Hanging On The Telephone
Yearning Conversations: Hanging On The Telephone
Lyrics
I'm in the phone booth, it's the one across the hall
I am in a phone booth, specifically the one across the hall.
If you don't answer, I'll just ring it off the wall
If you don't answer, I will persistently keep calling.
I know he's there, but I just had to call
I am aware that someone else is with you, but I felt the need to call.
Don't leave me hanging on the telephone
Don't abandon me, waiting anxiously by the telephone.
Don't leave me hanging on the telephone
Reiteration of the plea not to leave the speaker waiting by the telephone.
I heard your mother, now she's going out the door
The speaker hears your mother leaving and wonders about her destination.
Did she go to work or just go to the store?
Questioning whether she went to work or simply went to the store.
All those things she said, I told you to ignore
Referring to advice given about disregarding things said by the mother.
Oh, why can't we talk again?
Expressing a desire to have a conversation again.
Oh, why can't we talk again?
Repetition of the desire for communication.
Oh, why can't we talk again?
Continuation of the plea for renewed conversation.
Don't leave me hanging on the telephone
Reiteration of the request not to be left waiting by the telephone.
Don't leave me hanging on the telephone
Repeating the plea not to be left hanging on the telephone.
It's good to hear your voice, you know it's been so long
Expressing joy at hearing the recipient's voice after a long time.
If I don't get your calls, then everything goes wrong
Highlighting the importance of receiving calls to prevent things from going wrong.
I want to tell you something you've known all along
Expressing a desire to communicate something known to both parties.
Don't leave me hanging on the telephone
Reiteration of the plea not to be left waiting on the telephone.
I had to interrupt and stop this conversation
Interrupting the conversation for an unspecified reason.
Your voice across the line gives me a strange sensation
Describing a strange sensation caused by the recipient's voice.
I'd like to talk when I can show you my affection
Expressing a desire to talk and show affection when possible.
Oh, I can't control myself
Conveying a lack of control over emotions and actions.
Oh, I can't control myself
Repetition of the lack of control over emotions and actions.
Oh, I can't control myself
Continuation of the theme of a lack of emotional control.
Don't leave me hanging on the telephone
Reiteration of the plea not to be left hanging on the telephone.
Hang up and run to me
Encouraging the recipient to hang up and come to the speaker.
Oh, hang up and run to me
Repetition of the encouragement to hang up and come to the speaker.
Oh, hang up and run to me
Continuation of the encouragement to hang up and come to the speaker.
Oh, hang up and run to me
Repetition of the encouragement to hang up and come to the speaker.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, run to me, yeah
A final plea for the recipient to run to the speaker.
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