Late in the Evening

Album: One-Trick Pony (1980)
Charted: 58 6
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  • First thing I remember
    I was lying in my bed
    I 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
    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 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

    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
    And once or twice I 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 Writer/s: Paul Simon
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 7

  • Seventh Mist from 7th Heaven This song was my favorite part of the Central Park Concert. What a great mix of voice, band and adoring audience.
  • Stukka63 from St.augustine, Fla.The jams in this song.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn October 3rd 1980, the Paul Simon movie 'One-Trick Pony' opened in theaters across the U.S.A.
    At the time his "Late In the Evening", which was featured in the movie, was in its second of three weeks at #6 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart, and that was also its peak position on the chart; it had entered the Top 100 on August 3rd and spent 16 weeks on the chart...
    Sixteen days later on October 19th the movie's theme song would entered the Top 100 at position #78; four weeks later on November 16th it would peak at #40 {for 2 weeks}.
  • Karen from Manchester, NhAm I the only person who actually LIKED the movie "One-Trick Pony"?
  • Guy from Woodinville, WaCertainly one of Paul Simon's more upbeat songs (I love him dearly, but his songs can be kind of depressing). Really great salsa beat, and the lyrics tell a great story.
  • Susan from Airdrie, -One of his best
  • Mark from London, EnglandSimon and his partner, Art Garfunkel, performed this live at their reunion "Concert In Central Park".
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