The telephone, it had the telephone, ay
Pick it up and listen to the dialing tone, ay
The telephone, it had the telephone, ay
Pick it up and listen to the dialing tone
Well if you're in your house sitting down on your own
And you hear a brr brr brr must be a telephone
Well don't get angry and don't you moan
Cause it might be your friend asking you to come round
Well you could live near or live downtown
If you don't check them out you're coming
like a little clone But it's only gonna cost you a few pound
Will you go on the bus or you take an underground?
So the telephone,
it had the telephone,
ay Pick it up and listen to the dialing tone,
ay The telephone, it had the telephone, ay
Pick it up and listen to the dialing tone
Well I know a youth and his name is Jim Brown
And just the other day he was driving through the
town But you this lad's a little accident prone
He accidentally hit a little young out of the ground
Well when he did that on his face he had a frown
And he wished he was home relaxing in him dressing
gown But Jim took off faster than a crayon
To see if he could find the nearest telephone When he
found it he picked it up and listened to the dialing tone
22 before you know it the ambulance it came around
And now the little girl she's safe and sound
If it wasn't for the telephone she would be
six foot underground So the telephone,
it had the telephone,
ay
Pick it up and listen to the dialing tone,
ay The telephone,
it had the telephone,
ay
Pick it up and listen to the dialing tone
I was standing at the phone box one day in
a one queue And this man and this woman they started to
argue And the man said shut him out woman I'm gonna
use the phone before you And the woman said well who the world do
you think you're talking to And the man said I'm gonna use the phone
and there's nothing you can do And I'm
gonna be in it for half an hour cause
I'm phoning to Peru Well when he said that on my face I had a
screw And I walked back up to my road Liam Avenue
Well I've got my own phone and there's no need for me to queue
But I did cause I was there and I was passing through
When I reached back to my house about half past two
To make a phone call to a man about a special venue
Well I did I wish I still was standing in the queue
But my mum started to cuss me till I was black and blue
She said Tiffa you're big and of course that is true
And you can use the phone as much as you want to
But listen to me dear please listen to me do
Just make sure you have your money when the red letter's due
So the telephone at the telephone Pick
it up and listen to the dialing tone
The telephone at the telephone Pick
it up and listen to the dialing tone
It's for you