You'd pick it up and dial,
and they would answer if they were home.
But then the an swering machine
Now callers could be screened,
Ah, we don't let that upset us.
Though I have come to call,
call waiting, chat us, interrupt us.
But there's a brand new service.
It redials the last person who called
and puts them back on the line.
there's call conferencing
Sometimes it's all too much.
You see, there was a sweet young girl,
You could tell her anything
She met a computer repairman,
and it was just a matter of time
before she truly cared for him.
Though he crisscrossed the country,
he'd see her whenever he could.
She grew to love him deeply,
But there was one thing about him
she considered a minor quirk.
He said he had no home phone,
she must contact him at work.
Then it was his beeper number
he instructed her to dial.
He'd always call her back
his haste would make her smile.
They carried on for months like this
She called him on the beeper.
He did not call back right away.
she heard background noises
that made her suspicious.
Was that someone doing dishes?
A woman answered the telephone.
The young girl asked for Jim,
then quickly added, Who is this?
The woman said, I'm married to him.
The conversation that followed
was the kind that men most dread.
The young girl told the wife
everything her husband ever said, or ever did,
or bought, or promised her.
Then the wife had her say too
About the three young children
They talk, they cry, they talk, they laugh
Now you could say he's in a bind
All because the phone company
has given us star sixty -nine.
Modern conveniences can help you
If you are the kind of person
it is best to tell the truth.
Yes, in this global village,
Remember that repairman in Star 69.
