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Artist: "Weird Al" Yankovic
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Ringtone
Read Ringtone lyrics by "Weird Al" Yankovic on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Ringtone
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Once, not very long ago
I was respected, I was popular (popular, ooh)
But now I hang my head in shame (ahh, ooh)
My life is filled with such regret
A bad mistake I can't forget
And now I'll never be the same
Ringtone
Why did I buy this stupid ringtone?
I just can't imagine now what I was thinking at all
(What was I thinking?)
My friends all stare at me whenever I get a call
Well, everybody (everybody)
Everybody (everybody)
Everybody in the world really hates my ringtone
When my phone goes off at work
I look like the biggest jerk
Total strangers wanna slap me around
When it's ringin' on the terrace
My neighbors get embarrassed
They're beggin' me to move outta town
Well, it made my wife so sick
She smashed my iPhone with a brick
But I had it fixed, and now it's just fine
It's a pain, I sure don't need it
And I probably should delete it
But for me that would be crossin' the line
'Cause I hate to waste a buck ninety-nine
Hey, I paid good money for this
Ringtone
Why did I buy this stupid ringtone?
I just can't imagine now what I was thinking at all
(Really, what was I thinking?)
My friends all stare at me whenever I get a call
Well, everybody (everybody)
Everybody (everybody)
Everybody in the world really hates my ringtone
Ringtone
Ringtone
Ahh, ooh
Chinese factory workers (they hate my ringtone)
Muslim women in burqas (really hate my ringtone)
Starvin' kids in Angola (they hate my ringtone)
Even folks with Ebola (just hate my ringtone)
All the nuns and nannies (all the welfare mothers)
All the Pakistanis (all the Wayans brothers)
Everyone on the land, everyone on the sea
Every single person everywhere unanimously
Everybody (everybody)
Everybody (everybody)
Everybody in the whole wide world really hates my
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Ringtone, Ringtone, Ringtone
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"Weird Al" Yankovic performs "Ringtone", and this lyric page sits inside the "Weird Al" Yankovic catalog on LyroVerse.
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