[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] 867… that’s as far as I get now The rest just disappears somehow Jenny, I used to reach you every time Now I’m only hearing dead lines 867… echo in the tone Like I’m 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 Ain’t the ones that answer back No “hello,” no mystery No voice pulling me in again Just a cold machine repeating “This call can’t reach that line again” [Pre-Chorus] Every digit I held tight Faded out into the night [Chorus] 867… that’s all I remember now The rest won’t come back around Jenny, I was so sure I could find you In every late-night dial I’d run through 867… stuck inside my head Like a page somebody read Jenny changed her number Left the story there for dead [Bridge] “Come a little closer”-that’s what it meant Every mark on that wall was heaven-sent Now it’s painted over, nothing to see Just a ghost of who she used to be [Breakdown (soft)] Eight… six… seven… That’s all I got left Five... three... oh nine's in heaven… [Final Chorus] 867… fading like a dream now No connection, no way through now Jenny, guess you finally cut the line Left me hanging between the signs 867… calling out your name But it never sounds the same Jenny changed her number And nothing’s left but the game [Outro] Yeah, the wall’s been wiped clean now… But 867’s still chasing me around
