i wasn't listening

i wasn't missing it

i wasn't listening

i turned away

when i heard them say

it's dial-a-song

i always had my doubts

so i just tuned it out

i didn't know

why they had to crow

about dial-a-song

my mind is a desert

and it's the horizon line

my soul was destroyed

now it fills the void

the songs on that telephone line

i could be guessing wrong

but i'm still hanging on

i'm still on the ropes

stuck on my hopes

for dial-a-song