Fast asleep
when the phone rings
and it's late at night

startled the lights are still on
but you hang up before he can answer
you've done it time and again

and now your leaving
this town
you feel like droping out

you tell him that you called
left a message there
but surely that's not fair

to tell the son
you hide from
wide awake

and the nation is fast asleep
pick up the phone call your son
but you hang up before he can answer

you've done it time and again
and now your leaving
this town

you feel like droping out