotta couple a bottles of Somethin' to turn you on, what-a you of that?" I said, "Sit down cat, pull up a seat, soakin' wet Take off your and hat, wipe your 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 at each other" He said, "I know, I been doin' the same 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 just fall asleep in bed"
So he played some more sounds and grooved a Somebody brought out some wine, cherry wine And we talked about what was on in the music world And other
The rain outside came down 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 peeked 'round the corner, the An there ya go, there's another girl comin' home from school Lookin' so cool, just her As to Zs
And said, "Hey man, look funny All the little girls home from school and they're sittin' Talkin' and and all them other funny things"
And said to me, "Ya know what?", I said, "What?" He said, "Man, you gotta go out there and do somethin' for Feel like you wanna 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, cuttin' records, cuttin' records right You come that"
An' just through all the time, gonna 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 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 learned all day and all night"
"And dig sounds, and go down to the And once the go through the motions Gotta do my thing, aah-ah, gotta do my thing"
In the room In the room