Telephone Song

I'm sitting here drinking, got the telephone ringing

Baby, I know it's you there on the line

Well just leave a message at the tone

'Cause I'm all alone and that's the way I'll stay tonight

I never promised you anything, don't you go talking no wedding ring

Baby, I run when you pull those reins too tight

And at the bar last night you nearly started a fight

With some pretty girl that was sitting across the way

Then you turned on me with that third degree

Now wait a minute, Babe, that's a game that I don't play

And how come I don't ever see those girls you say that are staring at me

Maybe, Baby, 'cause you're standing in my way

And I think it's best for me to get my bags, it's time to

leave

I don't need no woman hanging on

Well goodbye, Babe, we're through, I'll never be what you want me to

The only thing I'll ever be is gone

I'll never forget that night we met

When I took a chance and we danced all night long

It felt so right when I held you tight

You squeezed my hand as the band played its final song

But how the hell was I to know you'd be the kind that wouldn't let go

I think it's time for me to move along

And I think it's best for me to get my bags, it's time to leave

I don't need no woman hanging on

Well goodbye, Babe, we're through, I'll never be what you want me to

The only thing I'll ever be is gone