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Oh, hello...give me missing persons, they say
What is it that you need?
I said oh, I need him so...She said you've
Got to stop your pleading

And no matter what I do,
Even pray to heaven above,
All I ever get from you is
Long distance love

I read the papers
And I got the blues
I was so sad to hear the news
Help wanted, but not enough
You know these times are gettin' rough

And no matter what I do
Even pray to heaven above
All I seem to get from you is long distance love
(Whoo-oo-oo)

Oh your toes were so pretty
And your life so sweet
I wonder does he know
Does he know he hurt me so

And no matter what I do
Even pray to heaven above
All I ever from you is
Long distance love
Long distance love
(oo-oo-oo)


~ lowell george ~
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies



i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio



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Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
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Post by onewyteduck »

Can't leave this {cough} gem from 1977 out! :biggrin:
I went to my apartment on a Monday at one
A-singin' do lolly, lolly shicky bum, shicky bum
Started movin' in it on a Tuesday at two
A-singin' do lolly, lolly shicky do, shicky do
Wednesday at three I called the phone company, singin':
"Hey baby, put a phone in for me"
Thursday at four he came a-knockin' at my door, singin':

"Hey, baby, I'm your telephone man
You just show me where you want it and I'll put it where I can
I can put it in the bedroom, I can put it in the hall
I can put it in the bathroom, I can hang it on the wall
You can have it with a buzz, you can have it with a ring
And if you really want it you can have a ding-a-ling
Because-a hey baby, I'm your telephone man"

Can you believe that? And then he says:

"Now when other fellas call ya tell 'em how it all began"

Well...can you imagine?

My heart began a-thumpin' and my mind began to fly
And I knew I wasn't dealin' with no ordinary guy
So while he was a-talking I was thinkin' up my plan
Then my fingers did the walkin' on the telephone man

Singin' hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Get it any way you can
Right? Ha ha ha, so...

I got it in the bedroom, and I got it in the hall
And I got it in the bathroom, and he hung it on the wall
I got it with a buzz, and I got it with a ring
And when he told me what my number was I got a ding-a-ling

A-singin' hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Just-a doin' my thing

Ha, ha...I've never done anything like this before!
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Calling all stations
Can anybody tell me, tell me exactly where I am
I've lost all sense of direction
Watching the darkness closing around me
Feeling the cold all through my body
That's why I'm calling all stations
In the hope that someone hears me
A single lonely voice

I feel the sensation disappearing
There's a tingling in my arms
And there's a numbness in my hands

All the broken promises
All my good intentions don't add up to very much
And I realise whatever happened, whatever happened
I remember all the moments that I've wasted in my life
All the things I was always gonna do
Why is it now when it's too late
That I've finally realised it's important to me
To think that everything that's dear to me
And is always in my heart
Could so easily be taken
And it's tearing me apart
Going over and over in my mind
I relive it one second at a time

Calling all stations
Can anybody tell me, tell me exactly where I am
How different things look when your all on your own
Watching the darkness closing all around me
All around me
And I'm lost with feeling
Of your arms to remind me
Of everything that's dear to me
And is always in my heart
Could so easily be taken
And it's tearing me apart
Going over and over in my mind
I relive it one second at a time
Don't you know there's never been a moment
When I haven't had the thought
That everything that's dear to me
And is always in my heart
Could so easily be taken
And it's tearing me apart
Going over and over in my mind
I relive it one second at a time
As I sit here in the darkness
Feeling so alone
And everything that's dear to me
And is always in my heart...
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion


I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.


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Long-distance operator,
Place this call, it's not for fun.
Long-distance operator,
Please, place this call, you know it's not for fun.
I gotta get a message to my baby,
You know, she's not just anyone.

There are thousands in the phone booth,
Thousands at the gate.
There are thousands in the phone booth,
Thousands at the gate.
Ev'rybody wants to make a long-distance call
But you know they're just gonna have to wait.

If a call comes from Louisiana,
Please, let it ride.
If a call comes from Louisiana,
Please, let it ride.
This phone booth's on fire,
It's getting hot inside.

Ev'rybody wants to be my friend,
But nobody wants to get higher.
Ev'rybody wants to be my friend,
But nobody wants to get higher.
Long-distance operator,
I believe I'm stranglin' on this telephone wire.

