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In the back room (in the back room) |
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In the back room (in the back room) |
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I waited for you (waited for you) |
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Ya waited for me (waited for me) |
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Rain came down, pitter-pat |
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Say, what you think, it's raining outside |
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You said, 'So what' |
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You turned the record player on, had a smoke |
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Stood up, walked across to the joint in a cloud of mist |
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Couldn't resist |
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A kitty stepped in the hall and she rapped the door |
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Found the key in the letter box, she turned the door |
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Walked into the room and said, 'What's goin' on?' |
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I just got back from down the road |
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Gotta couple a bottles of wine, somethin' to turn you on |
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What-a you think of that? (think of that, girl) |
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(Think of that girl) |
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I said, 'Sit down cat, pull up a seat, you're soakin' wet' |
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'Take off your coat and hat, wipe your feet on the mat' |
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In the back room (in the back room) |
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In the back room (in the back room) |
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I waited for you (waited for you) |
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Ya waited for me (waited for me) |
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I said, 'What time is it Charlie, where did we go all day?' |
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Seem to get nowhere and do nothin' but sit lookin' at each other |
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He said, 'I know, I been doin' the same thing for weeks' |
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I look at the clock and all of a sudden I'm hypnotized |
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It speaks to me, it goes 'tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock', ah-huh The kid he said, 'I don't know what you guys do but I been workin' |
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so hard, lately that I can just only fall asleep in bed' |
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So he played some more sounds and grooved a while |
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Somebody brought out some cherry wine, cherry wine |
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And we talked about what was goin' on in the music world |
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And other things |
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Ha-ha-ha, ha-ha |
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The rain outside came down like it came never before |
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Down, came down, it came, rain rain rain |
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And I said, 'Baby what time is it, what time is it, tell me what time is it? |
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'Ah, four-thirty' |
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So I peeked 'round the corner, the blind |
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An' there ya go, there's another girl that's comin' home from school |
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Lookin' so cool, just learned her A's to Z's |
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And said, |
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'Hey man don't look funny, all the little girls comin' home from school |
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And they're sittin', talkin' and drinkin' and all them other funny things |
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A-ha-ha-ha |
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And Charlie said to me, 'Ya know what?' I said, 'What?' |
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He said, 'Man you gotta go out there and do somethin' for yourself' |
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'Feel like you wanna make it or else you gonna be sittin' 'round here like, |
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nothin' ' |
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I said, 'You're right, I said 'You're so right' |
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He said, 'I know' ha |
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I said, 'Do ya?' |
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Said, 'You know you're cuttin' records, cuttin' records right |
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You come through that' |
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An' just through all the time you're gonna be out on the road |
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I'm out on the backseat man, on the, on the highway |
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And the colors are gonna run |
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All of a sudden don't ya feel safe the next gig, you gotta make it |
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'I said, 'Yeah I feel safe |
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I said, 'Yeah you know I can't stay here all the time as much as I'd like to |
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But, I just learned about all day and all night |
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And dig sounds, and go down to the river |
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And once the artists go through the motions |
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Gotta do my thing, aah-ah (in the back room) ah-ah |
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Gotta do my thing (in the back room) |
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In the back room (in the back room) |
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FADES- |
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In the back room (in the back room) |