Leather Jacket

Hey

Hundreds of stories, before I showed up

And they tell them to me, and pull photos up

And there I'm connected, like a pair of handcuffs

No one seemed affected, that everyone is fucked

But, there was a softness, a kind of understanding

Those two A.M. decisions, always shaky landings

And no one ever knew, what could be demanded

Maybe it's the cards, the cards that she was handed

You call me up from a pay phone

I said, hang tight, I can drive ya home

I pulled on up and with a southern accent

I offered you my dad's leather jacket, yeah

I met her at a party, she'd come straight from work

Complained that the regulars were all a bunch of jerks

She always looked tired, she dazzled as a drunk

She even pulled off the stupid haircut

She said I don't need a sponsor, or the best lover

Just a man that sees me as some fixer-upper

The last few years, man, I've been running for cover

Trying to sleep so I can visit my mother

You call me up from a pay phone

I said, hang tight, I can drive ya home

I pulled on up and with a southern accent

I offered you my dad's leather jacket

When times were tough, in the worst years

We never knew how to interfere

And now you're back, and just unpackin'

Those bruised up takers, you keep attractin'

In September, when he goes off

Like some god damn, alarm clock

And he hits her, like a third shot

Conversations, she just stares off

There's no longer a voice calling when she goes out

Saying, I'll be up waiting for you

You call me up from a pay phone

I said, hang tight, I can drive ya home

I pulled on up and with a southern accent

I offered you my dad's leather jacket

When times were tough, in the worst years

We never knew how to interfere

And now you're back, and just unpacking

Those bruised up takers, you keep attracting

You call me up from a pay phone

(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)

You call me up from a pay phone

(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)

You call me up from a pay phone

(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)

You call me up from a pay phone

And I said, who the fuck uses a pay phone?