[Verse 1]
I wish you'd call me on the telephone
I want to hear your voice
Reaching late into the night
I would live on the telephone if I was
Listening to you talk about your day
[Chorus]
I nod my head, count the days gone by
Since I held onto your words
[Verse 2]
I used to call you on the telephone
I couldn't catch my breath
To expel a single word
You would hang up your telephone
You always looked confused
Then you'd turn and close the blinds
[Chorus]
I nod my head, count the days gone by
Since I held onto your words
[Outro]
Pick up your telephone
Pick up your telephone
I wrote it kind of as a joke, where it was the pandemic and I was trying to connect with someone and we were talking on the telephone a lot. And there was a lot of running out of things to talk about. I was starting to dread it. I decided I would write a song that at first seemed like I really loved...