Mr. Telephone man There's something wrong with my line When I dial my baby's number I get a click every time Mr. Telephone man There's something wrong with my line When I dial my baby's number I get a click every time When I dial 611, the best service She said, "Hello, may I help you, please?" I told her something must be wrong with my phone 'Cause my baby wouldn't hang up on me Mr. Telephone man There's something wrong with my line When I dial my baby's number I get a click every time Mr. Telephone man There's something wrong with my line When I dial my baby's number I get a click every time She let the phone ring 20 times before she answered Let me tell you what happened then A minute later I got the operator Saying, "Please hang up and place your call again", baby Mr. Telephone man There's something wrong with my line When I dial my baby's number I get a click every time Mr. Telephone man Something's wrong with my line I can't dial her number But I get a click every time Some strange man is on the telephone He keeps tellin' me my baby ain't home She ain't got no party line, the situation's blowing my mind Oh, I just can't take this anymore Please operator, see what you can do I dialed the right number but I still couldn't get through Could you just check the line, just one more time if you can? I'm pretty sure her phone wouldn't be answered by no man Mr. Telephone man There's something wrong with my line When I dial my baby's number I get a click every time Mr. Telephone man Something's wrong with my line I just dialed her number But I get a click every time Must be a bad connection I give her my love and affection I just can't take this no more This situation blowing my mind Can't get my baby on the line I tried dialing information I can't get no cooperation Her sister's on the phone, tellin' me, my baby ain't at home Come on, baby, I, I just can't take it no more Help me out, please, Mr. Telephone man Help me out, please, Mr. Telephone man