Late In The Evening

LATE IN THE EVENING

WRITER PAUL SIMON



The first thing I remember I was lying in my bed I

couldn't of been no more Than one or two I remember

there's a radio Comin' from the room next door And

my mother laughed The way some ladies do When it's

late in the evening And the music's seeping through

The next thing I remember I am walking down the street

I'm feeling all right I'm with my boys I'm with my

troops, yeah And down along the avenue Some guys were

shooting pool And I heard the sound Of a cappella groups,

yeah Singing late in the evening And all the girls

out on the stoops, yeah Then I learned to play some

lead guitar I was underage in this funky bar And I

stepped outside to smoke myself a "J" And when I came

back to the room Everybody just seemed to move And

I turned my amp up loud and I began to play And it

was late in the evening And I blew that room away The

first thing I remember When you came into my life I

said I'm gonna get that girl No matter what I do Well

I guess I'd been in love before And once or twice I

been on the floor But I never loved no one The way

that I loved you And it was late in the evening And

all the music seeping through