Lyrics to
Hanging On The Telephone

Released by Blondie in 1978
From the Album: Parallel Lines |

This version of Hanging On The Telephone was released by Blondie in 1978.

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I’m in the phone booth, it’s the one across the hall
If you don’t answer, I’ll just ring it off the wall
I know he’s there, but I just had to call
Don’t leave me hanging on the telephone
Don’t leave me hanging on the telephone
I heard your mother now she’s going out the door
Did she go to work or just go to the store
All those things she said, I told you to ignore
Oh why can’t we talk again
Oh why can’t we talk again
Oh why can’t we talk again
Don’t leave me hanging on the telephone
Don’t leave me hanging on the telephone

It’s good to hear your voice, you know it’s been so long
If I don’t get your call then everything goes wrong
I want to tell you something you’ve known all along
Don’t leave me hanging on the telephone

I had to interrupt and stop this conversation
Your voice across the line gives me a strange sensation
I’d like to talk when I can show you my affection
Oh I can’t control myself
Oh I can’t control myself
Oh I can’t control myself
Don’t leave me hanging on the telephone

Hang up and run to me
Whoah, hang up and run to me
Whoah, hang up and run to me
Whoah, hang up and run to me
Whoah oh oh oh run to me


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Blondie has released many songs over the years besides Hanging On The Telephone. Blondie released songs from 1976 to 2003 spanning across albums like Blondie, Plastic Letters, Parallel Lines, Eat To The Beat, Autoamerican, The Hunter, No Exit, and The Curse Of Blondie. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Blondie.

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About Lyrics and Hanging On The Telephone by Blondie

The lyrics for Hanging On The Telephone are defined as the words making up the song released by Blondie in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Hanging On The Telephone have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Blondie and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

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Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Hanging On The Telephone by Blondie if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Hanging On The Telephone" means the words set to the music of Hanging On The Telephone, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Blondie. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Hanging On The Telephone and the lyrics to Hanging On The Telephone are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Blondie who came here looking just for the lyrics to Hanging On The Telephone, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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