From the recording When The Telephone Rings
Lyrics
WHEN THE TELEPHONE RINGS
Copyright 2003 Paul Opperman and Walter Salas-Humara
Published 2003 Lagartija Music (BMI)
Walter Salas-Humara - voice and guitar
Drew Glackin - steel guitar and bass
Konrad Meissner - drums
Don Piper - supporting voice
Chilling Autumn rains
Make curtain skyscrapers
More beautiful to see
With the water dripping
I wish somehow I could wash
This perishing world
Even in New York
How I long for New York
When the telephone rings
A withered dream
In the windy fields of memory
Piercing like a knife
Coming out to view
The truth of flowers blooming
In a concrete box
Even in New York
How I long for New York
When the telephone rings
The winter days go on
But how far away
This time called long ago
Then the new year arrives
In utter simplicity
In a deep blue sky
Even in New York
How I long for New York
When the telephone rings