Telephone Rock Lyrics - Sesame Street

(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)