Well I remember when I met her She winked and threw me some change She said "Call me sometime, boy Now you know my name" I should have known on the phone You never can make any time No matter how hard she talks You're always at the end of the line Telephone girl I get hung up on all these telephone girls Telephone girl There's no romance in a telephone world She's got a little black box That sits right next to her phone So that she can say hello Even when there's nobody home Well I try to pin her down But there's never any time But I can always get her voice For a couple of dimes Telephone girl You get nothing from a telephone girl Telephone girl There's no romance in a telephone world She's all I could ask for over the phone But she's never the same when I get her alone Calling her up There's never enough to bring the pressure down You can't even trust her voice When there's nobody around But every time I call her up To tell her that this'll be the very last time My heart starts thumping When her love comes whistling down the line Telephone girl You get nothing from a telephone girl Telephone girl I tell you nothing from a telephone girl Telephone girl Telephone girl