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Don't Call Us, We'll Call You Lyrics
A Long distance directory assistance, area code 212
Say hey, A and R this is mister rhythm and blues
He said hello, and put me on hold
To say the least the cat was cold
He said, don't call us child we'll call you
I said, you got my number
He said yeah, I got it when you walked in the door
Don't call us, we'll call you
Don't call us, we'll call you
I got your name from a friend of a friend
who said he used to work with you
Remember the all night creature from stereo ninety two
Yeah I said could you relate to our quarter track tape
You know the band performs in the nude
He said uh huh don't call us child we'll call you
Listen kid you paid for the call
You ain't bad but we've heard it all before
And it sounds like John, Paul and George
Any way, we cut a hit and we toured a bit
with a song he said he couldn't use
And now he calls and begs and crawls
It's telephone deja vu
We got percentage points and lousy joints
And all the glitter we can use, Mama
So, uh huh, don't call us now, we'll call you
Listen kid you paid for the call
You ain't bad but I've heard it all before
Don't call us, we'll call you
Don't call us
Don't call us, we'll call you
Say hey, A and R this is mister rhythm and blues
He said hello, and put me on hold
To say the least the cat was cold
He said, don't call us child we'll call you
He said yeah, I got it when you walked in the door
Don't call us, we'll call you
Don't call us, we'll call you
who said he used to work with you
Remember the all night creature from stereo ninety two
Yeah I said could you relate to our quarter track tape
You know the band performs in the nude
He said uh huh don't call us child we'll call you
You ain't bad but we've heard it all before
And it sounds like John, Paul and George
with a song he said he couldn't use
And now he calls and begs and crawls
It's telephone deja vu
We got percentage points and lousy joints
And all the glitter we can use, Mama
So, uh huh, don't call us now, we'll call you
You ain't bad but I've heard it all before
Don't call us, we'll call you
Don't call us
Don't call us, we'll call you
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I love this song,it's great. Funny as hall too.
True story. CBS Records passed on "Green Eyed Lady."
A great song. Surprised no one has commented on it yet.
I think the lyric might be "all night preacher on Stereo 92." Radio preachers were a slam dunk for advertising sales back in the day, and not every radio preacher was actually a legit clergyman. Some were just DJs doing overnight religious broadcasting as a gig to get them through to the next job.
The "all night preacher" was just a DJ doing a preacher gig. That's how he "used to work" with the A&R man the singer is speaking to.
This is about a band looking for a break in the biz calling record producers hoping and begging ... as always they are told they sound like the beatles. But they are able to cut a hit song and all these past producers are calling them to work for them ... and they just give them the same treatment back .. "dont call us we'll call you" love the irony !!
only say this because i was once a musician and thats how it was
The touch tones at the start of the song were the number of CBS.