~ bob dylan ~
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies



i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio



a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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this is the FUNNEST telephone song to sing!! :biggrin:



Operator
Give me information
Information
Give me long distance
Long distance
Give me heaven...

(two, three)
Operator
Information
Give me jesus on the line
Operator
Information
Id like to speak to a friend of mine
Oh prayer is the number
Faith is the exchange
Heaven is the street
And jesus is his name
Operator
Information
Please give me jesus on the line

Operator
Information
Wont you tell me why
Tell me why
Operator
Information
Dont try to tell me
What number to call
My mother used this number
When I was very small
And everytime she dialed it
She always got a call so
Operator
Information
Please give me jesus on the line

Operator
Information
Please hurry if you can
Oh operator
Information
Please connect me
With the man
Dont worry bout the money
You know I will pay the charge
Just get me on the line
Im callin from my heart
Operator
Information
Please give me jesus on the line
Please give me jesus on the line

Wont you please -
Give me jesus
Give me jesus on the line

Yeah!
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies



i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio



a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Post by Nav »

He's on the Phone by Saint Etienne, featuring Etienne Daho
He's on the phone, and she wants to go home
Shoes in hand, don't make a sound, it's time to go.
Someday (someday), someday

He's on the phone, doesn't want to go home
The hotel life, forget your wife, you're on your own
Academia girle
Life's a gas, she loves the trash, inside his world
Can't find his way there, got the cash, feeling flash, in Leicester Square.

Yes. She never meant to call, she did anyway, and now he's trying to find, the words to say
Someday (someday), someday (someday.)
Yes. She never meant to call, he did anyway, and now he's trying to find / the words to say
Someday (someday), someday

It's five to twelve, and she's nervous as hell
With nothing to lose, it's hard to choose, it's hard to tell.
Skin is dewdrop and warm, the lipstick kiss, reminisce, awake 'til dawn.

Yes. She never meant to call, she did anyway, and now he's trying to find the words to say
Someday (someday), someday (someday.)
Yes. (Ooh-ooh) She never meant to call, she did anyway, and now he's trying to find the words to say
Someday (someday), someday (someday.)

Et c'est alors que supposement blesse par le commun des mortels
Je reserecte encore et encore. Je reserecte, encore, et encore.

He's on the phone, and she wants to go home
Shoes in hand, don't make a sound, it's time to go

Yes. She never meant to call, she did anyway, and now he's trying to find / the words to say
Someday (someday), someday (someday.)
Yes. (Ooh-ooh) She never meant to call, she did anyway, and now he's trying to find the words to say
Someday (someday), someday (someday), someday.
There are some nice lyrics in there, but as is often the case with Saint Etienne's more dancy songs, some bits sound a bit simplistic.
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best version of this tune is inxs with iimmy barnes on Lost Boys soundtrack!! you tube it.




Good Times
Everybody shake,
Everybody groove,
Everybody shake,
mmm mmm ohh ohh!

Mary, Mary your on my mind,
The folks are gone and the place'll be mine,
Oh, Mary, Mary wanna be with you,
And this is what I'm gonna do,
I gonna put a call to you,
Coz' I feel good tonight,
And everything's gonna be right, right, yeah

I'm gonna have a good time tonight,
Rock n' Roll music gonna play all night,
Come on baby it won't take long,
Only take a minute just to sing my song.

Boney Moroney is gonna be with him,
I said, long Tall Sally is gonna be with slim,
Short fat Freddy is gonna, she's gonna be there to,
And this is what I'm gonna do,
Well I've got to put a call to you,
Coz' I feel good tonight,
And everything's gonna be right, right, yeah

I'm gonna have a good time tonight,
Rock n' Roll music gonna play all night,
Come on baby it won't take long,
Only take a minute just to sing my song.

I've got to talk to you!

Boney Moroney is gonna be with J-J-Jimmy,
Wah, Long tall Sally is gonna be with him,
Short fat Freddy is gonna be there too,
And this is what I gonna to do,
I'm gonna put a call to you,
Coz' I feel good tonight,
And everything's gonna be right, right, yeah

I'm gonna have a good time tonight,
Rock n' Roll music gonna play all night,
Come on baby it won't take long,
Only take a minute just to sing my song.

