Telephone Line Song Lyrics and Chords by Leona Williams
Telephone Line
Recorded by Leona Williams
Written by Leona Williams and Marilyn Belken
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When I got to work this morning
There was a
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note there by the
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phone
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Saying that your children called
Momma please call
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home
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picked up the receiver
And I tried to keep my
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cool
It was just my little boy
He couldn't find his
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shoes
To wear to
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school
Well millions of us women
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worry every
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day
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About the little ones at home
Are the ones that's out to
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play
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Momma just can't be in two places at one
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time
So we raise our children on the
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telephone
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line
I'm
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raising my kids on the
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telephone
line
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I feel so guilty there is
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never enough time
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have to be at work by eight
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don't get home till
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five
I'm raising my
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children on the
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telephone
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line
I know it ain't so easy but
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who could ask for
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more
Than to
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see that little smiling face
When we walk through the
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door
And it's
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hard for a momma when there's no helping
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hand
So we raise the babies the
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best way that we
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can
Repeat #4
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I'm raising my
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children on the
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telephone
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line
FAQ
Who sang the the song Telephone Line?
- The song Telephone Line was sang by Leona Williams.
Who is Leona Williams?
- Leona Belle Helton (born January 7, 1943 in Vienna, Missouri, United States) is an American country music singer known professionally as Leona Williams. Active since 1958, Williams has been a backing musician for Loretta Lynn and Merle Haggard and The Strangers. (She and Haggard were married between 1978 and 1983.) She also charted eight times on Hot Country Songs, with her only Top 40 hit being a duet with Haggard titled "The Bull and the Beaver."
