TITLE:  Late in the Evening
ARTIST: Paul Simon (Paul Simon)
ALBUM:  "One-Trick Pony" (1980)


[Intro]
      
                      

[Verse 1]
    
The first thin

g I remember, 

I was lyin' in

 my bed
              
I couldn't hav

              
e been no more

             
 than one or t

wo
        
And I remember

 there's a rad

io, comin' fro

m the room nex

t door
              
And my mother 

              
laughed the wa

              
y some ladies 


do
            
When it's late

              
 in the evenin

              
g, and all the

              
 music's seepi

   
ng through

[Verse 2]
    
The next thing

 I remember, I

 am walkin' do

wn the street
              
Feelin' all ri

              
ght, I'm with 

              
my boys, I'm w

       
ith my troops,

 yeah
    
And down along

 the avenue so

me guys were s

hooting pool
              
And I heard th

              
e sound of a c

        
appella groups

, yeah
            
Singin' late i

              
n the evening,

              
 and all the g

              
irls out on th

  
e stoops, yeah

[Verse 3]
       
Then I learned

 to play some 

lead guitar, I

 was underage 

in this funky 

bar
              
I stepped outs

              
ide to smoke m

         
yself a 'J'

When I come ba

ck to the room

, everybody ju

st seemed to m

ove
              
And I turned m

              
y amp up loud 

              
and I began to

 
 play
            
And it was lat

              
e in the eveni

              
ng, and I blew

            
 that room awa

y

[Break]
                      

[Verse 4]
    
The first thin

g I remember, 

when you came 

into my life
              
I said I'm gon

              
na get that gi

              
rl, no matter 

       
what I do
        
Well, I guess 

I'd been in lo

ve before and 

once or twice 

I been on the 

floor
              
But I never lo

              
ved no one the

          
 way that I lo

ved you
            
It was late in

              
 the evening a

              
nd all the mus

           
ic seeping thr

ough

[Outro]