STANDING IN MY ROOM WAITING FOR THE PHONE TO RING
I PICK UP MY GUITAR AND I START TO SING
TELEPHONE TELEPHONE I'M SICK OF WAITING FOR YOU
TO TELL ME WHAT TO THINK AND WHAT THE HELL I SHOULD DO
WELL JUST ABOUT THEN THE PHONE BEGAN TO CRY
HELLO PICK ME UP SOMEBODY'S ON THE OTHER SIDE
HELLO HELLO IS SAID OUT OUT THE DEAD OPEN AIR
HELLO HELLO I SAID BUT THERE WAS NOBODY THERE AT ALL
STANDIN' IN MY ROOM WAITING FOR THE PHONE TO RING
SHE SAID SHE'D CALL BY 9 BUT NOW IT 10 AND I'M STILL WAITING
ANXIOUSLY ANTICIPATING HER PHONE CALL
SHE TOLD ME SHE'D CALL ME BY 9
BUT NOW IT IS 10 AND THERE IS NO CALL AT ALL
I DON'T WANT TO WASTE ANOTHER SECOND OF MY TIME
OR HAVE TO RIDE AROUND
AND HAVE TO SPEND ANOTHER GOD DAMN DIME
'CUS NOW I KNOW THAT GIRL WILL NEVER BY MY WIFE
AND I KNOW I WONT BE STUCK WITH HER FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE