Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band — Telephone

[Refrain] Paper and wire killed my brother and my sister too And if you don't watch out You know they're going to get you too And if I don't watch out You know they're going to get me too Telephone, telephone Telephone, telephone [Verse 1] Well I strangled the cord Ripped it off of the phone And I saw the bone And I saw the twinkling lights And it must have been rats 'Cause it sure was a drone Sure was a drag [Refrain] Paper and wire killed my brother and my sister too And if you don't watch out You know they're going to get you And if I don't watch out You know they're going to get me too Telephone, telephone, telephone [Verse 2] And I strangled And I ripped the cord And I saw the bone And I heard these tweetin' things 'n twinkling lights 'n there was nobody home Where are all those nerve endings Coming out of the bone? [Refrain] Telephone, telephone [Verse 3] Well I ripped the cord right out of the phone And I saw the bone There the gleaming white bone Telephone [Refrain] Paper and wire killed my brother and my sister too And if you don't watch out You know they're going to get you And if I don't watch out You know they're going to get me too Telephone, telephone [Outro] And I can’t get away And I can’t get away It’s like a grey adder at the end of the hall It’s like a plastic horned devil