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The leadoff track on the celebrated debut album by L.A. punk legends X, “Your Phone’s Off the Hook, But You’re Not” was written by singer/bassist John Doe and frontwoman Exene Cervenka. In a 2010 interview with Music Illuminati, Doe spoke about how this driving slice of punkabilly came together:
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[Verse 1]
Someone clean to chew on
A wife that no one likes
I called and they said all of New York
Was a tow-away zone
We paid sixty dollars on 12th Street today
And now all our money's gone
[Chorus]
You don't have to answer me
You don't have to call me back
Your phone's off the hook
But you're not
[Verse 2]
You hate my older sister
And you burglarize her home
Your dirty invitation waits
Run over on my street
I don't care who you don't like
You don't have to answer me
[Chorus]
You don't have to answer me
You don't have to call me back
Your phone's off the hook
But you're not
[Verse 3]
Someone clean to chew on
A wife that no one likes
I called and they said all of New York
Was a tow-away zone
We paid sixty dollars on 12th Street today
And now all our money's gone
[Chorus]
You don't have to answer me
You don't have to call me back
Your phone's off the hook
But you're not
[Outro]
But you're not
But you're not
But you're not
Your Phone’s Off the Hook, But You’re Not was written by Exene Cervenka & John Doe (X).
Your Phone’s Off the Hook, But You’re Not was produced by Ray Manzarek.
X released Your Phone’s Off the Hook, But You’re Not on Sat Apr 26 1980.