Jenny Changed Her Number
[Verse 1] It was scratched up on a bathroom wall Faded red beneath the light Right where someone dared you just to call On a reckless Friday night Don't need the whole thing, wrote out I knew the rhythm like a song Eight-six-seven burned in my head Been dialing it all night long [Pre-Chorus] Quarter drops, dial tone Waiting for her voice to come on [Chorus] 867โฆ thatโs as far as I get now The rest just disappears somehow Jenny, I used to reach you every time Now Iโm only hearing dead lines 867โฆ echo in the tone Like Iโm dialing all alone Jenny changed her number And erased what I thought I owned [Verse 2] Neon buzzing gives this bar room a glow Same old booth, same cracked glass But the numbers that I used to know Ainโt the ones that answer back No โhello,โ no mystery No voice pulling me in again Just a cold machine repeating โThis call canโt reach that line againโ [Pre-Chorus] Every digit I held tight Faded out into the night [Chorus] 867โฆ thatโs all I remember now The rest wonโt come back around Jenny, I was so sure I could find you In every late-night dial Iโd run through 867โฆ stuck inside my head Like a page somebody read Jenny changed her number Left the story there for dead [Bridge] โCome a little closerโ-thatโs what it meant Every mark on that wall was heaven-sent Now itโs painted over, nothing to see Just a ghost of who she used to be [Breakdown (soft)] Eightโฆ sixโฆ sevenโฆ Thatโs all I got left Five... three... oh nine's in heavenโฆ [Final Chorus] 867โฆ fading like a dream now No connection, no way through now Jenny, guess you finally cut the line Left me hanging between the signs 867โฆ calling out your name But it never sounds the same Jenny changed her number And nothingโs left but the game [Outro] Yeah, the wallโs been wiped clean nowโฆ But 867โs still chasing me around
