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Phone To Fiddle With

from Pretty Simple by Jim Page

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    13 track solo acoustic. 4 panel wallet, inside photos. Cover & inside left photos by Elizabeth Carpenter, inside right at session in Doolin, Eire, by Katy Keenan. Back photo busking at Pike Place Market Street Fair 1972.

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Song about people gone crazy from their cell phones.

lyrics

tell you a story
‘bout a dread disease
people walkin’ around
like zombies
everybody’s losin’
their mind
starin’ at their cell phones
all the time

they all got a phone to fiddle with

i’m standin’ in line
in the coffee shop
manager says he’s gonna
call the cops
I say why and
he begins to grin
he says “you gotta have a phone
or you can’t come in”

and I ain’t got a phone to fiddle with

no i ain’t a got a phone
like a dog no bone
like a lonesome flyer
in a free fall zone
like a headless horse
in a hollywood myth
i ain’t got a phone
to fiddle with

there’s a burning bush
and a talking snake
and a hell fire
for chrissake
and a preacher with a way
to get out of it all
says all you gotta do is make
a phone call

but i ain’t got a phone to fiddle with

I met a pretty girl by
the taj mahal
said she was lookin’ for
a shopping mall
I said hold on
I got a map app
reached in my pocket
said “oh, crap”

‘cause i didn’t have a phone to fiddle with

I wnet to see
my MD
said he wanted to take
a look at me
thought I mighta had
the tofu flu
he says “i know what’s
wrong with you”

you just need a phone to fiddle with

lookin’ for love
online, you see
hopin’ somebody be
lookin’ for me
says must be handsome
must be grand
must play acoustic
guitar and

must have a phone to fiddle with

I had a nightmare
to tell you the truth
that I died to death
in a telephone booth
went up to heaven
on the head of a pin
knocked all day but
I couldn’t get in

‘cause i didn’t have a phone to fiddle with

no i ain’t a got a phone
like a dog no bone
like a lonesome flyer
in a free fall zone
like a headless horse
in a hollywood myth
i ain’t got a phone
to fiddle with

now i’m walkin’ around
in the shiny new
nothin’ made much sense
till i ran into you
sittin’ on a stone wall
takin’ a breather
you didn’t
have one either

no, you didn’t have a phone to fiddle with

now we’re together
most all the time
in analog and that’s
just fine
you don’t have yours and
I don’t have mine
we’re livin’ in
a land line

‘cause we ain’t got a phone to fiddle with
no you ain’t got a phone to fiddle with
and i ain’t got a phone to fiddle with
now what do we do

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from Pretty Simple, released January 23, 2020
Words and music copyright Jim Page, Whid Isle Music, BMI

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Jim Page Seattle, Washington

Named by Seattle Metropolitan Magazine as “One Of The 50 Most Influential Musicians In Seattle History.” Originally from California Page has called Seattle and the Pacific Northwest “home” since 1971. Songs covered by The Doobie Brothers, Christy Moore, Dick Gaughan, Michael Hedges, and Roy Bailey. Utah Phillips: “If you’re ever going to get the message, this is the messenger to get it from.” ... more

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