Oh no. The Telephone Man. Sleazy little 70's hit. Anyone remember this?

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Imagine Anna Nicole Smith singing this.

Meri Wilson - Telephone man

I went to my apartment on a Monday at one
A-singin' do lolly, lolly shicky bum, shicky bum
Started movin' in it on a Tuesday at two
A-singin' do lolly, lolly shicky do, shicky do
Wednesday at three I called the phone company, singin':
"Hey baby, put a phone in for me"
Thursday at four he came a-knockin' at my door, singin':

"Hey, baby, I'm your telephone man
You just show me where you want it and I'll put it where I can
I can put it in the bedroom, I can put it in the hall
I can put it in the bathroom, I can hang it on the wall
You can have it with a buzz, you can have it with a ring
And if you really want it you can have a ding-a-ling
Because-a hey baby, I'm your telephone man"

Can you believe that? And then he says:

"Now when other fellas call ya tell 'em how it all began"

Well...can you imagine?

My heart began a-thumpin' and my mind began to fly
And I knew I wasn't dealin' with no ordinary guy
So while he was a-talking I was thinkin' up my plan
Then my fingers did the walkin' on the telephone man

Singin' hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Get it any way you can
Right? Ha ha ha, so...

I got it in the bedroom, and I got it in the hall
And I got it in the bathroom, and he hung it on the wall
I got it with a buzz, and I got it with a ring
And when he told me what my number was I got a ding-a-ling

A-singin' hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Just-a doin' my thing

Ha, ha...I've never done anything like this before!

[smirkymonkey]

1. Arghhh - I hated that song!

Now I won't be able to get it out of my head! :freak:

[Theres-a]

2. Yes, it was a favorite in my 5th grade class.

[Elidor]

3. Now you've got me thinking of The Fall

I hear you telephone thing listening in
I hear you telephone thing listening in

How dare you assume i want to parlez-vous with you?
Sorry to be so short with you
But i'm tapped
But i'm tapped!

[Coastie for Truth]

4. I had a friend who was a Pennsylvania Bell Installer-Foreman

and he used to hum that song - just to see the effect on people.

He liked "Then my fingers did the walkin' on the telephone man" which he changed to "Let your fingers do the walkin' on the telephone man."