You ask me, you ask me how I got to know you
Just by speaking on the phone?
Isn't is crazy how the thought of my touch
Wakes you up when you're alone?

Don't you believe everything you hear?
Darling, focus on the prize
Don't you hear me whisper in your ear?
My darling, don't lose sight of my eyes

It's not time to let go, this is not how
It's supposed to end in my mind, my baby
Maybe our intentions were wrong from the start
So answer me, so we don't fall apart

I called 46 times
And you answered on the 47th
I called you 46 times
And you answered on the 47th

You tell me, you tell me, you've never felt so hard
For an obvious candidate
You said you hate your last love
And it's soon enough that you will forget

Don't believe everything you hear
Darling, I've never lied before
Don't you hear me whisper in your ear?
Forget him, you're what I'm waiting for

It's not time to let go, this is not how
It's supposed to end in my mind, my baby
Maybe our intentions were wrong from the start
So answer me, so we don't fall apart

You've even said yourself
You're setting yourself up
You've even said yourself
That everyone would turn
That everyone can turn

And you've even told yourself
That the floodgates would break
So why are you taking so long to answer?

It's not time to let go, this is not how
It's supposed to end in my mind, my baby
Maybe our intentions were wrong from the start
So answer me, so we don't fall apart
So answer me, so we don't fall apart
So answer me, so we don't fall apart

I called 46 times
And you answered on the 47th
I called you 46 times
And you answered on the 47th



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47 Lyrics as written by Cyrus William Bolooki Chad Everett Gilbert

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    You know, I've been thinking about it... I think you might be taking to too literally.

    "I called 46 times, and you answered on the 47th..."

    She would have answered on the 47th time, but he stopped after 46, so she didn't ever actually answer any of his calls.

    joe.is.cool12on March 13, 2009   Link

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