mama i'm calling to tell you just how much i miss you today i wish that you lived somewhere closer to me but you're only a phone call away now i know i should write you more often 'cause that's something good children do if words carry weight, my letter is late - mama this song's for you mama i'm calling to tell you just how much i miss you today i wish that you lived somewhere closer to me but you're only a phone call away now i know i caused you some trouble, from fifteen to age twenty five but now i've grown up, we've learned to talk, trouble don't seem to mind mama i'm calling to tell you just how much i miss you today i wish that you lived somewhere closer to me but you're only a phone call away(x2) i wish that you lived somewhere closer to me but you're only a phone call away you're only a phone call away