tim o'brien
long distance
It's the middle of the night and I should be sleepin' My eyelids are heavy but there's something keepin' them open wide Since I kissed you at the gate just two days past I've been flyin' towards the sun in a jet plane fast across the ocean tide  There's a touch tone phone right beside my bed There's a ten digit number burnin' in my head Before I left I heard the words you said, ?Call me anytime?  Long distance, there's a signal comin' from me to you So insistent, it's penetratin' goin' straight on through No resistin', I get struck by love at the funniest times It's long distance love waitin' for me at the end of the line  Now it's cold and lonesome here in this time zone But I can thank Mr. Bell for his telephone and what it buys It's reassuring just to know you're there But if I hear your voice, I might smell your hair when I close my eyes  I'm punchin' the keys and my hands are hot It's not what I want but it's the best I got And I don't even know if you're home or not, but I can always try  Long distance, there's a signal comin' from me to you So insistent, it's penetratin' goin' straight on through No resistin', I get struck by love at the funniest times It's long distance love waitin' for me at the end of the line  Got your fiber optics, got your savin' plan In the off peak hours, honey, I'm your man, I got my callin' card When I hear you echo off the satellite I'll be jumpin' up and down, I'll be feelin' alright, I'll be fallin' hard  You'll be puttin' out that cat, turnin' out the lights While the sun's comin' up here bold and bright We're on opposite ends of a lonely night, but it's not too far  Long distance, there's a signal comin' from me to you So insistent, it's penetratin' goin' straight on through No resistin', I get struck by love at the funniest times It's long distance love waitin' for me, long distance love Ooh, it's long distance  I get struck by love at the funniest times It's long distance love waitin' for me at the end of the line