In the back room (in the back room)
   In the back room (in the back room)
   I waited for you (waited for you)
   Ya waited for me (waited for me)
  
   Rain came down, pitter-pat
   Say, 'What'd you think, it's raining outside?'
   You said, "So what"
  
   You turned the record player on
   Had a smoke, stood up
   Walked across to the john
   In a cloud of mist, couldn't resist
  
   A kitty stepped into the hall
   An' she rapped the door
   Found the key in the letter box
   She turned the door
   Walked into the room
   And said, 'What's goin' on?'
   'I just got back from down the road
  
   I gotta couple a-bottles a-wine
   Somethin' to turn you on'
   What-a ya think of that?
  
   (In the back room)
   (In the back room)
  
   I said, 'Sit down cat, pull up a seat
   You're soakin' wet'
   Take off your coat n' hat
   Wipe your feet on the mat
  
   In the back room (in the back room)
   In the back room (in the back room)
   I waited for you (waited for you)
   Ya waited for me (waited for me)
  
   I said, 'What time is it, Charlie
   Where did we go all day?"
   We seem to get no where and do nothin'
   But sit lookin' at each other
   He said, 'I know'
   'I been doin' the same thing for weeks'
  
   I look at the clock
   And all of a sudden I'm hypnotized
   It speaks to me, it goes
   'Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock'
   Ah-huh
  
   The kitty said
   'I don't know what you guys do
   But I been workin' so hard, lately
   That I can just only just fall asleep in bed'
  
   So he played some more sounds
   And grooved awhile
   Somebody brought out some
   Cherry wine, cherry wine
  
   And we talked about what was goin' on
   In the music world, and other things
  
   A-ha-ha-ha, ha-ha
  
   The rain outside came down
   Like it came never before
   Down it came, down it came, rain rain rain
  
   And I said
   'Baby what time is it, what time is it
   'Tell me, what time is it?
  
   'A-four-thirty'
  
   So I peeked 'round the corner, the blind
   An' there ya go
   'There's another girl that's comin' home from school
   Lookin' so cool, just learned her A's to Z's
  
   And said, 'Hey man, don't look funny
   All the little girls comin' home from school
   And they're sittin', talkin' and drinkin'
   And all them other funny things
   A-ha-ha
  
   And Charlie said to me
   'Ya know what?'
   I said, 'What?'
  
   He said, "Man, you gotta go out there
   'An do somethin' for yourself'
  
   'Ya feel like ya wanna make it
   Or else you gonna be sittin' 'round here
   Like, nothin'
  
   I said, "You're right'
   I said "You're so right!'
  
   He said
   'I know' ah-ha
   I said, 'Do ya?'
  
   Said, 'You know, you're cuttin' records
  
   'Cuttin' records right
   You came through that
   An', they get through all the time
   You're gonna be out on the road
   'Oh, out in on back street, man
   On the, on the, highway
  
   An' the colors are gonna run
   All of a sudden, don't ya feel sick?
   The next gig, you gotta make it
   'I said, 'Yeah, I feel sick'
  
   I said, 'Yeah, ya know I can't stay here
   All the time, as much as I'd like to
   But I just learn about all day and all night
   An' dig sounds, and go down to the river
  
   And once the artists go through the motions
  
   Gotta do my thing
  
   Aah-ah (in the back room)
  
   Aah-ah
  
   Gotta do my thing (in the back room)
  
   In the back room (in the back room)
   In the back room (in the back room)