R-212 · 45 single · A/B

Ruby, Don't Answer the Telephone

The Switchboard Saints

2 tracks · 5:00 · $0.99 from PACEX

In the PACEX catalogue from day one.

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1. ARuby, Don't Answer the Telephone2:08

   [Verse 1]
   I seen his Chevrolet go crawlin' past your daddy's place,
   I seen the curtain move, girl, but I never saw your face.
   Your girlfriend Donna told me somethin' Tuesday at the store —
   Said the telephone's been ringin' like it never rang before.
   
   [Chorus]
   Ruby! (Ruby!) Don't answer the phone!
   Ruby! (Ruby!) Let it ring all alone!
   If it's him, hang it up — if it's me, pick it up —
   Ruby, don't you answer that phone!
   
   [Verse 2]
   Now I ain't sayin' nothin' and I ain't accusin' you,
   But my buddy's got a scanner and my buddy's tellin' true.
   So Saturday at eight o'clock I'm ringin' twice, then three —
   That's the secret signal, Ruby, so you know that it's just me!
   
   [Chorus]
   
   [Fuzz Guitar Solo]
   
   [Chorus]

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2. BShe Hung Up First2:52

   [Verse 1]
   I had a little list of things
   That I was going to say
   I practised on my shaving glass
   For half of Saturday
   I called her from the corner shop
   With everybody near
   I started with "Now listen, girl"
   She said, "That's why I'm here"
   
   [Chorus]
   She hung up first
   Before I got to go
   She hung up first
   Before my grand hello
   I had the last word ready
   I rehearsed it in my room
   She hung up first
   And left me talking to the moon
   
   [Verse 2]
   I told the boys the line was bad
   I told them she was out
   The fellow with the evening news
   Said, "What's the fuss about?"
   I said that I was finished
   And I said that I was through
   Then I put another penny in
   Like finished fellows do
   
   [Chorus]
   She hung up first
   Before I got to go
   She hung up first
   Before my grand hello
   I had the last word ready
   I rehearsed it in my room
   She hung up first
   And left me talking to the moon
   
   [Bridge]
   She never asked who I could see
   Or where I went at night
   I called to put her in her place
   She put the whole thing right
   
   [Final Chorus]
   She hung up first
   I should have let her speak
   She hung up first
   I've been talking all the week
   I had the last word ready
   Now I've torn that paper through
   She hung up first
   I had some listening to do

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