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Calling America - Lyrics by Electric Light Orchester


Lyrics
Somebody told her that there was a place like heaven
Across the water on a seven fourty seven -
Yeahwe're living inin a modern world.
And pretty soon she's really got the notion
Of flying out across the big blue ocean -
Yeahwe're living inin a modern world.
Talk is cheap on satellitebut all I get is static
Information I'm still hereredial on automatic.
Calling America - can't get a message through
Calling America - that's what she said to do
Calling America - that's where she has to be
Calling America - she left a number for me
Calling America -
But I'm just talking to a satellite
Twenty thousand miles up in the sky each night -yeahwe're living inin a modern world.
All I had to do was pick up the phone
I'm out in space trying to talk to someone -
Yeahwe're living inin a modern world.
She left a number I could callbut no one's thereno one at all.
There must be something going wrong
That number just rings on and on.
Calling America - can't get a message through. . .
Said she'd call when she'd been gone a while
Guess she's missing me across the miles -
Yeahwe're living inin a modern world.
Calling America - can't get a message through. . .
Calling America - calling America - calling America -
Calling America - calling America - calling America -

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