Late In the Evening

First thing I remember, I was lying in my bed

Couldn't'a been no more than one or two

And I remember there was 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 walkin' 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 grooves, yeah

Singing late in the evening and all the girls out on 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 come 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

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'd 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