First thing I remember, I was lying in my bed Couldn't have been no more than one or two And I remember there was a radio Coming from the room next door And my mother laughed the way some ladies do Well 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 are shootin' pool And I heard the sound of acapella grooves, yeah Singin' 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 and smoked 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 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 Once or twice I've 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