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Artist: Erykah Badu
Canonical path: /erykah-badu/telephone
Related lyric paths: 6
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Telephone
Read Telephone lyrics by Erykah Badu on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Telephone
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Telephone
You so dirty
He wants to give you
Directions home
Said it
Won't be too long
The day is gone
It's 3:30
To hungry
For sum love, love
Last forever
Just fly away
To heaven brother
Make a place
For me brother
Fly away
To heaven brother
Save a place
For me brother
Fly away
To heaven brother
Put in a word for me
Telephone
Hmmmmmm
Telephone
It's so dirty
He wants to give you
Directions home
Said it
Won't be too long
Said it
Won't be too long
Telephone
It's too early
We want to hear
A long song
Transition
With a real slow fade
Just fly away
To heaven brother
Make a place
For me brother
Fly away
To heaven brother
Save a place
For me brother
Fly away
To heaven brother
Put in a word for me
Telephone
Ooooh
Transistion time
To go away
Time to go away
Slow fade
Slow, slow fade
Ohhhhhh
Just fly away
To heaven brother
Make a place
For me brother
Fly away
To heaven brother
Save a place
For me brother
Fly away
To heaven brother
Put in a word for me
Fly away
To heaven brother
Celebrate
(Celebrate)
Gather on the hill
Two hearts up in the sky
Celebrate your life
Ohh, say I love you
Gather on the hill
Two hearts up in the sky
Celebrate your life
Ohh, say I love you
Gather on the hill
Two hearts up in the sky
Celebrate your life
Ohh, say I love you
Mmmmm (6x)
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