Calling America

Jeff Lynne

(Somebody...)
Told her that there was a place like heaven
Across the water on a 747
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world.

And pretty soon she's really got the notion
Of flying out across the big blue ocean
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world.

Talk is cheap on satellite
But all I get is (static!)
Information, I'm still here
Re-dial on automatic.

CHORUS
Calling America (can't get a message through)
Calling America (that's what she said to do)
Calling America (that's where she has to be)
Calling America (she left a number for me)
Calling America.

But I'm just talking to a satellite
Twenty thousand miles up in the sky each night
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world.

All I had to do was pick up the phone
I'm out in space, trying to talk to someone
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world.

She left a number I could call
But no one's there, no one at all
There must be something going wrong
That number just rings on and on.

REPEAT CHORUS

Said she'd call when she'd been gone a while
Guess she's missing me across the miles
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world.

REPEAT CHORUS

Calling America, Calling America
Calling America, Calling America...

Trivia about the song Calling America by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)

On which albums was the song “Calling America” released by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)?
Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) released the song on the albums “Playlist: The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra” in 1974 and “Balance Of Power” in 1986.
Who composed the song “Calling America” by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)?
The song “Calling America” by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) was composed by Jeff Lynne.

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