The first thing I remember I was lying in my bed

It couldn't have 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 shootin' 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 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've been in love before

And once or twice I been on the floor

But I never loved no one

The way I loved you

It was late in the evening

And all the music seeping through