Lyrics
The payphone on the corner of 14th and Linden still works.
Receiver's cold plastic, smells like ozone after the rain quirks.
Just wanted to hear the beep, you know? Let the machine take my name.
And tell you Larry the ficus is doing fine, his new leaf is insane.
[Chorus]
And I'm laughing, man, I'm really laughing now.
Got the whole damn block humming with the sound somehow.
[Verse 2]
Remember you said, “Kid, you trying to tune the sun,”
with that busted up Heathkit, getting nothing done?
Well the tubes finally warmed up for me, Tuesday, late last night.
And the interference for a second sounded almost right.
[Chorus]
And I'm laughing, man, I'm really laughing now.
Got the whole damn block humming with the sound somehow.
[Bridge]
The operator cut in, said my three minutes were almost through.
And the truth is… I had to delete the contact chip with you.
Seeing your name was a feedback loop with a real nasty gain.
Oh god, that was a mistake, man. A real mistake.
[Outro]
Anyway, I should—
(sound of a payphone call cutting off, followed by a dial tone)
About Sly Stoney
Sly Stoney was named after a funk legend by his parents, a fact that has haunted him ever since. After dropping out of an Urban Planning program at UC Davis, he moved back to his native West Oakland with a mountain of student debt, a 1972 fuzz bass, and an oversized houseplant named Larry. His music is the sound of that decision: paranoid, joyful, deeply funky, and wrestling with the feeling of…
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