I Call You

I Call You
by Tom Chapin
© 1982 The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

I call you on a Monday for a reason
And you sound so far away.
I'm feeling lost
And you're worried 'bout the cost
Of a phone call in the middle of the day.

I'm s'posed to be working on myself right now
Searching for a sign.
And the fences are down
On the outskirts of town.
Dark is running down the borderline
There's a chill along the borderline.

I call you to help my day roll easy
Call you - I'm falling way behind
I run and I run and I still come undone
When I can't get you on the line
On this long distance life of mine.

I watch the wind blow the tree
Against the window
Rattle like an empty man
And there's talk of snow on the radio
I'm the only one who's wondering who I am.

I call you to help my day roll easy
Call you - I'm falling way behind
I run and I run and I still come undone
When I can't get you on the line
On this long distance life of mine.

Wind is blowing 'cross the highway
Birds are scattered in the sky;
You're still a reason,
Still an answer, still an alibi.

Just the two planes flying out yesterday
Mine was broken down.
I was ready to go,
Another town, another show
Stranded on the ground
And I saw myself running for the rest of my life,
I saw myself standing still.
And I knew it was true but what can I do
With all this time to kill, the rest of my life to fill.

I call you to help my day roll easy
Call you - I'm falling way behind
I run and I run and I still come undone
When I can't get you on the line
On this long distance life of mine.
I can't get you on the line
Long distance life of mine

This song appears on Tom Chapin's In The City Of Mercy CD.

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