Call Box - Stan Ridgway

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

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

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

Like you and me

It’s a combination…

I press the buttons noooooooow…

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

They always tell me what’s not is not

I just I 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

Like you and me

Not is not

Not-is-not

Not is not

Not is not