In the back In the back I for you Ya for me
came down, pitter-pat Say, what you think, raining outside, you said, "So what" You turned the player 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 the key in the letter box, she turned the door Walked into the and said, "What's goin' on?"
"I got back from down the road, I gotta couple a bottles of wine to turn you on, what-a you think 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 back In the back I for you Ya for me
I said, "What time is it Charlie, 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 I'm hypnotized It to me, it goes, "Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock", ah-huh The kid he said, "I know what you guys do But I been workin' so hard lately that I can only just fall in bed"
So he played more sounds and grooved a while brought out some 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 girl that's comin' home from school so cool, just learned 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 to me, "Ya know what?", I said, "What?" He said, "Man, you gotta go out and do somethin' for yourself Feel like you wanna make it or else you gonna be '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 come that"
An' through 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 feel safe the gig, you gotta 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 just about all day and all night"
"And dig sounds, and go to the river And once the go through the motions do my thing, aah-ah, ah-ah gotta do my thing"
In the back In the back