Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver - The Phone Call lyrics
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The Phone Call<br>
Well when he got the phone call it gave him quite a fright<br>
‘Cause a call from home is rare enough especially at midnight<br>
He answered kind of nervous, a voice said, “This is dad<br>
I was sitting here and thought of you and it made me really sad.<br>
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“I know I’ve been a hard mad to live with in my life.<br>
You’d think that I just didn’t care ‘cause all we did was fight.<br>
And you probably hate me more than anyone<br>
But I still love you son.<br>
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“That time when you were 14 that bully blacked your eye<br>
We tracked him down and I made you fight until you made him cry.<br>
I know this worn out feeling the things that I’ve done wrong<br>
That drove a wedge between our hearts and drove you from our home<br>
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“I made you give up football so you could bail my hay.<br>
I made you give up Jenny and then she got away.<br>
Any you probably hate me more than anyone<br>
But I still love you son.<br>
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“For all the love I never gave I’m sorry for that now.<br>
And for all the things I didn’t say I want to say somehow.<br>
But I guess I’d better hang up because I probably called too late<br>
But if you could find it in your heart to forgive me that’d be great.<br>
But you probably hate me more than anyone<br>
But I still love you son.”<br>
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And then he heard the dial tone and then his front doorbell<br>
And his mother stood there all alone not looking very well<br>
She said, “I drove three hours – didn’t make one stop<br>
‘Cause tonight your daddy passed away just before eight o’clock.<br>
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“At first he talked about you like he ain’t done in years,<br>
And you might not believe this but, god, he cried real tears.<br>
He said you probably hate him more than anyone<br>
But he still loved you son.<br>
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“And he said, ‘For all the love I never gave I’m sorry for that now.’<br>
And he said, “For all the things I didn’t say I want to say somehow.’<br>
He said you probably hate him more than anyone<br>
But he still loved you son.”<br>
He still loved you son.<br>
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[Thanks to Billy K for lyrics]<br>
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