Phony Calls

Mom and dad are going out for the evening

and you're stuck inside of the house all alone

That's when you decide

it might be fun to harrass someone

Dial a random number up on your telephone

You ask if their refrigerator is running

Then you tell them em' they should go out and catch it

Buddy, if they ever figured out

Where you were callin em' from

They'd come and bust your head

right in with a ratchet

Listen to me



Chorus:

Don't go makin' phony calls

Please stick to the seven-digit

numbers your used to

I know that you think it's funny

drivin' folks right up the wall

But it's really gettin' old fast



Little Melvin has a natural obssession

Askin for Prince Albert in a can

He gets a kick each time he makes a collect-call

To some guy he doesn't know who lives in Japan

He's callin' strangers up at three in the morning

Gives em' pizza pie delivery at four

He won't be laughing when they're tracin' his line

One day the phone police will be there at his door

Yo, hear me



2nd Chorus:

Don't go makin' phony calls

Only dial the seven-digit numbers you're used to

Swear someday I'm gonna yank that

phone cord right out from the wall

How long is this phase gonna last?



Don't go makin' phony calls

Please stick to the seven-digit

numbers you're used to

You went through the New York City

Phone book and prank-called em' all

Hope that you grow out of this fast