Calling out to carolnShe could really twist the screwsnWhat'cha doin' mondaynAnd are you back on the booze? nNow, I've been dooin' some thinkin'nAbout colorado springsnA dirty denim jacketnAnd a seven-dollar ringnnWell, I've been keepin' busynI've got lots of pots boiling on the stovenWho's that in the backgroundnI'm sorry that I asked¨c¨ci guess I should have knownnn[Chorus]nCallin' out to carol on the telephone callnMessage on a wire comin' through a wallnTalk about old times but not too long agonCarol was the girl that everybody got to knownnWhen'd you change your number? hey, carol!nIt's different than you hadnHave you got protection? nI know some police are badnBut that's not why I called you up, nownYou know I quit that scenenI told ya 'bout your picturesnI guess I'll buy that magazinennAnd I still remembernAll those days we spent alonenYou went one way while I went the othernSometimes, I guess, that's the way things gonn[Chorus: x2]nWhen they called me in the morningnAnd told me that she'd gonenI didn't want to hear itnSo I just hung up the phonennCallin' out¨c¨ccallin' out to carolnCallin' out¨c¨ccallin' out to carolnCallin' out¨c¨ccallin' out to carolnCallin' out to carolnCallin' out to carol on a telephone callnMessage on a wire comin' through a wallnIs this line in service¨c¨coperator says nonBut carol was a girl that everybody got to know