| I never thought there’d come a time
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| When someone else could tap my line
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| On hold my woman’s love
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| I have expecting you to still be mine, yeah
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| Time comes around, I’m knowing I should be there
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| 'Cause when I call her
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| A line that’s always been clear
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| Is busy at the strangest hours
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| Operator got to have your help
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| This is an emergency
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| Please interrupt the line
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| He’s trying to beat my time
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| Emergency, that’s what I’m making
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| Tell her love is on the phone
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| I know I left her all alone
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| But this time I got my signals straight
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| When love calls she won’t have to wait
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| Try the line one more time
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| This woman is much too rare for me to give her up
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| Knowing that love’s still there
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| 'Cause all at once it came to me
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| Now operator got to let me please
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| This is an emergency
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| Please, won’t you put me through?
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| Or she’ll have somebody new
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| Emergency, that’s what I’m making
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| 'Cause my heart is aching
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| This is an emergency
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| I don’t care about the charge
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| I’m suffering from a broken heart
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| Emergency, in the name of love, yeah
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| So won’t you help me out?
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| This is an emergency
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| He’s trying to beat my time
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| Emergency, in the name of love, yeah
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| Operator, this is an emergency
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| I don’t care about the charge
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| I’m suffering from a broken
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| Yeah, that’s what I’m making
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| My heart is aching for my baby
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| This is an emergency
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| Please interrupt the line
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| 'Cause he’s trying to beat my time
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| Emergency
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| This is an emergency
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| Now you’ve got to put me though
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| Or she’ll have somebody new, yeah |