I stumbled from the bar After a night of drinking Started walking home alone Barely even thinking Then I saw a phone booth Like a ghost from long ago Feeling kind of nostalgic I stepped inside the glow Dropped a quarter in the slot Heard the dial tone swirl Spun the numbers slowly… And I dialed into a wormhole [Chorus] I got me a phony connection! From another dimension! A phony connection! How’d I lose my recollection?! I took a trip back through the years Saw my younger self here I was running headlong through the fire Chasing every bad desire [Chorus] I got me a phony connection! From another dimension! A phony connection! How’d I lose my recollection?! I almost stepped in, tried to say “Kid… you don’t have to live this way” But then I stopped suddenly — Didn’t wanna mess with destiny. [Chorus] I got me a phony connection! From another dimension! A phony connection! How’d I lose my recollection?! So I stepped back, just shook my head Let that strange connection end I set the receiver back on the line And fell back into my place in time [Chorus] I got me a phony connection! From another dimension! A phony connection! How’d I lose my recollection?! I left the phone booth wondering “Did someone spike my drink?” Was that the liquor taking its toll — Or did I time-travel through that call? [Chorus] I got me a phony connection! From another dimension! A phony connection! How’d I lose my recollection?! Then I felt some déjà vu Or maybe a memory breaking through Back in ’89 — a weird old guy Came stumbling into my bedroom Startled stiff with a sense of doom I grabbed a baseball bat Ready to swing in case he attacked But instead he disappeared just like that [Chorus] I got me a phony connection! From another dimension! A phony connection! How’d I lose my recollection?! [Chorus] I got me a phony connection! I got me a phony connection! I got me a phony connection! I got me a phony connection! (This song is dedicated to my good friend Eddie Mac — we first wrote the original melody together back in 1990).
