Hello, This Is Joanie (The Telephone Answering Machine Song)

Album: The Paul Evans Songbook (1978)
Charted: 6
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  • Hello, this is Joannie, I'm sorry but I'm not home
    But if you leave me your name and number
    I promise, soon as I get in I'll phone

    Joannie, came over to my house last night
    I drank a little too much red and we got into a fight
    She said I'm leavin' and I let her go alone
    I felt so damn bad this morning, I reached right for the phone
    And called her right away, to beg her to forgive
    The phone rang once, the phone rang twice
    And then I heard her say-hey

    Hello, this is Joannie, I'm sorry but I'm not home
    But if you leave me your name and number
    I promise, soon as I get in I'll phone

    Joannie, I'm sorry and I'm feelin' oh so small
    That was the message that I left and I waited for her call
    I waited with a sinkin' feeling in my heart
    Not knowin' if she'd forgive me was tearin' me apart
    I couldn't go on this way, I had to call again
    The phone rang once, the phone rang twice
    And then I heard her say-hey

    Hello, this is Joannie, I'm sorry but I'm not home
    But if you leave me your name and number
    I promise, soon as I get in I'll phone

    My phone rang and my heart sang, my baby's called at last
    Instead it was a friend who said that Joannie's car had crashed
    I never should've let her drive home angry from my place
    I'd never hold her again and kiss that funny face
    But still there was a way to hear her voice again
    The phone rang once, the phone rang twice
    And then I heard her say-hey

    Hello, this is Joannie, I'm sorry but I'm not home
    (I'm so sorry Joannie)
    But if you leave me your name and number
    I promise, soon as I get in I'll phone
    (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
    Hello, this is Joannie, I'm sorry but I'm not home
    But if you leave me your name and number
    I promise, soon as I get in I'll phone
    [fade] Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Steve from NottsCountry artist Lea Jane Berinati sang the vocals
  • Mark from CheshuntWho provides the voice of joanie?
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyHere's some obscure trivia:
    On February 21st 1878, the residents of New Haven, Connecticut received copies of the first telephone directory issued in the U.S.A.
    It contained only 50 names on a single page.
  • Yvette from Dartmouth,devon, EnglandI havent heard this song for YEARS but i find myself singing it!!weird.
  • Paul from Chester, EnglandMy name is Paul Evans born in 1978 SPOOKY!!!
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