TELEPHONE LINE

Hello. How are you?
Have you been alright, through all those lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely nights
That's what I'd say. I'd tell you everything
If you'd pick up that telephone

"Telephone Line"- You probably remember the song by the Electric Light Orchestra. He wants her to pick up the telephone so he can have a conversation and find out where he stands with her. Although that's never happened to me personally (yea, right), a portion of the lyrics go:

Ok. So no one's answering
Well can't you just let it ring a little longer longer longer oh oh ooohhhhh
I'll just sit tight through shadows of the night
Let it ring for evermore oh oh ooohhhhh yeah yeah yeah

You mean she doesn't have voice mail? Well, few people did in the mid 1970s, when this song came out. And not even everyone had an answering machine. And of those who did, they learned how fickle those devices could be. Some still are, actually.