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From their fourth studio album "3".
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Verse 1:
I Glook at my telephone book
I look at my telephone book
I can't stand the way it look
I hate to think the way you took me
EmDown into a burning rage
I wrote your name on every page
But Gyou don't Dreturn my Gcalls
Verse 2:
GYou don't return my calls
You don't return my calls
I'm ready to bust down these walls
I'm going down Niagara Falls
 EmIn a barrel of fun hey ain't I a lucky one?
GYou don't Dreturn my Gcalls
Verse 3:
GMy telephone is the color red
My telephone is the color red
The red is all in my head
Some things are left better unsaid
EmIs that why you don't try
To acknowledge or reply?
Why Gyou don't Dreturn my Gcalls?
Repeat Verse 1:
Verse 4:
CDid you hear from an old friend I Gknew once way back when
EmI did some bad things to myCself and my heDalth?
COr did you happen to hear an old Gsong I once sang?
Did it Emmake your sweet sweet blood run cold in your Cveins
And will you Dnever think of me the same?G  

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Telephone Book

by Violent Femmes

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From their fourth studio album "3".

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Verse 1:

I look at my telephone book

I can't stand the way it look

I hate to think the way you took me

Down into a burning rage

I wrote your name on every page

G D G

But you don't return my calls

Verse 2:

You don't return my calls

I'm ready to bust down these walls

I'm going down Niagara Falls

In a barrel of fun hey ain't I a lucky one?

G D G

You don't return my calls

Verse 3:

My telephone is the color red

The red is all in my head

Some things are left better unsaid

Is that why you don't try

To acknowledge or reply?

G D G

Why you don't return my calls?

Repeat Verse 1:

Verse 4:

C G

Did you hear from an old friend I knew once way back when

Em C D

I did some bad things to myself and my health?

C G

Or did you happen to hear an old song I once sang?

Em C

Did it make your sweet sweet blood run cold in your veins

D G

And will you never think of me the same?

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