This song always takes me back to 1982 when it was in heavy rotation on the legendary WHFS. This is the quintessential song of its genre/era. The piano really sets the mood.
The lyrics - I hear them as "You hung up when I called you at home", which implies he only tried once and she wasn't expecting the call.
I feel these lyrics intend some irony: that it is the singer who is socially isolated, though he projects that trait on the unreachable girl.
(Or was that so obvious it was what you all meant about the lyrics being self-explanatory).
This song always takes me back to 1982 when it was in heavy rotation on the legendary WHFS. This is the quintessential song of its genre/era. The piano really sets the mood. The lyrics - I hear them as "You hung up when I called you at home", which implies he only tried once and she wasn't expecting the call. I feel these lyrics intend some irony: that it is the singer who is socially isolated, though he projects that trait on the unreachable girl. (Or was that so obvious it was what you all meant about the lyrics being self-explanatory).