853-5937 is the fifth track and fourth (UK)/second (US) single from Squeeze’s Babylon and On (a play on the phrase “babble on and on…”
The song charted at #32 on the US Top 100, making it one of Squeeze’s more successful songs in the US.
Despite it’s US success, Glenn and Chris have showed disdain...
[Chorus]
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Angela can't make it to the phone
If you care to leave your name and number
She'll give you a ring when she is home
[Verse 1]
Every time I called her I got the message
Listened to the voice coming down the line
I couldn't speak to a tape recording
I redialed it a number of times
[Chorus]
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Angela can't make it to the phone
If you care to leave your name and number
Please speak clearly after the tone
She'll give you a ring when she gets home
[Verse 2]
I rang her this morning so very early
Same old message came down the phone
I should go and see if her house is empty
Maybe she's poorly, perhaps she's not home
[Chorus]
853-5937
Angela can't make it to the phone
If you care to leave your name and number
Please speak clearly after the tone
She'll give you a ring when she gets home
[Bridge]
She's in Mill Hill, I'm in Bermondsey
It's the end of the earth on the northern line
Makes it so hard for me to see
The one that I love but can never find
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Called up a close friend who lives right by her
I got the message he was out too
I got suspicious, are they together?
I've got to find out that this isn't true, oh
[Outro]
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853-5937 was written by Glenn Tilbrook & Chris Difford.
853-5937 was produced by Glenn Tilbrook & Eric Thorngren.