Long Distance - Tim O'Brien

It’s the middle of the night and I should be sleepin'

My eyelids are heavy but there’s something keepin' them open wide

Since I kissed you at the gate just two days past

I’ve been flyin' towards the sun on a jet plane fast accross the ocean tide

There’s a touch tone phone right beside my bed

There’s a ten digit number burnin' in my head

And before I left I heard the words you said, «call me anytime»

Long distance, there’s a signal comin' from me to you

So insistent, it’s penetratin' goin' straight on through

No resistin', I get struck by love at the funniest times

It’s long distance love waitin for me at the end of the line

Now it’s cold and lonesome here in this time zone

But I can thank Mister Bell for his telephone and what it buys

It’s reassuring just to know you’re there

But if I hear your voice, I might smell your hair when I close my eyes

I’m punchin' the keys and my hands are hot

It’s not what I want but it’s the best I got

And I don’t even know if you’re home or not, but I can always try

Got your fiber optics, got your savin' plan

In the off peak hours honey I’m your man, I got my callin' card

When I hear you echo off the satellite

I’ll be jumpin' up and down, I’ll be feelin' right, I’ll be fallin' hard

You’ll be puttin' out that cat, turnin' out the lights

While the sun’s commin' up here bold and bright

We’re on opposite ends of a lonely night, but it’s not too far