[Telephone voice] You still there? I really gotta sleep I gotta teach in the morning [Soft laugh] Yeah I know [Fingerpicked guitar] It started sometime after midnight Massachusetts on my side New York glowing through the telephone And neither saying goodnight Your boys were somewhere near you I could hear you being Mom Something softened in your voice then All the armor would come off I'd say I really gotta go now You'd say yeah me too Then twenty minutes later I'd still be talking to you [Chorus] I should've gone to bed But I stayed with you instead Said goodnight a hundred times Never meant it when we said it One more story One more laugh One more thing we had to share Funny how I miss Those stupid little words You still there? [Duduk answers] I dragged myself through mornings Coffee barely kept me straight Swore tonight I'd have some discipline I'd hang up before it got late Then your name would light the telephone And there went that idea Funny how a voice from New York Could make you feel so near There wasn't any holding There wasn't any claim Just two people talking Till tomorrow fucking came [Chorus] I should've gone to bed But I stayed with you instead Said goodnight a hundred times Never meant it when we said it One more story One more laugh One more thing we had to share Funny how I miss Those stupid little words You still there? [Instrumental] [Bridge] Maybe that's the thing I miss most It wasn't fire It wasn't fate It was knowing I could call you And neither one of us kept count of getting late No signs to read No cards to turn No universe explaining what we were Just your voice My voice And neither one Wanting to be first To hang up [Final chorus] I should've gone to bed But I'd stay with you instead I'd say goodnight a hundred times If I could hear you say it again One more story One more laugh Hell I'd take the morning tired Just to hear that softer voice Coming through the wire [Duduk answers] [Telephone voice] Okay I'm really hanging up this time [Pause] You still there? [Silence] [Duduk plays the hook] [End]
