Telephone Man

Meri Wilson

(Wilson)



-Peaked at #18 in 1977 and was her only hit

-Sold over a million copies

-A "novelty" song

-Produced by Boomer Castleman and Jim Rutledge of "Bloodrock"



I went to my apartment on a Monday at one

A-singin' do lolly, lolly shicky bum, shicky bum

Started movin' in it on a Tuesday at two

A-singin' do lolly, lolly shicky do, shicky do

Wednesday at three I called the phone company, singin':

"Hey baby, put a phone in for me"

Thursday at four he came a-knockin' at my door, singin':



"Hey, baby, I'm your telephone man

You just show me where you want it and I'll put it where I can

I can put it in the bedroom, I can put it in the hall

I can put it in the bathroom, I can hang it on the wall

You can have it with a buzz, you can have it with a ring

And if you really want it you can have a ding-a-ling

Because-a hey baby, I'm your telephone man"



Can you believe that? And then he says:



"Now when other fellas call ya tell 'em how it all began"



Well...can you imagine?



My heart began a-thumpin' and my mind began to fly

And I knew I wasn't dealin' with no ordinary guy

So while he was a-talking I was thinkin' up my plan

Then my fingers did the walkin' on the telephone man



Singin' hey lolly, lolly

Hey lolly, lolly

Hey lolly, lolly

Get it any way you can

Right? Ha ha ha, so...



I got it in the bedroom, and I got it in the hall

And I got it in the bathroom, and he hung it on the wall

I got it with a buzz, and I got it with a ring

And when he told me what my number was I got a ding-a-ling



A-singin' hey lolly, lolly

Hey lolly, lolly

Hey lolly, lolly

Just-a doin' my thing



Ha, ha...I've never done anything like this before!



From: "David Hayman"