Lyrics to
Love On The Telephone

This version of Love On The Telephone was released by Foreigner in 1979.

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Monday, Tuesday, three days and more
Pretty soon you don’t know anymore
Friday, the sixth day, Saturday seems late
Don’t know how much longer I can wait

Ooh, could ya wait ’til I get home
Ooh, we need to be alone
‘N’ I don’t wanna lose
My love on the telephone

You make me nervous ’cause the line’s engaged
I can’t believe we let it get to this stage
Sittin’ here waitin’ for you to give me a sign
You know I got my heart on the line

Ooh, I know that I was wrong
Ooh, I’ve been away too long
I can’t stand to lose
My love on the telephone

Hello operator
You know that I’ve been waitin’ on this call
I said, hey, operator
If you’re givin’ me a bad time
I’m gonna tear this phone right off the wall

Monday, Tuesday, three days and more
Pretty soon I don’t know anymore
Friday is the sixth day, Saturday seems late
Don’t know how much longer I can wait

Ooh, could ya wait ’til I get home
Ooh, we need to be alone
‘N’ I don’t wanna lose
My love on the telephone

Ooh, I’m runnin’ out of time
Ooh, my heart is on the line
‘N’ I don’t wanna lose
My love on the telephone

Ooh, maybe I was wrong
Ooh, I’ve been away too long
‘N’ I can’t stand to lose
My love on the telephone

Ooh, could ya wait ’til I get home
Ooh, we need to be alone
‘N’ I don’t wanna lose
My love on the telephone

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About Lyrics and Love On The Telephone by Foreigner

The lyrics to Love On The Telephone are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Foreigner in 1979. Elements of the lyrics to Love On The Telephone are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Foreigner and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Love On The Telephone back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Love On The Telephone by Foreigner in a number of ways. 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 Love On The Telephone" means the words set to the music of Love On The Telephone, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Foreigner. 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 Love On The Telephone and the lyrics to Love On The Telephone are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Foreigner who came here looking just for the lyrics to Love 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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