Stan Ridgway - Call box (1-2-3) lyrics

rate me

I press the buttons now

Voice keeps poppin' on the call box out

Mop-man, do you receive?

Ten-four, I gotta pull out

I got an ETA, five-thirty on the dot

A little bit later, it'll thicken the plot

Chorus:

They always tell me what's not is not

I just gotta get that 1-2-3

It's funny how these things always happen to me

I just gotta get that 1-2-3

Now, by the force of circumstance

And by the belt that holds up my pants

I'm held responsible

For this idea that never had a chance

When they call out the guard tonight

He'll cut the alarm and switch off the light

Chorus:

I get a funny feeling that wrong is right

I just gotta get that 1-2-3

It's funny how these things always happen to me

I just gotta get that 1-2-3

1 2 3

A B C

Like you and me

Like 1 2 3

1 2 3

1-2-3

A B C

1-2-3

1 2 3

1-2-3

It's a combination...

I press the buttons nowwww!

I press the buttons now

Voice keeps poppin' on the call box out

Mop-man, do you receive?

Ten-four, I gotta pull out

I got an ETA, five-thirty on the dot

A little bit later, it'll thicken the plot

Chorus:

They always tell me what's not is not

I just gotta get that 1-2-3

It's funny how these things always happen to me

I guess I gotta get that 1-2-3

1 2 3

A B C

Like you and me

Like 1 2 3

Not is not, not is not!

Not is not, not is not...