Phone Number
from Letters of Last Resort by Jack James
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumPhysical CD in a cardboard 3-panel case with lyrics
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“From Neil Young... by way of Bonnie "Prince" Billy, to Arab Strap, without the charming vulgarity” - The Herald
"Sounding more like a Scottish Leonard Cohen than ever" - Scots Whay Hae
"Jack James may be doomed" - The List
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lyrics
Where were you when you said you would be by the phone?
I hung up as it rang out no one left to call
My phone died and your mobile number went with it
I've not had to know numbers since I was a kid
I knew your landline before you switched from BT
Year's '97, 0141 563...
I head up to the High Street, find a public phone
Press redial, still no answer, the whole town's not home
I drove round to your parents' house, stopped outside it
You don't live there now but it's where you used to live
I back away and turn just as the curtains twitch
I heard you're mainstream now, I'm headed towards the ditch
Remember when you said you could convince the world?
You had such a strong voice for such a little girl
Now you've left town, you took your act on the road
Now I don't even know your area code
I hung up as it rang out no one left to call
My phone died and your mobile number went with it
I've not had to know numbers since I was a kid
I knew your landline before you switched from BT
Year's '97, 0141 563...
I head up to the High Street, find a public phone
Press redial, still no answer, the whole town's not home
I drove round to your parents' house, stopped outside it
You don't live there now but it's where you used to live
I back away and turn just as the curtains twitch
I heard you're mainstream now, I'm headed towards the ditch
Remember when you said you could convince the world?
You had such a strong voice for such a little girl
Now you've left town, you took your act on the road
Now I don't even know your area code
credits
from Letters of Last Resort,
released July 7, 2015
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Jack James Glasgow
Rangy songwriter.
“From Neil Young... by way of Bonnie "Prince" Billy, to Arab Strap, without the
charming vulgarity”
-The Herald
"Sounding more like a Scottish Leonard Cohen than ever"
-Scots Whay Hae
"Jack James may be doomed"
-The List
... more
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Jul 2015 -
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May 2010 -
May 2009
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