Long Distance-The Kinks

[00:19.06]Spent last winter playing in the sand [00:22.87]With the prisoners of the motherland [00:27.06]Damn hotel is feeling like a cell [00:35.50]And even paradise can be so cruel [00:39.87]Sitting by the swimming pool [00:44.19]Trying to keep my head together [00:48.47]In that hot Australia weather [00:53.28]Three days to kill and my per diem's getting low [01:01.10]Cause I spent all my money calling long distance [01:10.04]Calling long distance, such a long way from home [01:19.10]Am I talking to long distance, can you put me through? [01:26.28]Twelve thousand miles but I've got not resistance, [01:30.78]Long distance, long distance, long distance, long distance [01:35.66]Now the Road Hog's face is turning red [01:39.66]Larry's still asleep in bed [01:43.53]Romeo he can't get no head at all [01:52.22]And the Doctor looks on so annoyed [01:56.66]You disappoint me, Mr. Boyd [02:00.54]And the Electric Dwarf wishes he was six foot tall [02:08.47]Now Romeo's patience is wearing thin [02:13.10]C'mon baby, let me in [02:17.35]It's five a.m. and I've been creeping 'round the hall [02:25.91]Got no resistance calling long distance [02:30.48]You sound so close but your such a long way from home [02:43.48]Am I talking to long distance, can you put me through? [02:51.60]Twelve thousand miles but I've got not resistance, [02:55.29]Long distance, long distance, long distance, long distance [03:07.38] [03:18.35]Still no points for my merrymen, [03:20.78]Except Ricard, he just scored ten [03:24.78]Now Road Hog's getting drunk again [03:28.97]And I only get to hold my pen [03:33.60]Instead of what I love to hold the most. [03:41.28]I feel so lonesome I could cry [03:45.66]Count the hours as they roll by [03:50.16]It's day time now [03:53.41]I think I'll make a call [04:00.16]Hello long distance, calling long distance [04:03.22]You sound so close but you're such a long way from home [04:15.91]You're such a long way from home