Hello


Cindy Lauper :

Sewed everything you said

Together in a thread

Repeating in my mind

Each word like a rhyme

Like a penny serenade

Looking through his song

He said the record's overplayed

But where did I go wrong


Nellie McKay :

You never stayed at first

Could not commit the time

Ignored all the quirks

But he still did the crime

And when he goes away

I know you'll call and cry


Cindy Lauper :

And when he calls up to tell

Now I'm gonna cry


Nellie McKay :

But I know you're mine

When you're on the line


Cindy Lauper :

Is it something I said


Nellie McKay :

Would you let him walk away


Cindy Lauper :

Got it stuck in my head


Nellie McKay :

Don't you hear a word I say


Cindy Lauper :

Is it something I said


Nellie McKay :

Every night the same old moan

It's ahhh, I'm waiting till my Joe comes home


Everytime he asks me how I feel

When I tell him, the phone goes dead


Nellie McKay :

I'm the queen of QVC

You're leaning on my ear

You mean the world to me

Though the connection isn't clear

Like my ink sputs 78's

Convenient when you're low


Cindy Lauper :

Feel like an antelope on a nature show

Oh no!

I guess I gotta go


Nellie McKay :

But I know you're mine

When you're on the line


Cindy Lauper :

Is it something I said


Nellie McKay :

Would you let him walk away


Cindy Lauper :

Got it stuck in my head


Nellie McKay :

Don't you hear a word I say


Cindy Lauper :

Is it something I said


Nellie McKay :

Everytime we're on the phone

It's ahhh, I'm waiting till my Joe comes home


Cindy Lauper :

Hey !


Nellie McKay :

Cast away romance


Cindy Lauper :

What's it gonna take


Nellie McKay :

No knights with shiny armor


Cindy Lauper :

Hey !


Nellie McKay :

Try a different dance

Oh, I'm a real bee charmer


Cindy Lauper :

Well I scold and I scratched to make him stay

But he don't wanna know from me

Why that old alley cat, he runs away


Nellie McKay :

Lock the door and lose the key


Cindy Lauper :

Is it something I said


Nellie McKay :

Would you let him walk away


Cindy Lauper :

I got it stuck in my head


Nellie McKay :

Don't you hear a word I say


Cindy Lauper :

Is it something I said


Nellie McKay :

Every night the same trombone

It's ahhh, I'm waiting till my Joe comes home


Cindy Lauper :

Hey !


Nellie McKay :

Let's forget romance

Let's correct romance

With knights in shiny armor


What's it gonna take

Try a different dance

Oh, I'm a real bee charmer...