hum ha hum hum, hum ha hum ha hum ha hum ha (etc) oh pick up the phone, pick up the phone i'm waiting, argh, hello, pick up the phone i ring and ring but can't get through what's a girl supposed to do my telephone boy i dial and dial but get that tone i wish that he'd get off the phone my telephone boy (*) so i call the operator - he says to try him later my telephone boy i think that it's such an outrage that he is always engaged my telephone boy (chorus) telephone boy, telephone boy, telephone boy he's my telephone boy la la la la la la (repeat x4) so i try your mobile phone the message says try you at home my telephone boy and when i finally get through i get a machine instead of you my telephone boy (repeat *) he tells me to call but it's always engaged i've tried and i've tried and i still can't get through oh get off the phone i'm waiting get off the phone, get off the phone (repeat chorus to fade)