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[Verse 1]
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The first thing I remember, I was lyin' in my bed
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I couldn't have been no more than one or two
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And I remember there's a radio, comin' from the room next door
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And my mother laughed the way some ladies do
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When it's late in the evening, and all the music's seeping through

[Verse 2]
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The next thing I remember, I am walkin' down the street
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Feelin' all right, I'm with my boys, I'm with my troops, yeah
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And down along the avenue some guys were shooting pool
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And I heard the sound of a cappella groups, yeah
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Singin' late in the evening, and all the girls out on the stoops, yeah

[Verse 3]
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Then I learned to play some lead guitar, I was underage in this funky bar
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I stepped outside to smoke myself a 'J'
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When I come back to the room, everybody just seemed to move
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And I turned my amp up loud and I began to play
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And it was late in the evening, and I blew that room away

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[Verse 4]
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The first thing I remember, when you came into my life
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I said I'm gonna get that girl, no matter what I do
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Well, I guess I'd been in love before and once or twice I been on the floor
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But I never loved no one the way that I loved you
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It was late in the evening and all the music seeping through