Calling America
Electric Light Orchestra
Balance Of Power (1986)

Somebody told her that there was a place like heaven
Across the water on a seven forty seven
Yeah, we're living in, in a modern world

And pretty soon she's really got the notion
Of flying out across the big blue ocean
Yeah, we're living in, in a modern world

Talk is cheap on satellite, but all I get is static
Information I'm still here, redial on automatic

Chorus:
Calling America, can't get a message through
Calling America, that's what she said to do
Calling America, that's where she has to be
Calling America, she left a number for me
Calling America

But I'm just talking to a satellite
Twenty thousand miles up in the sky each night
Yeah, we're living in, in a modern world

All I had to do was pick up the phone
I'm out in space trying to talk to someone
Yeah, we're living in, in a modern world

She left a number I could call
But no one's there, no one at all
There must be something going wrong
That number just rings on and on

Chorus: repeat

Said she'd call when she'd been gone a while
Guess she's missing me across the miles
Yeah, we're living in, in a modern world

Chorus: repeat