Key: Bb major•
Verse 1
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Everybody rappin' and talkin' 'bout nothin'
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and makin' 'em sexy sounds
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And in the meantime and in- between-
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time I'm down here on the ground.
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But now, I'm not complainin' about what's
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per tainin' to my present status quo
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About things gettin' hard, ooh,
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my God – inflation… I know you know. Listen:
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before I got on my bed.
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Now I was already tired on the for- real side
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and a few bills I'd have got to pay…
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Now my phone rang and a cute little
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girl began to sing this tune,
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She said: “Mr. Watson I'd like to inform
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you your phone is turned off at noon!”
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Now that came to me as
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no surprise,
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'cause last week I went up the coast,
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I met a cute little girl that was all the way live
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and callin' her I thought was the most!
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She had them great big eyes and 'em great
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big legs and it gave my body a chill.
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So, you know, I never thought about
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the cost and, no – a telephone bill!
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havin' myself a ball,
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Eh, ah – you know, it slipped my mind it
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was at the same time I was makin' a long distance call.
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So that day before yesterday I ran into the
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problem just making them calls an hollers
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And I picked up the envelope that contained
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my bill – guess what: 500 dollars!
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Now, the next time I call this
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cutie to make myself a date
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I'm gonna call that girl way after nine
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and get me the evening rate!
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Now, I ain't gonna tell her, shh,
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ain't gonna tell her nothin' to blow my frown thing,
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But it'll be way, way,
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way after nine when she'll hear her telephone ring!
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Ring it! Ring it! Ring
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that tele phone!
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I said: ring it! Ring it! Have
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ring it: watch your phone bill!
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and my talking resumed and all.
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A, ah, I said: from now on, pal,
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I must stick to my local calls!
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and I would just guess – y- you know what I'm talkin' about –
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I say, when I got the bill the figure was so low,
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I was im pressed! Knock me out!
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stopped my laughter,
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I was upside diggin' in the yard,
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Heard a “ding” and I heard a “dong” – it was the phone! Ooh,
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Say, I dropped my shovel and my body I
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levelled and I made me a 100- yard dash
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And then I straightened up my clothes and I blew
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my nose through a kleenex in the trash.
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I composed myself and I picked
Verse 9
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and I was still kinda huffin' and puffin'
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And the operator said “would you accept a collect
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call?” – I said: “Ain't that nothin'?”
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But, uh, I was just cool, 'cause, you know, I didn't wan na be no fool,
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and, see, I didn't know who it was –
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It was the big- legged cu tie from up off
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the coast tellin' me that she was in love!
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– not now you all know I ain't never lied!
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But, in love or not,
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I planned to stop when the third minute arrived!
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I went three minutes past – it occured
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to me: ooh! She might talk a week!
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I gotta go!” – She was a telephone freak!
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talk a little longer! With you I'm so in love!”
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I said: “I know, where you're comin' from,
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I can dig it! I gotta go rehearse at the club!”
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She said: “Well, if you gotta go rehearse I'll call you later,
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there's some I gotta tell you what's on my mind!”
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I said: “Well, yeah okay, Baby,
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you can call me back – anytime after nine!”
Verse 12
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Ring it! Ring it! Ring that telephone!
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Why don't you ring it?
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Ring it? Ring that telephone?
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And when you ring it, ring it,
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And ring it, ring it: watch your phone bill
Outro 1
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ChordsEb Bb Abm G Gm...
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Abm
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Gm
Cm
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Ab
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