Long Distance
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 Alone with the phone again
 The deepening light seeps in my mind
 I'm desperate to hear a voice
 Can this really be my choice?
 I'm fifty and I'm tricky
 And I'm sick of being alone
 You're twenty-five and pretty
 But you're old enough to know
 That actions form a pattern
 And the heart's the last to know
 And I'm waitin' for another friend
 Callin' long distance again

 My mind is an antique room
 There's overstuffed chairs and carpets too
 Where nobody ever comes
 It's a good place to run away from
 And I'm runnin' from a love
 With every step I take
 And if I can fall for you then
 From the last one I am saved
 And it's a cold grey wet December
 Shity shity day
 And I'm waitin' for another friend
 Calling long distance again

 You're dark and your French voice is lovely
 And you're bright eyes light the receiver
 across the miles
 I'm listening close and I'm hoping
 To learn love, but I don't know how
 Calling long distance again
 Calling long distance again
 I'm calling long distance again
 Calling long distance again