(lead singer picks up phone in phone booth)



Operator: Number please



I'm saying hey operator, please give us a hand

Ya gotta help us out 'cause we're the telephone band

We're calling all people that are sittin' at home

With some rocking and rolling on the telephone

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah....



Rock rock rock rock rock

The telephone rock

Everybody sing now

Rock rock rock

The telephone rock

It's the latest thing yeah

Rock rock rock

The telephone rock

Ya know ya hear that ring now

Rock rock rock

The telephone rock



Operator: Hello? Who is this? What do you mean by calling me up and bothering me like this!



Please operator, please give us a chance

The people are waiting so please dial us this dance

They want to hear our music yeah they want us to sing

So operator please make their telephone ring

Yeah yeah yeah....



Rock rock rock rock rock

The telephone rock

You know you can't go wrong

Rock rock rock

The telephone rock

Come on and dial that song

Rock rock rock

The telephone rock

We'll hold on all night long

Rock rock rock

The telephone rock



Operator: Listen, if you young scallywags don't stop bothering me I guess I'm gonna call the police!



Said hey everybody all across the land

We're here to entertain you with the telephone band

So take off your shoes start shaking your feet

And dance like crazy to our telephone beat

Yeah yeah yeah....



Rock rock rock rock rock

The telephone rock

People don't you hear that tone

Rock rock rock

The telephone rock

Come on baby hold the phone yeah

Rock rock rock

The telephone rock

Let's hear it one more time

Rock rock rock

The telephone rock

You know it only costs a dime yeah

Rock rock rock

The telephone rock

(muffled by next lines overlapping)



(operator arrives at booth with policeman in tow)



Operator: There they are Officer.

There are the whippersnappers that have been calling me up!



Rock rock rock

The telephone rock

Don't ya hear that beat

Yeah yeah a real live wire

Rock rock rock

The telephone rock

I'm hung up on ya baby

Rock rock rock

The telephone rock

You're gonna be the receiver of all my love

Rock rock rock

The telephone rock

It's a good connection baby

Rock rock rock

The telephone rock

Hey put that booth down!

Where ya going with this telephone booth?



(as they're carried off in the booth)