The Back Room - Van Morrison

Rain came down, pitter-pat

Say, what you think, its raining outside

You said, «so what»

You turned the record player on, had a smoke

Stood up, walked across to the joint in a cloud of mist

Couldnt resist

A kitty stepped in the hall and she rapped the door

Found the key in the letter box, she turned the door

Walked into the room and said, «whats goin on? «I just got back from down the road

Gotta couple a bottles of wine, somethin to turn you on What-a you think of that? (think of that, girl)

(think of that girl)

I said, «sit down cat, pull up a seat, youre soakin wet»

«take off your coat and hat, wipe your feet on the mat»

In the back room (in the back room)

In the back room (in the back room)

I waited for you (waited for you)

Ya waited for me (waited for me)

I said, «what time is it charlie, where did we go all day? «Seem to get nowhere and do nothin but sit lookin at each other

He said, «i know, I been doin the same thing for weeks»

I look at the clock and all of a sudden Im hypnotized

It speaks to me, it goes «tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock», ah-huh the kid he said, «i dont know what you guys do but I been workin

So hard, lately that I can just only fall asleep in bed»

So he played some more sounds and grooved a while

Somebody brought out some cherry wine, cherry wine

And we talked about what was goin on in the music world

And other things

Ha-ha-ha, ha-ha

The rain outside came down like it came never before

Down, came down, it came, rain rain rain

And I said, «baby what time is it, what time is it, tell me what time is it?

«ah, four-thirty»

So I peeked round the corner, the blind

An there ya go, theres another girl thats comin home from school

Lookin so cool, just learned her as to zs

And said,

«hey man dont look funny, all the little girls comin home from school

And theyre sittin, talkin and drinkin and all them other funny things

And charlie said to me, «ya know what? «I said, «what? «He said, «man you gotta go out there and do somethin for yourself»

«feel like you wanna make it or else you gonna be sittin round here like,

Nothin «I said, «youre right, I said «youre so right»

He said, «i know"ha

I said, «do ya? «Said, «you know youre cuttin records, cuttin records right

You come through that»

An just through all the time youre gonna be out on the road

Im out on the backseat man, on the, on the highway

And the colors are gonna run

All of a sudden dont ya feel safe the next gig, you gotta make it

«i said, «yeah I feel safe

I said, «yeah you know I cant stay here all the time as much as Id like to But, I just learned about all day and all night

And dig sounds, and go down to the river

And once the artists go through the motions

Gotta do my thing, aah-ah (in the back room) ah-ah

Gotta do my thing (in the back room)

In the back room (in the back room)

Fades-

In the back room (in the back room)