Words & music by paul simon

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 shooting 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 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'd been in love before
And once or twice I been on the floor
But I never loved no one
The way that I loved you
And it was late in the evening
And all the music seeping through

• A Heart in New York
• American Tune
• Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover
• Kodachrome
• Kodachrome / Mabelle
• Late in The Evening
• Mabellene
• Me & Julio Down by The Schoolyard
• Scarborough Fair
• Slip Slidin' Away
• Slip Sliding Away
• Still Crazy After All These Years
• Wake up Little Susie
• Wake up Little Suzie