Old Time Phone Calls

I was a child Before push button phones When party lines were popular And long distance calls Went through an operator Four one, one (411) Did not exist You would call the operator And nine one, one Was a long way off In the future The first two numbers Were represented by a name Like nightingale, getney Nightingale 8 6000 Was really 648 6000 I remember push button phones And how wonderful it was And how quick it was To make calls I also remember When I was teenager The first answering machines Which allowed the caller To leave a “fifteen second” message Without a second chance I remember making up Funny messages And I also remember When I first got call forwarding And I would forward all my calls To weather information In Hawaii!... but Times have changed Things have changed I have gotten old And the phone Is no longer as much fun As it use to be But please don’t call me Unless You would like to speak To Mr. Margulies In Alaska