Late In The Evening

"First thing I remember, I was lying in my bed

Couldn't have been no more than 1 or 2

And I remember there was a radio

Coming from the room next door

And my mother laughed the way some ladies do

Well it's late in the evening

And the music's seeping through



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

Down along the avenue some guys are shootin' pool

And I heard the sound of acapella grooves, yeah

Singin' late in the evening

And all the girls out on the stoops, yeah



And I learned to play some mean guitar

I was underage in this funky bar

And I stepped outside and smoked myself a J

And when I come back to the room everybody just seemed to move

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

It was late in the evening

And I blew that room away



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've been in love before

Once or twice I've been on the floor

But I never loved no one the way that I love you

And it was late in the evening

And all the music seeping through."