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Answering Machine

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Answering Machine

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A little while ago I went and placed a call

To tell this girl I know that she could have it all

The wedding ring, the whole dumb thing

I was willing to tie the knot

So I called her up, and this is the answer I got...

I'm so sorry you have just reached my answering machine

I'm not in, and listen, I'm sure you know this whole routine

Leave your name and number

And I'll try and get back to you

You have thirty seconds to talk to me before you're threw

And I said, "Baby lets go get married.

I need to know you're mine!

I am hangin' on, I am hangin' on, I am hangin' on this line

And if I can leave one message

Before you go to bed, I would say to you..."

And the phone went dead

So I stepped down to buy some dog food for the cat

Of course she called about three minutes after that

Will she be my wife and share my life?

Well of course she can write the plot

Cause she called my up, and this is the answer she got

I'm so sorry you have just reached my answering machine

I'm not in, and listen, I'm sure you know this whole routine

Leave your name and number

And I'll try and get back to you

You have thirty seconds to talk to me before you're threw

And she said, "Baby I got your message.

Well I'm answering your call.

I have thought it out, I have thought it out

and I think that all in all

If you ask if we can marry, and make it for all time

then my answer is..."

and the phone went

I'm so sorry you have just reached my answering machine

I'm not in, and listen, I'm sure you know this whole routine

I'm so sorry you have just reached my answering machine

I'm not in, and listen, I'm sure you know this whole routine

I'm so sorry you have just reached my answering machine

I'm not in, and listen, I'm sure you know this whole routine

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Rupert Holmes performs "Answering Machine", and this lyric page sits inside the Rupert Holmes catalog on LyroVerse.

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