Lyrics of
Telephone Line

Telephone Line is a song by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), written and produced by Jeff Lynne. The song reflects on loneliness and the longing to reconnect with a former love over the telephone, utilizing metaphors and nostalgic imagery to capture the painful emotion of being apart.

Hello--how are you?
Have you been alright, through all those lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely nights,
That's what I'd say, I'd tell you everything
If you'd pick up that telephone. ya ya ya
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Hey--how you feelin'
Are you still the same
Don't you realize the things we did we did were all for real not a dream
I just can't believe
They've all faded out of view. Yeah Yeah ooh ooh ooh

Shoo wop doo be doo doo wop doo wah doo lang
Blue days black nights doo wah doo lang
I look into the sky
(The love you need ain't gonna see you through.)
And I wonder why
(The little things you planned ain't coming true.)

Oh Telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twi - light
Oh Telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twi - light


O.k. so no--one's answering,
Can't you just let it ring a little longer longer longer oh wo wo
I'll just sit tight, through the shadows of the night
Let it ring for evermore. oh oh whoa ya ya ya

Shoo wop doo be doo doo wop doo wah doo lang
Blue days black nights doo wah doo lang

I look into the sky
(The love you need ain't gonna see you through.)
And I wonder why
(The little things you planned ain't coming true.)
Oh Telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twi - light
Oh Telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twi - light
Oh Telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twi - light
Oh Telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twi - light