Phony Calls

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Mom and dad are goin out for the evening, and you're stuck inside the house all alone
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That's when you decided it might be fun to harass someone, dial a random number up on your 
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telephone
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You ask if their refrigerator is running, then you tell em they should go out and catch it, 
buddy
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If they ever figured out where you were callin em from, they'd come and bust your head right 
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in with a ratchet

(Listen to me)


Chorus 1:

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Don't go makin' phony calls, please stick to the seven-digit numbers you're used to
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I know that you think it's funny drivin' folks up the wall, but it's really gettin' old fast


Verse 2:

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Little Melvin has a natural obsession, askin' for Prince Albert in a can
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He gets a kick each time he makes a collect call, to some guy he doesn't know who lives in Japan
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He's callin' strangers up at three in the morning, gives 'em pizza pie delivery at four
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He won't be laughin when they're tracin' his line, one day the phone police will be there at
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 his door

(Yo, hear me)


Chorus 2:

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Don't go makin' phony calls, only dial the seven-digit numbers you're used to
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Swear someday I'm gonna yank that phone cord right out from the wall, how long is this phase 
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gonna last?


[Simpsons interlude]


Chorus 3:

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Don't go makin' phony calls, please stick to the seven-digit numbers you're used to
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You went through the New York City phone book and prank called em all, hope that you grow out
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 of this fast

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Don't go makin' phony calls, please stick to the seven-digit numbers you're used to
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Betcha think it's funny when you're drivin folks right up the wall, but you're just a pain in
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 the aaa....