In the back In the back I for you Ya for me
Rain down, pitter-pat Say, you think, it's raining outside, you said, "So what" You turned the record on, had a smoke, stood up Walked across to the joint in a of mist, couldn't resist
A kitty stepped in the and she rapped the door Found the key in the box, she turned the door Walked into the and said, "What's goin' on?"
"I just got back 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, wipe 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 been doin' the thing for weeks"
I at the clock and all of a sudden I'm hypnotized It speaks to me, it goes, "Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock", The kid he said, "I don't know you guys do But I workin' so hard lately that I can only just fall asleep in bed"
So he played more sounds and grooved a while Somebody out some cherry wine, cherry wine And we about what was goin' on in the music world And things
The rain outside came down like it never before Down, came down, it came, rain, rain, And I said, "Baby what time is it, what is it, tell me what time is it? "Ah, four-thirty"
So I 'round the corner, the blind An there ya go, there's another girl comin' home from school so cool, just learned her As to Zs
And said, "Hey man, don't look All the little girls comin' home from and they're sittin' and drinkin' and all them other funny things"
And Charlie said to me, "Ya what?", I said, "What?" He said, "Man, you gotta go out and do somethin' for yourself 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 all the time, you're 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 much as I'd to But, I just about all day and all night"
"And dig sounds, and go to the river And once the artists go through the Gotta do my thing, aah-ah, gotta do my thing"
In the back In the back