I called you
Up casual
And your father answered the phone
He said God damn
What a polite young man
When I asked if you were at home
He yelled upstairs
Are you up there
Or did you sneak out of the house
The Windowshade
You been dark for days
Until idle brightest sound
The hallway runner run a race to the kitchen
And wrap around the corner til the cord stops stretchin
Everybody's on their landlines
Everybody's on their landlines all the time
Speaking
Interrupted the telephone ring
Thank you for holding
(Thank you for holding)
But between the shop clerk
And the secretarial work
Been up early mornin overtime answering
The hallway water cooler cool talk weekend
To switchboard busy signal operator beepin
Everybody's on their landlines
Everybody's on their landlines all the time
Everybody's on their landlines
Everybody's on their landlines all the time
Everybody's on their landlines
