Telephone Call From Istanbul (2023 Remaster)

[Verse 1]
All night long on the broken glass
Livin' in a medicine chest
Mediteromanian hotel back
Sprawled across a roll top desk
The monkey rode the blade on an overhead fan
They paint the donkey blue if you pay
I got a telephone call from Istanbul
My baby's comin' home today

[Chorus]
Will you sell me one of those if I shave my head?
"Get me out of town," is what Fireball said
Never trust a man in a blue trenchcoat
Never drive a car when you'rе dead
Saturday's a festival, Friday's a gem
Dyе your hair yellow and raise your hem
Follow me to Beulah's on Dry Creek Road
I got to wear the hat that my baby done sewed, woo

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Will you sell me one of those if I shave my head?
"Get me out of town," is what Fireball said
Never trust a man in a blue trenchcoat
Never drive a car when you're dead
Saturday's a festival, Friday's a gem
Dye your hair yellow and raise your hem
Follow me to Beulah's on Dry Creek Road
I got to wear the hat that my baby done sewed

[Verse 2]
Well, take me down to buy a tux on Red Rose Bear
I got to cut a hole in the day
I got a telephone call from Istanbul
My baby's comin' home today

[Chorus]
Sell me one of those if I shave my head
"Get me out of town," is what Fireball said
Never trust a man in a blue trenchcoat
Never drive a car when you're dead
Saturday's a festival, Friday's a gem
Dye your hair yellow and raise your hem
Follow me to Beulah's on Dry Creek Road
I got to wear the hat that my baby done sewed, woo