Answering Machine

Try and breathe some life into a letter

Losing hope, we'll never be together

My courage is at its peak

You know what I mean

How do you say you're okay

To an answering machine?

How do you say goodnight

To an answering machine?

Big time's got its losers

Small town's got its vices

A handful of friends

One needs a match, one needs some ice

Call-waiting phone in another time zone

How do you say I miss you

To an answering machine?

How do say good night

To an answering machine?

(If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again

If you need help, dial the number...)

I get enough of that

Try to free a slave of ignorance

Try and teach a whore about romance

How do you say I miss you

To an answering machine?

How do you say good night to

An answering machine?

How do you say I'm lonely to

An answering machine?

The message is very plain

Oh, I hate your answering machine

I hate your answering machine

I hate your answering machine...

(If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again...

If you need help...)