By jwb71913
Date: 2004 Apr 21
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[[2004.04.21.14.11.6576]]

Electric Ball and Chain

I received and returned some calls today
No call from one that got away

My messages go unanswered still
I will not call again
You left me of your own free will
Alone in wind and rain

The phone will ring on every hour
Though I'd rather be in Philadelphia
Out in the yard sniffing a flower
Or pruning my azalea

The phone becomes a ball and chain
No respite do you give
Upon your wings you fly again
Below I simply live