i rented my apartment
on a monday at one
asingin’ do lolly lolly
shicky bum shicky bum
started movin’ in it
on a tuesday at two
asingin’ do lolly lolly
shicky do shicky do
wednesday at three
i called the phone company singin’
hey baby put a phone in for me
thursday at four
he came aknockin’ at my door singin’
hey baby i’m your telephone man
you just show me where you want it
and i’ll put it where i can
i can put it in the bedroom
i can put it in the hall
i can put it in the bathroom
i can hang it on the wall
you can have it with the buzz
you can have it with the ring
and if you really want it
you can have a dingaling
becausea hey baby
i’m your telephone man
can you believe that
and then he says
now when other fellas call ya
tell ’em how it all began
well can you imagine
my heart began athumpin’
and my mind began to fly
and i knew i wasn’t dealin’
with no ordinary guy
so while he was atalking
i was thinkin’ up my plan
then my fingers did the walkin’
on the telephone man
singin hey lolly lolly
hey lolly lolly
hey lolly lolly
get it any way you can
right ha ha ha so
i got it in the bedroom
and i got it in the hall
and i got it in the bathroom
and he hung it on the wall
i got it with a buzz
and i got it with a ring
and when he told me
what my number was
i got a dingaling
asingin hey lolly lolly
hey lolly lolly
hey lolly lolly
justa doin’ my thing
ha hai’ve never done anything
like this before
Artist: Meri Wilson
Year: 1977
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 142