I'm gonna have a good time tonight,
Rock n' Roll music gonna play all night,
Come on baby it won't take long,
Only take a minute just to sing my song.

Listen!
Ah! Oh!

Gonna have a good time tonight,
Rock n' Roll music gonna play all night,
Come on baby it won't take long,
Only take a minute just to sing my song.

Come on and have a good time tonight,
Rock n' Roll music gonna play all night,
Come on baby it won't take long,
Only take a minute just to sing my song.

Hey, listen!
WAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Gonna have a good time tonight,
Rock n' Roll music gonna play all night,
Come on baby it won't take long,
Only take a minute just to sing my song

Song, yeah.
Everybody shake.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies



i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio



a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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quotin Cail from fav lyrics...good phone song

Cail wrote:Calling out to Carol
She could really twist the screws
What cha doin' Monday
And are you back on the booze?
now I been doin' some thinkin'
'Bout Colorado Springs
A dirty deim jacket, and a seven dollar ring
Well I've been keeping busy
I've got lots of pots boiling on the stove
Who's that in the background?
I'm sorry that I asked
I guess I should have known
CHORUS
Calling out to Carol on a telephone call
Message on a wire comin' through a wall
Talk about old times but not too long ago
Carol was the girl that everybody got to know
When'd you change your number?
Hey, Carol! It's different than you had
Have you got protection?
I know some police are bad
But that's not why I called you up now
You know, I quit the scene
I told ya 'bout your pictures
I guess I'll buy that magazine
And I still remember all those days we spent alone
You went one way while I went the other
Sometims I guess that's the way things go
CHORUS
Calling out to Carol gets a busy tone
Sees a lot of people but she lives alone
Pick up the receiver, love will come and go
'Cause Carol was a girl that everybody got to know
When they called me in the morning
And told me that she'd gone
i didn't want to hear it
So I just hung up the phone
Calling out to Carol on a telephone call
Message on a wire comin' through a wall
Is this line in service?
Operator says no
But Carol was a girl that everybody got to know
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies



i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio



a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Thief!
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sheesh....i thought you'd be pleased i noticed.

i figured you were just drunk and put it in the wrong thread! :|


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you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies



i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio



a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Telephone Road
(Steve Earle)
My brother Jimmy, my other brother Jack
Went off down to Houston and they never come back
Mama wasn't gonna let her baby go yet
But there ain't nobody hirin' back in Lafeyette

I'm workin' all week for the Texaco check
Sun beatin' down on the back of my neck
Tried to save my money but Jimmy says no
Says he's got a little honey on Telephone Road

Chorus:
Come on come on come on let's go
This ain't Louisianna
Your Mama won't know
Come on come on come on let's go
Everybody's rockin' out on Telephone Road

Telephone Road is ten miles long
Fifty car lots and a hundred honky-tonks
Jukebox blastin' and the beer bottles ring
Jimmy banging on a pinball machine

Chorus

Mama never told me about nothin' like this
I guess Houston's 'bout a big as a city can get
Sometimes I get lonesome for Lafeyette
Someday I'm goin' home but I ain't ready yet

Chorus
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Post by stonemaybe »

(As mentioned somewhere else, lyrics were not the reason to listen to The Undertones!)

You've got my number
Why don't you use it
You know my name
You won't abuse it

If you wanna wanna wanna wanna
Wanna have someone to talk to

I'll pick you up
In my car
Take you home
Its not far

If you wanna ...
Do it - do it - do it - do it

Why don't you ring my number ?
Why don't you ring my number now ?

Let's say goodbye
I couldn't stand it
You've got my number
Why don't you use it
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Call me call me call me
What a beautiful time we had together
Now it's gettin' late and we must leave each other
Just remember the time we had
And how right I tried to be
It's all in a day's work

Call me
Losing your love, acting foolishly
Go on and take your time 'cause you're only losing me
Love is a long ways from here
Tell you it's all in the way you feel
If your love is real

Come to me
Call me call me call me come back home
The best thing I can do is give back your love
Let you go away feelin' free as a dove
If you find you're a long ways from home
And somebody's doing you wrong
Just call on me baby
And come back home

Call me call me call me
Come back home

al green
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies



i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio



a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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