Lyrics
It was a Tuesday morn in November
Setting the scene: Tuesday morning in November.
I slept at your house the night before
The narrator spent the night at the listener's house.
We couldn't wait to get up to go for
Anticipation for a shared morning activity.
A big breakfast in an old fashioned diner
Plan to have breakfast in an old-fashioned diner.
A full meal six coffee refills later
Enjoying a leisurely meal with multiple coffee refills.
We both have to be at work in an hour
Both need to go to work soon.
Let's call in sick I suggest to her
Suggesting calling in sick to spend the day together.
I'll call your boss and tell her that you're under
Planning to call the listener's boss with an excuse.
The weather, you'll call mine, you will tell her
The listener will do the same for the narrator.
That I'm very sick and that
Building a cover story involving the narrator's mother.
You're my mother
Using a familial excuse for authenticity.
So we walk down the street
Walking down the street to find a phone booth.
Looking for a phone booth we
Searching for a place to make the deceptive calls.
Rehearse what we're going to say
Rehearsing the planned excuses for the day off.
So that we can have this day
Expressing the desire to have a day away from responsibilities.
Away
(Blank line - Transition or pause in the narrative.)
We find a phone booth with room for two
The narrator calls the listener's boss with a fabricated story.
I call your boss and I don't speak the truth
Anticipating negative consequences for the listener's work.
They're pretty mad about you but they'll get through
Despite anger, the workplace will manage without the listener.
You call my work in my mother's voice
The listener calls the narrator's workplace using the mother's voice.
They believe you
The deception is successful; the workplace believes the excuse.
And it starts to rain outside
Rain begins outside, adding an atmospheric element.
In our phone booth we hide
Seeking refuge in the phone booth from the rain.
It doesn't let up until five
The rain persists until 5, indicating the passage of time.
Squished together we don't mind
In the confined space, the couple doesn't mind being close.
We don't mind
Expressing contentment with the situation despite challenges.
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