late in the evening

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 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"