Fast asleep When the phone rings And it's late at night Startled the lights are still on But you hang up before he can answer You've done it time and again And now your leaving This town You feel like droping out You tell him that you called Left a message there But surely that's not fair To tell the son You hide from Wide awake And the nation is fast asleep Pick up the phone call your son But you hang up before he can answer You've done it time and again And now your leaving This town You feel like droping out