8 Telephone
© 2010 Hoke Simpson/No Alibi Music ASCAP
Telephone
Hoke Simpson III
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Well I called my baby
On the telephone
She pick it up
Say no one home
If yo’ name be Johnny
Or yo’ name be Jack
I gone to de country
An’ I won’ be back
If yo’ name be Lonny
Or yo’ name be Al
You best be findin’
Some other gal
If yo’ name be Benny
Or yo’ name be Bruce
Well heah’s de message
I done cut you loose
If yo’ name be Harry
Or yo’ name be Dick
You jus’ done lost
Yo’ dixie chick
Well de conversation
Give me de blues
‘Cause de words she sayin’
Dey’s sho bad news
So I hangs up
An’ I feels ashame’
‘Cause dat ol’ gal
Don’ even know my name
Well I calls her back
An’ befo’ I spoke
She say it’s all right
‘Cause I loves you Hoke
Well de sun come out
An’ I’m feelin’ good
‘Cause dat gal love me
Like you know she would
Well it’s goodbye Johnny
An’ it’s so long Jack
An’ Bruce an’ Benny
Know they won’ be back
An’ it’s goodbye Harry
An’ goodbye Jim
An’ goodbye Lonny
Glad I ain’ him
Dey ain’ no cause
Fo’ me to weep an’ moan
Gal say she love me
On de telephone