Calling Out To Carol Lyrics - Stan Ridgway

Calling out to Carol 

She could really twist the screws 

What'cha doin' Monday 

And are you back on the booze? 

Now, I've been doin' some thinkin' 

About Colorado Springs 

A dirty denim jacket 

And a seven-dollar ring 

Well, I've been keepin' busy 

I've got lots of pots boilin' on the stove 

Who's that in the background 

I'm sorry that I asked, I guess I should have known 

Chorus: 

Callin' out to Carol on the telephone call 

Message on a wire comin' through a wall 

Talk about old times but not too long ago 

Carol was the girl that everybody got to know 

When'd you change your number? Hey, Carol! 

It's different than you had 

Have you got protection? 

I know some police are bad 

But that's not why I called you up, now 

You know I quit that scene 

I told ya 'bout your pictures 

I guess I'll buy that magazine 

And I still remember 

All those days we spent alone 

You went one way while I went the other 

Well I guess, that's the way things go 

Chorus: 

Callin' out to carol on a telephone call 

Message on a wire comin' through a wall 

Talk about old times but not too long ago 

Carol was the girl that everybody got to know 

Callin' out to Carol gets a busy tone 

Sees a lot of people but she lives alone 

Pick up the receiver love will come and go 

But Carol was the girl that everybody got to know 

When they called me in the morning 

And told me that she'd gone 

I didn't want to hear it 

So I just hung up the phone 

Chorus: 

Callin out, callin' out to Carol 

Callin out, callin' out to Carol 

Callin out, callin' out to Carol 

Callin' out to Carol 

Callin' out to Carol on a telephone call 

Message on a wire comin' through a wall 

Is this line in service, operator says no 

But Carol was a girl that everybody got to know