Loudon Wainwright Iii - Overseas Call lyrics

I'm in the old world You're in the new Gonna pick up the phone Try to get through Seven hours and an ocean Between me and you Gonna make me an overseas call A foreign language In a distant place A different time zone With a slower pace I remember your body But I forgot your face Got to make me an overseas call A few days ago, I called you up I'm afraid that I woke you up too The connection was clear But we didn't connect I hung up, feeling hung up and blue This is expensive I probably should write But letters take so long And postcards are just trite And it's dark over here But back there there's still light Gonna make me an overseas call I hope you're at home I don't want your machine I hope you're awake Not asleep and a dream And I hope that you love me Whatever that means A few days ago, I called you up I'm afraid that I woke you up too The connection was clear But we didn't connect I hung up, feeling hung up and blue The fish in the ocean Will gather around That telephone cable They will fathom the sound Of a lost human voice Finally found Gonna make me an overseas call