I tried to get you on the telephone But all day long got your number wrong Then I remembered that I wrote it on the shirt But I went and got it dirty when I fell in the dirt Telephone numbers Getting me down Got the wrong number Telephone numbers Going through my head But the lines are dead On the screen we have a good time Thought I'd call a friend of mine Come on over bring a beer What'd you say there's a buzzing in my ear Telephone numbers Getting me down Got the wrong number Telephone numbers Going through my head But the lines are dead Saw you out in the week We pass by we never meet You ring me in not in Fuck let's talk about the state I'm in Telephone numbers Getting me down Got the wrong number Telephone numbers Going through my head But the lines are dead