The Telltales
 

The Phone Call

Her sister says she’s with her now
They’ve laid a mattress on the floor
And she’s crying

Can hear the anger down the line
They put her on she says “There’s something
that I want you to know—

I’m the girl I was before
But you don’t see me anymore
Now I’ve faded from your view
What am I supposed to do
What am I supposed to do?”

Words that strip and words that tear
Words that lay my guilty conscience bare
Now she’s trying

To make me see I hurt her bad
She’s reduced to shouting when she says
that “I want you to know—

I’m the girl I was before
But you don’t see me anymore
Now I’ve faded from your view

What am I supposed to do
What am I supposed to do
But leave you, leave you”


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Music and lyrics: Toby Roberts. Instrumentation: The Telltales. Recording: Steve Shipley, Lemon Studios, 2004. Produced by The Telltales and Steve Shipley. Mastering: William Bowden. All recordings ©2004 Will Belford, Peter Gifford, Mark Roberts, Toby Roberts (The Telltales). All compositions (lyrics & music) ©2000-2004 Toby Roberts. Painting: from Pieter Brueghel’s Haymaking and Tower of Babel, reproduced courtesy of the State Reference Library, State Library of New South Wales.